Texas State Fair -- Attendance Down?

[dutch777]

6. Wouldn't be where I would show up if Hispanic. And all economic indicators show overstretched consumers.

While it could be fun, as a value proposition it clearly fails in tough times. Beyond Fed figures which I now consider unreliable and possibly falsified, if you look at special industry economic indicators like use of cardboard boxes, shipping company profits, alcohol sales, movie and restaurant attendance, hiring....everything is down and trending further down. And oil prices are at $58 per barrel for West Texas crude, with the break even point at $61 a barrel for large producers and even higher for smaller outfits, money must be tight. So the state that runs on oil revenue is running short and that has to already be rippling thru the state.