Tough Times?

Although it's the off-season, the number of unsold houses continues to increase monthly. So times here are getting tough. Based on the economic numbers published by the government things are already tough in many parts of the country. But, you would think we were in a boom if you had gone to the Natick Mall on Sunday. Finding a parking spot was not easy. Traffic was bad enough to have a couple of policemen directing cars to parking garages. The stores were full. I wish I knew why. Have we adopted a fin-de-siecle attitude?