Replying to Bad Economy = Shorter Lift Lines?

so anyways, every night on the news we hear how fucked we are and how were all going to be broke and have to live in shanty towns under the railroad bridge, i personally think the media is doing more bad for the economy by hammering home how bad it is, but anyways.. today i was out skiing, and for southern ontario in december the conditions were amazing, it was just below freezing, every run was open, and it was a saturday, so i pulled up around 12:30 thinking the lift lines would be nuts and it was such a ghost town as a photographer ive noticed a huge drop off in sales at art shows since september, right around when people started shining light on the economy, and while my family is still in a position to be able to buy lift tickets and equipment whenever, im thinking that alot of families that might have been last season might not be able to afford it anymore, at least not as often, so what do you think?