<p>Prices going down? I really wish so. TP at Costco - up 30% since we bought a pack last year; bag of lemons - up 25% since last time a bought a bag of them at Costco (ususally I pick a bag before Thanksgiving), however, New York steak was $5.99 vs $8.99 just this past summer, but I did not need any steak.</p>
<p>My “silver lining” of the slowdown: more trees will be left standing, fewer “chicken-coop” style developments will popping up in my neck of the woods, and I will not have to waste my time by attend community meetings trying to fight another developer who is plotting to bulldoze down five perfectly fine homes to build 50 ugly-painted houses with no backyards in their place.</p>