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By: emgra

emgra — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:16:11 +0000

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By: feonixrift

feonixrift — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:45:38 +0000

My personal life is having a lovely boom. Things are going well and getting better all the time. The area, though… Is of two minds. We’re getting transit projects completed, which are a great boon, and some lovely shops moving in. Lots of redevelopment. But also lots of empty storefronts, for sale signs, and crowded buses. People occasionally ask me how much passes cost, or how I get by doing groceries like this (a question that has become more relevant, now that I’m on a cane for a few months). I cook more, because restaurant quality is down a little, but it always varies and is often lower near the start of Fall. There is an undercurrent of anger, but again, Angelinos don’t always react well to the first seasonal rains. So none of this is really surprising to me. Seeing a few small cars (Smarts, NEVs, etc.) around, and a few more bikes. The weather is still unbearably hot, now with extra humidity, so people aren’t out unless they can’t avoid it.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:54:20 +0000

Running out of time to post after reading all these great responses

Here in the Denver/Boulder area, seems like business as usual for many. Whole Foods is still busily at work expanding their store. Driving through Longmont, the finishing touches on a new mega-strip mall seem to be wrapping up nicely. Gas prices are down and I’ve noticed quite a few “temp plates” on SUV’s. The student restaurants around CU seem just as populated. And as always, there’s a long wait at the library for anything by Kunstler.

And for us?

I’ve had to come to the harsh decision with my wife (of two weeks today), that we can’t/shouldn’t afford for her to attend massage school this fall. We’re holding out hope that if we save enough she can go this spring, but debt is not looking good, and with stories like the one about the yoga teacher above, massage may not be a valued service in the years to come. It breaks my heart because its postponing (or killing) her dream. But she is dealing with it and looking for other ways to fulfill the desire with something that takes less of a monetary investment. Accepting the world you wanted and planned for may never exist is hard.

And we are trying to get out of our $1,300 lease on a townhome and move closer to my work and into a $600-700 studio or one-bedroom. Saving gas, saving time, preparing us for the cabin we hope to build in the years to come.

And we are cutting everything to the minimum to save as much as possible for as long as possible. Learning how to cook with staples, trying to figure out how to adapt to the world that’s coming. Moving money to the sock drawer and out of the on-line savings accounts.

The hardest part though is being away from friends and family as we watch this all unfold…and not knowing how we’ll have the means to leave safe jobs to try to go live closer to them when that means taking so many chances on the unknown in these risky times. But how do you put a price on the community you need and on having support to give/receive for those you care about?

It’s consuming every conversation, every decision. Our time is spent reading the news, posting ads on craigslist, and wondering when the next shoe is going to drop.

All the while still having to hold up the “life is normal” facade at work and to certain family members.

And yet through it all I rejoice in the fact that I’ve married the most wonderful person in my world, that I still have money coming in, and that I’m somewhere close to the front-end of starting to prepare for what’s ahead…at least mentally.