GLOBAL CRISIS did it touch you?
By bignik
@bignik (272)
Italy
February 18, 2009 9:51am CST
Hi to all ,i just wouid like to know if the crisis has hit the area where you live , and i am trying to figure how realy big this crisis is , and i can say that where i live a lot of poeple have lost thier jobs , and i live in a small town with about 40,000 poeple its not big so if this crisis hit my small town i wonder to what extent is it , i also think that this is only the tip of the so called iceberg and we are going to see worst times , i am not a pessimist and i hope i am wrong
greetings from bignik sardinia italy
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Feb 09
Up here where I am it started some years ago. Our area is famous for textiles and there are many factories which closed over the last five years leaving many with no job. This has affected everything. If people have less or no money to spend in the shops they close. That's what happened four years ago to the shop where I had worked for many years. Since then I have been in and out of jobs and it's difficult. I do all the jobs I can find which means some months were like December when I had a job in the morning, another in the afternoon and another in the evening. Since mid January that is no longer the case and I'm only doing a part-time job in the hope that things will alter soon. I fear that will not be the case very soon though 
@bignik (272)
• Italy
18 Feb 09
hi Mysdianait i have owned a coffe bar for the past 26 years , then about a year and a half ago the crisis came down and it was not possible to wait for the summer season to work and spend all the earnings during the winter , so at last i sold it and at the moment i am with out work but i am starting a new small business that deals with house maintenence , and we should be starting in march , as we have a lot of tourists that own appartments where i live mainly english and german , so i do speak german as well as english , i hope i have a little luck , greetings bignik sardinia italy
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
18 Feb 09
At least you have managed to sell your business. Up here there are many places up for sale and nothing is moving.
I hope once your new venture takes off we won't be losing you here especially as you've only just landed.
Good luck and real good English you have too! Complimenti! 
