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no_hypocrisy

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2. You could be correct, partly.

Reply to jmowreader (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 08:51 AM

May 2019

In an affluent "village" near where I live in northern NJ, every new business that opens is either a bank or a restaurant.

40 years ago, the business district was a mosaic of delightful shops. Clothing, ice cream parlors, butchers, shoe stores, gift shops, etc.

Shoppers have abandoned "Main Street" for the malls.

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I have figured out the Trump job-creation numbers. I don't like it. [View all] jmowreader May 2019 OP

Very perceptive gelsdorf May 2019 #1

You could be correct, partly. no_hypocrisy May 2019 #2

Since you mention job-creation, it's important to correct Trumpists Snarkoleptic May 2019 #3

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