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Going into 'survival mode'as economy slides New Englanders hunker down, channel inner Yankee By Don Aucoin Globe Staff / March 25, 2008 When a recession hit in the 1970s, Kathleen Carter barely noticed it. She was young, single, working as a bar manager in a restaurant, and on the verge of buying a home. Economic gloom registered only as a distant echo. * photo gallery Tips for spending and investing wisely * Discuss How are you cutting back your spending? more stories like this: Now she is 55, and the current slowdown is impossible to ignore. Its effects bear down on her every day. She has had to put every household expense under a microscope, and she is cutting back wherever she can......" consumer spending on basics