[ichabod1]

So, that’s Phoenix. How are Cleveland, Akron, and Toledo doing?

[LS]

I was shopping in Dayton (that good enough for you?) and the malls are packed and the upscale restaurants (Flemings-—probably the most expensive steak house around-—and J. Alexanders) are packed. It does not help to deny the obvious. When they opened “outlet malls” (which in fact aren’t cheap) last fall, the traffic jam was backed up for 15 miles on I-75.