Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston: telephone, interstate, out-of-state)

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by Bridge781

There is more working from home. But if you’re working from home why buy a condo in Boston? I think you’re all mistaken if you think things will go back to how they were when this is over.

To be able to live in Boston and enjoy all that it has to offer, if course. My bro and SIL are very much looking forward to moving back into the city once my youngest nephew is off for college. Most everyone I now would prefer to be in close urban core.

[Bridge781]

Originally Posted by timberline742

To be able to live in Boston and enjoy all that it has to offer, if course.

We’ll see. My guess is that sales go down immensely.

[justyouraveragetenant]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

This is the same bizarre logic that tries to claim that shouting FIRE! in a crowded movie theater is exercising freedom of speech.

Let me educate you on the origins of that statement which had nothing to do with yelling fire in a crowded theater.

https://www.theatlantic.com/national...-quote/264449/


In 1969, the Supreme Court's decision in Brandenburg v. Ohio effectively overturned Schenck and any authority the case still carried. There, the Court held that inflammatory speech--and even speech advocating violence by members of the Ku Klux Klan--is protected under the First Amendment, unless the speech "is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action" (emphasis mine).

All speech is protected unless it immedietly incites violence.

When religious people want to gather the goverment can not infringe on that right. If in this case the church wanted to limit the amount of people in a church and have everyone stay 6 feet apart they could do that. They could hold more religious gatherings to keep the amount of people in a church lower .A governor can not create laws and can not stop people from getting together even if it could spread a virus. You can not have exceptions on freedom.

In michigan people assembled and could of spread more of the virus but the governor knew she could not do anything about it. They practiced their first amendment rights by protesting what the govenor was doing by shutting down buisness.

[Bridge781]

Florida schools cancelled for the year.

[htfdcolt]

Just watched Dr. Birx in the daily press briefing. Repeatedly mentioned Boston & Massachusetts as areas they are continuing to watch (along with Chicago) as they are not seeing the curve start to bend yet.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by Bridge781

There is more working from home. But if you’re working from home why buy a condo in Boston? I think you’re all mistaken if you think things will go back to how they were when this is over.

The world has experienced many pandemics and people still live in cities. Why is this one any different? There is always going to be myopic management that insists all employees show up at the office every day. Work that creates intellectual property clusters in a small number of cities. Employees locate where the talent lives and near the world class universities which are mostly urban. In a couple of years, Boston will be the back to being impossible to get to work with people paying a huge premium to avoid the soul crushing commute. It’s not like those employers are going to move to logging truck Maine or some corn field in Iowa.

[porterhouse]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

Just watched Dr. Birx in the daily press briefing. Repeatedly mentioned Boston & Massachusetts as areas they are continuing to watch (along with Chicago) as they are not seeing the curve start to bend yet.

And wait until you see the number of imbeciles out and about tomorrow.

[Bridge781]

Originally Posted by GeoffD

The world has experienced many pandemics and people still live in cities. Why is this one any different? There is always going to be myopic management that insists all employees show up at the office every day. Work that creates intellectual property clusters in a small number of cities. Employees locate where the talent lives and near the world class universities which are mostly urban. In a couple of years, Boston will be the back to being impossible to get to work with people paying a huge premium to avoid the soul crushing commute. It’s not like those employers are going to move to logging truck Maine or some corn field in Iowa.

You never know. I think this pandemic will change cities, particularly Boston.

[Bridge781]

Originally Posted by porterhouse

And wait until you see the number of imbeciles out and about tomorrow.

Well I plan to go for a walk tomorrow. I haven’t left the damn house since last Sunday.

[Arya Stark]

Originally Posted by Bridge781

You never know. I think this pandemic will change cities, particularly Boston.

I think serious thought might be given to some of the construction projects but otherwise no.