Compiled by Cynthia Gibson in Hermosa Beach.
View Park
“Just in terms of prices continuing to go up when I go to the grocery store, when I go to fill up my tank, when I open my bills, it does not feel like it is getting better.”
Paramount
“Inflation has gone through the ceiling and I’m trying to keep up with it. It means a lot more work, basically, to keep the same monetary status.”
Whittier
“Publicly, people are spending and they seem happy to be able to spend. That’s how I would know. It seems like it’s going to be better. I feel hopeful.”
Los Angeles
“I really think it’s going to get worse than it is now. … People have stopped shopping. They are adjusting what they do now. They’re living a little smaller.”
