>>>W<em>hy not?</em>
<p>The economy isn't a isolated silos. If housing literally became as illiquid as many hope. i.e. no sales until market equilibrium is reached. OC will look like Flint MI after GM closed the plants.<<<</p>
<p>I was hoping for a reasonable explanation other than doom and gloom...</p>
<p>In any case, housing is <em>already</em> illiquid as prices are presently <em>not</em> at market equilibrium. I still see traffic as people drive to work and traffic on weekends as people go play and shop at the mall.</p>
<p>Also, how much of the OC economy is housing related compared to how much of the Flint, MI economy was GM related? To answer my own question, the Flint debacle resulted in 30,000 layoffs, which was well over 25% of the population. To compare OC to Flint, MI would be saying over 25% of OC will be unemployed due directly to housing.</p>
<p>...anything's possible, but still, it's unreasonable doom & gloom...</p>
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