January 2, 2009
Twitter pal @triciamckinney sends two signs of the recession, maybe: City dwellers are raising chickens, and rapper 50 Cent cut the price of a mansion he's selling by 21 percent.
Meanwhile, @sunfire2109 sends word of strapped homeowners abandoning horses.
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