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To: Dealer who wrote (54286)	8/8/2002 11:22:01 PM
From: marginmike	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 65232

my resteraunt in NY is booming....go figure

To: Dealer who wrote (54286)	8/8/2002 11:27:30 PM
From: abuelita	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 65232

School started here yesterday. - no kidding. the kids here don't know how lucky they are. they don't go back till after labour day. things are slow here as well. the province is not faring well - a lot of it has to do with the softwood lumber dispute, but also fishing. british columbia is a resource based province so we haven't been hurt by the tech melt down as much as other provinces. the advertising business is slow too, but it usually is in the summer. real estate is still very expensive in vancouver - but i think that's because we've got the pacific to our west, a mountain range to the north and west and the u.s. directly south. the only way to grow is west through the valley and that route is congested as all get out. by in large though, most people are optimistic still. the problem is, of course, that our economy is so closely linked with that of the u.s. that what befalls you, will hit us as well. c'est la guerre rose