Initial estimates of transaction volume in 2023 suggest that a little less than $35 billion traded hands last year, a level reminiscent of the post-Global Financial Crisis recovery.As quarterly sales volumes have dipped below the pandemic's lowest points, 2023 sales volumes fell nearly 60% below 2022 levels, mirroring figures from 2010.

So, why is McDonalds still spending billions on advertising?

Intel is investing $20 billion to build chip manufacturing plants in Licking County, which is projected to create 30,000 new jobs.

Home to The Ohio State University with nearly 60,000 students, 5 fortune 500 companies,over +25% population change since 2000, 2016 smart city challenge award winner gaining 50 million dollars in funding from the government (https://www.columbus.gov/smartcity/), Intel is spending 20 Billion dollars to build two semiconductor plants, and many many more great things presently and coming in the future.

Most of Florida has restrictions on vacation rentals due to the hotel industry which is a multi-billion (yes, that's a B) dollar industry in the state.

Oil Refining Capacity transfers through the Port of Mobile, which ranks the port as 10th in the U.S. for imports and total foreign trade, with a $10 billion impact on the local economy.- Walmart has just opened up a brand new distribution center consisting of 2.6 million square feet, and provides more than 750 new jobs.Economic Information -The City of Mobile has seen extensive revitalization and tremendous economic growth:Business/Corporate Sector- Construction of a new Airbus jet assembly line at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley should move forward rapidly during the coming year.

People always questioned why I invested in downtown Newark years ago and now with a couple of billion $ of large scale development going on in my neighborhood it's become pretty clear.  

It is a major tech hub in the midwest with large companies like Intel investing $20 billion, Amazon investing $3.5 billion, Google building 2 new data centers: one in downtown Columbus and the other in right outside of U.S. 33 in Lancaster.Currently, there are only 3 C class areas in Columbus.