bighatnohorse wrote:
CKNSLS wrote:
I have an old high school buddy that has family in Mexico - he travels down to Baja all the time. He said a few years ago he wouldn't dream of going to visit his family without making hotel reservations. Now, he says the hotels are so empty he doesn't bother.
The US consumer still hasn't fully recovered from the 2008 recession crash.
Jobs are coming back and the stock market has raced out ahead of the real economy.
These are different times. . .many baby boomers, instead of spend, spend and spend are now looking at a rather bleak future.
And the "now" generation sees the economy, owning a home and the stock market as "dangerous" places to be - let alone buy and RV and head to Mexico.
It ain't like the old days.
Couple that with the media's propensity to jump on ANY police news and it's a recipe for fear.
To always tell it like it is, is simply that!
If the news media did it,.......think of all the anchors who would be out of a job....:B