Sizinatengere mtolankhani wofufuza kuti adziwe kuti pali alendo ambiri ochokera kumayiko ena ku San Francisco chilimwechi. Yendani pansi pa Market Street ndipo ngati simumva zinenero zitatu mu midadada iwiri, mwina muyenera kusintha mabatire pa chothandizira kumva.
Ndipo, sikuti amangoona malo. Chifukwa chakuti dola ikupita patsogolo pakusinthana ndi ndalama, ogula ochokera kumayiko ena akulanda mashelefu, nthawi zina pamtengo watheka.
"Yendani mozungulira Union Square," atero a Laurie Armstrong, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wotsatsa ndi kulumikizana ku San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Mudzaona anthu akulankhula zinenero zakunja atanyamula matumba ogulira ogula ambiri. Ichi ndi chinthu chokongola. "
Zedi izo ziri. Zowopsa basi.
Zoona mzindawu ukuthokoza chifukwa cha ndalama zomwe zili mu nthawi yovuta ino yazachuma. Ndipo, ndithudi, palibe amene amakwiyira anzathu ochokera kumayiko ena kuti atengerepo mwayi pakusintha kwawo kwa bonanza. Kupatula apo, sizinali kale kwambiri kuti dola inali yamphamvu ndipo anthu aku America anali kudutsa m'malo ogula zinthu ku Europe.
Zili choncho - chabwino, nkovuta kusamva kuwawa pang'ono kwa nsanje, sichoncho?
Tengani Kimberly Peinado, wotsogolera zamalonda yemwe amakhala pafupi ndi Golden Gate Park Panhandle. Iye ndi mwamuna wake ali ndi bwenzi, mnyamata wodabwitsa, yemwe amakhala woyendetsa ndege wa ku Britain. Akabwera kudzacheza, Peinado akuvomereza kuti amayenera kulimbana ndi "nsanje ya alendo."
Iye anati: “Ndi munthu wosangalatsa, wokonda kucheza ndi anthu amene timam’konda, choncho zimandipweteka nthawi iliyonse ndikaganizira kuti zimamuwononga ndalama zotani tikamapita kokadya chakudya chamadzulo.”
Osadzivutitsa kwambiri Kimberly. Zimachitika.
Kevin Westlye, mkulu wa bungwe la Golden Gate Restaurant Association, akuti malo odyera m'dera la alendo akuchulukirachulukira. Sakugulitsa zakudya zodula zokha, komanso alendo sakubwerera m'mbuyo ndi maoda a vinyo, mwina.
"Onse akufuna kuyesa vinyo wamkulu waku California," adatero Westlye. "Kupatula apo, botolo la $ 150 limakhala pafupifupi $ 90 (pa $ 1.54 pa euro)."
Panthaŵi imodzimodziyo, Westlye akutero, anthu akumaloko, amene avutika ndi mavuto a zachuma, “akuchepetsa, akumwa vinyo wotchipa.” Choncho lingalirani anthu aku America okwiya, akumwetsa chardonnay patebulo limodzi, pamene gulu losangalala la Brits, lomwe limasintha ndalama pafupifupi madola 2 pa paundi iliyonse, likutulutsa Napa Cabernet Sauvignon kusankha.
Osati kuti wina aliyense ndi wowawa, samalani. M’nthaŵi zovuta zino, mzinda uyenera kukhala wanthete kuti usavutike ndi anthu ogula zinthu zochuluka kwambiri.
Westlye anati: “N’zoonekeratu kuti takhala tikulimbikitsidwa ndi kusintha kwa ndalama kwa zaka zingapo zapitazi.
Wokondwa kukhala wokondwa
Mwachibadwa, anthu okhalamo amasangalala kukhala osangalala. Doug Litwin wa ku Noe Valley anali wokondwa kubwereka nyumba yocheperako kwa alendo angapo ochokera ku France, omwe adadziwika kuti anali ochita lendi ochuluka.
Koma ngakhale sanali kuyang'anitsitsa kugula kwawo, Litwin sakanachitira mwina koma kuzindikira mabokosi opanda kanthu kuchokera ku Pottery Barn, Macy's ndi IKEA mumtsuko wa zinyalala.
"Anaguladi mipando yakumaloko kenako adayisiya," adatero Litwin. "Ndikuganiza kuti adaganiza kuti, chani, ndi ndalama zoseketsa."
Koma nthawi yomwe inawawa kwambiri ndi pamene alendo awiriwa adalengeza kuti abwereka galimoto ndikupita ku Chicago. Litwin, poyesa kukhala wothandiza, anawafunsa ngati anazindikira kuti gasi anali woposa $4 galoni.
"Iwo adangonyoza ndikunena kuti, kwa iwo, USA ndi mitengo yake ya gasi inali yamtengo wapatali," adatero Litwin. "Ndipamene 'nsanje yapadziko lonse lapansi' idayambikadi."
Bwino ndizolowere. Ntchito zokopa alendo padziko lonse lapansi zili m'njira yokwera. Malinga ndi bungwe la California Travel and Tourism Board, anthu pafupifupi 5.2 miliyoni ochokera kutsidya lina anapita ku California mu 2007, ndipo ena akubwera. Germany, Italy ndi India onse adawona kuchuluka kwa manambala awiri mu 2007, ndipo sikuphatikiza United Kingdom, yomwe idatsogolera mayiko onse okhala ndi opitilira 760,000. Chaka chino chokha, pakati pa Januware ndi Meyi, apaulendo 82,128 ochokera ku United Kingdom adafika ku San Francisco International.
Ndipo aliyense akunena chiyani akafika kunyumba? Eya, mwinamwake zimene Katherine Grant, wa ku Waterford City, Ireland, anandiuza ine ponena za mlingo wa kusinthanitsa.
“N’zodabwitsa,” iye anatero. “Ife tikupita kwa Tiffany ndi chirichonse. Tinagula foni ya Prada ndi magalasi a D&G (Dolce & Gabbana), zomwe sitikapezako ku Ireland. "
O, ndiye, zonse zikugulitsidwa sichoncho?
Pokhapokha mutakhala kuno.
Mipata ya cash
"Nthawi zonse amakhala ndi ndalama zambiri," adatero Peinado wa mnzake woyendetsa ndege waku Britain ndi gulu lake la ndege. "Ndikudabwa kuti ali ndi ndalama zingati."
Zomwe ndizomwe alendo amayembekezera, mwachiwonekere. Bruno Icher, mkazi wake Laure ndi mwana wamkazi Margot ali pano kuchokera ku Paris. Anabwera akukonzekera kugula zinthu zazikulu ndipo sanakhumudwe.
“Aliyense ku Ulaya, mawailesi yakanema, manyuzipepala, ndi magazini analankhula za kutsika mtengo kwake ku United States,” anatero Icher.
Ndipotu mtsikana wina wazaka 16, dzina lake Margot, analemba ndandanda ya kumene ankafuna kupita komanso zimene ankafuna kukagula asanafike kuno. Amafuna kukaona American Apparel, H&M, ndikupeza chipewa cha madras. O ndi chinthu chimodzi china.
"Ndalama ya dollar yokhala ndi chithunzi cha Britney Spears," adatero Margot.
Kwa iwo, mwina inkawoneka ngati dola yeniyeni yaku America.
