People were hit here, but not as hard as elsewhere. I think its because our area has always been depressed, so a dip in the economy is less noticable here.

Work has been good. We had a record 4th quarter. I am hitting bonus every month (yay me!) but this month has been awful. I'll chalk it up to the weather

We eat out a lot and the places are always busy. Few restaurants have closed, in fact a ton of new places have opened up in the past few months.