The latest in Robert Coganhttp://economicmeltdowns.com/topic/robert-cogan2010-04-16T14:36:40ZGays Love a Depression!2010-04-16T14:36:40ZThe New York Observertag:economicmeltdowns.com,2010-04-16:/gays-love-depression-360584a/<div><p>“Gays love a recession!” said <a title="Robert Cogan" href="/topic/Robert+Cogan" >Robert Cogan</a>, a 27-year-old patron of the brand-new East Village gay bar the Hose on the night of Feb. 7.
</p><p>It was a Saturday night, and he was checking out the scene in the bar’s “back room,” which was, well, a room in the back. More later.
</p><p>At a little after 2 a.m., the little room was packed. So was the bar. So was the dance floor.
</p><p>Before Sept. 15, the day the economy was sort of of...