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hunter

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18. If you are spending all your money on housing...

Reply to redqueen (Original post)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 11:29 PM

Feb 2020

... and the housing you can afford doesn't have a yard, garage, or any room to store things, there's only so much shopping you can do.

A person moving up in life from a college dorm room, to their own apartment, to a large condo, to a 3,000 square foot house on a quarter acre lot has room to shop. Everyone else, not so much.

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More than 2,200 stores are closing in 2020 as the retail apocalypse drags on. Here's the full list. [View all] redqueen Feb 2020 OP

These lists break my heart. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #1

Sad, but unfortunately a sign of the times Sherman A1 Feb 2020 #2

My local Toys r Us is currently being demolished. lpbk2713 Feb 2020 #3

I'm still upset rownesheck Feb 2020 #4

I don't know how my local mall is going to survive mnmoderatedem Feb 2020 #5

It won't. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2020 #7

some cities are renovating empty malls and turning the spaces into tiny apartments CatWoman Feb 2020 #8

One near me is being turned into...well they haven't decided yet but CousinIT Feb 2020 #11

people want their low quality china junk from low quality american online peddlers lol nt msongs Feb 2020 #6

I try to buy in a store before going online kimbutgar Feb 2020 #9

"Putin says: Destroy the economy!" struggle4progress Feb 2020 #10

Operation "Destroy The United States From Within" right on schedule. smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #12

Figure 10-12 employees each... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #13

There are about 3000 employees Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #15

Was thinking average, including all of the smaller shops in malls... Wounded Bear Feb 2020 #17

And there are 50,000 coal miners *total* in the US... guess who's getting catered to though? ck4829 Feb 2020 #16

My daughter's store is on there. Ms. Toad Feb 2020 #14

If you are spending all your money on housing... hunter Feb 2020 #18

Retail is dead madville Feb 2020 #19

I was at the mall in Albuquerque the other day and it was dead! Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #20