the hustle and bustle of the downtown streets continue to lay filled with protesters standing tall amidst one of the worst economic climates in us history , rampant lawlessness , unemployment , extreme homelessness , rock-bottom housing prices , and shortages of basic necessities like food , water , and gasoline , contamination and recalls continue , but amongst the worst are what has been coined as the law graduate job deflation and bust where many young lawyers and seasoned , new and old , are continuously struggling to make ends meet in a bottoms up economy .