I work in a very nice town, there is a new lovely shopping center there very upscale and several shops have closed. I think Z Gallery was the first to go. It's sad for every store that closes means more good people out of work, less money for people to spend and the country keeps going down. It will take years I am afraid for us to get back to where we once where, perhaps 10 to 20. In the meantime a new poor will emerge the once middle to upper class. We the people with two cars who bought or built our sparkling new homes and once shopped at Macy's and Ethen Allen. We who sent our kids to college to become Dr's and IT's, nurses, teachers, business managers. Our children now also suffer just when they are having children of there own to enjoy. It is so sad that you can work like a crazy person and then turn around and not be able to pay your gas bill to stay warm. My heart goes out to all.