"Perform a thought experiment". Don't have to. I just watch the news.
Because of the price of gasoline, people have started to cut back
on luxury items, like going out to eat, movies, cable and phone services..
Just those few items are going to "depress economic activity", even more.
If gas gets up to 6 or 8 bucks a gallon, those folks that drive 100 miles
a day back and forth to work, might be in serious trouble.
They are going to have to disconnect their cable and use an antenna!
Forget buying anything but what's needed to survive.
I went to a movie a couple weeks ago. I liked it, but it was kinda weird.
No line to buy a ticket.?.
I sat there in the middle of a Tuesday afternoon and watched a very popular movie.
Chronicle - Rotten Tomatoes
But, I was totally
alone in the theater. I've
never been to a movie
where there weren't at least a couple dozen people in attendance.
(I've been going to the local movie houses for about 40 years).
I realize that only a few elderly people were running the whole place,
(AMC Burlington Cinema 10) but how can they afford to stay open
with such low attendance?
Before I left, I noticed there was only 15 or 20 cars in the lot.
Most times, the lot is over-flowing into the long-walk parking.
Anyways, when I left the movie that day, I was wondering if this was going to be a trend.?.