Economic recession, be lucky you have a job. Common phrase that you hear almost everyday one the news on at work around the water cooler. I wasn't really concerned about it until just the other week. Montana is-was predicted to be a few months behind the curve on all these national down turns (housing, recession, job loss) and that seemed to be holding true until about a month ago that is when the local papers started running stories about the few local employers who provide good living wages, started laying people off. Add to this a recent walk around downtown, but let me premise this: Missoula has a pretty solid and thriving main street filled with small independently owned businesses. In the last few weeks I have seen a few stores close their doors. Not a good sign, but a sign.
The up side of these businesses closing or moving locations (some of whom have) is that it opens up the spaces for new business, if folks can afford to take the risk. One area of business that could use some competition is restaurants. Indian, Persian, Greek, anything ethnic and not taco or pizza related or chain oriented would be very much appreciated in this community. Seriously folks we don't have an Indian restaurant here and I am dying for some naan and good spicy food. Not sure why we don't have one of any of the aforementioned ethnic eateries or why we have like 15 taco places in town (really-taco oriented food this far north?) I would settle for a good Norwegian or German place at this point, something to break up the monotony.
With that I am scheming up a plan to convince my boyfriend to move here and open up a world food restaurant that would cater to these varieties (more likely what we can cook: Persian, Thai, Italian, bread and sweets) and just be different. For some reason folks in this town like to eat out and when they do, they enjoy themselves. Good mix right?
Realistically it is probably better that another generation gets to experience the economic crunch in the hopes that it will put things in perspective. Let's hope. I know that what I learned from growing up on the tail end of the 1980s and the early 1990s is that you should save your money, put it in safe (conservative), good returning rate accounts and be happy with what you have.
I think it is time to get with it folks and realize that you can not, no matter how good the deal looks, live above your means.
The soap box is officially put away.
I have dismounted the high horse.
Recognition that I don't know it all, recognized.
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