Though builders continue to see strong buyer traffic, recent increases for material costs and delivery times, particularly for softwood lumber, have depressed builder sentiment this month.

If this was the case then London, Paris, and NYC which have all weathered various short term disasters in their histories like a blitz, occupation, fires, plagues, riots, and great depressions wouldn't be the great places to live and be so resilient.

I just saw this and it was very depressing. 

Maybe the last crash scarred the young people like the depression scarred our grandparents, but it’s the go to excuse for at least 15 years now.

And I'm only collecting $910 in rent.Berkely's tough value-wise - property values are depressed compared to much of the surrounding area and I believe it's in part due to the rental rules the muni has set.  

They neglected the possibility of regulation, and they neglected the possibility of an oversupply depressing prices.

Syracuse and Buffalo are fairly depressed cities with high unemployment and a declining population.

The thought of waiting for the right time, and going back to a "secure job/paycheck" is pretty depressing to me.

You really sound like a pitiful depressed housewife from those mid afternoon soap operas.

It's not in a war zone, but it is in a depressed part of town.