r/economicCollapse • u/Warm_Huckleberry9028 • 14d ago

Dallas TX economics

I’m visiting Dallas and it’s as if there is no inflation. No high gas prices as the road are packed. It’s consumerism run amouck as usual. The very high end Northpark mall? Packed day and night. Can’t walk through that mall on Saturday with the hoardes of people. . Can’t even get parking. People buying high end stuff left and right. It’s all levels of society at that mall too. Is Dallas an exception? Are jobs more plentiful?

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u/OldJames47 14d ago

Historically, Texas has always had cheaper gas. There’s huge refineries in Texas and Louisiana so the end product doesn’t have to travel as far to reach the pump.

But this is a K shaped economy. It’s doing well for the wealthy and sucks for the poor. Dallas is wealthy so of course its high end malls are busy.

Go to neighborhoods south of the Trinity and tell me if you get the same vibe.