Jay Honeck wrote:

Please try again, this time explaining what it's got to do with my starting
up a (thus far, successful) new business during the supposedly "crippling"
recession,

As you are well aware, you are living in a University town, Jay. State universities
usually boom during recessions. People who had intended to send kids elsewhere decide
that the home State school is good enough and cheaper. Graduates emerge from the
womb, take a look at the job market, and decide to pursue a Master's degree after
all. About the only businesses that do better than the schools are the bars, though
the most expensive of both tend to suffer.

That boom at the school is also reflected in good business for the service industries
in university towns. That's you. You're living in an oasis, but the economy in
general is as poor as the Times says it is.

And, yes, the reason your business is growing is because you provide value compared
to your competition. It's certainly not because the recession isn't real.

George Patterson
In Idaho, tossing a rattlesnake into a crowded room is felony assault.
In Tennessee, it's evangelism.