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To: Vendome

I would not be surprised if there was a worldwide depression in 5 years or less.


15 posted on 08/20/2023 3:10:46 PM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: Newtoidaho

“I would not be surprised if there was a worldwide depression in 5 years or less.”

Bingo... And it is a planned Depression.


17 posted on 08/20/2023 3:16:00 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Newtoidaho

“I would not be surprised if there was a worldwide depression in 5 years or less.”


I agree. People keep talking about a recession (and how we have avoided one), but I’m looking at the coming depression and wondering just how bad it will be.

There was an letter to the editor piece in our weekly rural paper last week in which the writer complained about the number of campers and storage buildings being used for living spaces in the back yard’s of residents’ homes. Apparently, this busy-body (I didn’t recognize his name, so apparently he is a new-comer to the county) has driven around our county and counted over a 100 of such instances of “rural camping”.

I suspect the writer is one of the new arrivals who paid a large sum of money to purchase a large tract next door to a farm and built a mega-mansion or bought a large home in one of the latest subdivisions. (Locals have been priced out of the real estate market).

People are living in campers, hay barns, or small buildings on a family member’s property because they have no where else to go. Rent has doubled in all surrounding areas, and housing prices have also almost doubled. No one can now afford the small three bedroom “starter” home on two or three acres that was formerly available for a reasonable price. It’s either the camper or in a cardboard box under a bridge somewhere.

Given the letter in the paper, I suspect our normal easy-going zoning enforcement officer is about to be forced to get busy issuing citations and forcing people to move out of those spots. Most are hard-working people trying to save up enough funds to get back into regular housing, but inflation is kicking everyone’s a$$, so saving funds is almost impossible.

The upper middle-class people who formerly mocked and denigrated people who couldn’t afford a house in a subdivision are soon to get a lesson. Life can come at you hard and fast. You can soon very easily be in the same position of those you are mocking now or denigrated just a few short years ago.


21 posted on 08/20/2023 3:42:33 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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