I have a 70 mile one way commute. On my drive to work, I like to observe the cars and trucks on the freeway and have noticed a change in those driving around me.
Prior to 2008, I saw a lot of new construction vehicles on the road and a lot of high-end cars (I puttered along in my Honda Insight). Then when the crash happened, Those vehicles seem to disappear.
I'm again starting to see lots of new (not previously used) construction vehicles and really high end vehicles all around me again--Teslas, Beamers, Mercedes, etc. I even saw that two colleagues of mine bought crazy cars--a Porsche 911 Carrera and the other was a McClaren (which is over the top crazy expensive)--I'm currently driving a Prius. To further my concern, there seems to be a run-up in housing prices around me with a lot more flippers getting into the action. And then there are the TV/radio ads that make it seem that credit needed to make these crazy purchases are relatively easy to get again.....My non-MMM friends seem to be spending a lot more money too....
For those of you youngsters, a good crash might be welcomed. But this is making me nervous, since I'm 3 years, 10 months, 1 week, 3 days, and 21 hours from FIRE. I've got my money in appropriately diversified accounts and know I SHOULD be ok, but it makes me nervous nonetheless.
Anyone else feeling it?