Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston: concrete, apply, owner)

[justyouraveragetenant]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

Had an interesting talk with a friend from a state that reopened last week (Texas). His area only had 200 or so cases total, so not hard hit at all.

He said that despite the reopening, not many people have ventured out into the world yet. Restaurants have patio seating and limited indoor seating, but are not packed. They might have 1 or 2 tables full. Everyone is still doing take-out services or getting deliveries.

Retail is the same way. Stores that were closed before were allowed to reopen with restrictions in place. They are pretty much the same restrictions we see today at our local stores. Stores have mask policies in place. No mask, no entry.

Might take some time to get back to "normal"

Thats sad these restaurants can not survive without using most of their seatings. I know people in the restaurant business. I was thinking that when Massechusetts restaurants open up you might need a reservation to limit the amount of people. Restuarants might require masks but you can not eat with a mask on . These restuarants make most of their profit too from alcohol the bar section of restuarants will probably be closed which would lower the amount of customers also.

do you have to wait until your food is served to take off your mask?

[ben young]

Originally Posted by massnative71

Uh...you do know there's still people around the world subject to slavery and slave like conditions right??? How do you think they would react, at hearing you compare their plight to your crusade against wearing a face mask in public?

Do you also get upset when an NBA star says players are treated like slaves on a plantation?

[AtkinsonDan]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

Had an interesting talk with a friend from a state that reopened last week (Texas). His area only had 200 or so cases total, so not hard hit at all.

He said that despite the reopening, not many people have ventured out into the world yet. Restaurants have patio seating and limited indoor seating, but are not packed. They might have 1 or 2 tables full. Everyone is still doing take-out services or getting deliveries.

Retail is the same way. Stores that were closed before were allowed to reopen with restrictions in place. They are pretty much the same restrictions we see today at our local stores. Stores have mask policies in place. No mask, no entry.

Might take some time to get back to "normal"

I think the above plan will work for suburbs, rural areas and car-centric sunbelt cities. The older European-style cities like Boston and New York with dependence on public transit and pedestrian crowds will have a hard time until herd immunity is reached either through a vaccine or natural spread.

[timberline742]

I suggest you also protest the "slavery" of having to wear clothes in public. Good luck.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by AtkinsonDan

Here is a link to the same article but not behind the paywall. It was a good read. Having more personal space does make the shutdowns and lockdown more tolerable.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/th...ne/ar-BB13yUBW

Eh, I think this is highly dependent on the individual. I have zero intention of leaving the city after this. And frankly, having miles of essentially deserted pedestrian streets and a vast network of parks and pathways at our doorstep has made this all bearable. I wouldn’t have been as happy in my former suburban home. Yes the house was bigger and there was a yard, but there was little accessible without driving and walking on suburban roads with high speed limits is far from pleasant. I also have appreciated the abundance of takeout options, specialty stores, breweries nearby, etc. I’ve explored more of Somerville on foot in the last month and a half than I had in the previous 2.5 years. I’d be getting cabin fever in a larger suburban or rural area.

That said, I think some of the people who were living in the city primarily as a means to shorten commutes (and not because they enjoy the city), or the people who have small children in a small footprint may do some reflecting on their decisions. In general, I’d see a shift away from cities, especially for families. For the next few years. But I hardly think the thrill of city living is gone. It’s easy to say that now in the midst of a pandemic when everything has closed, but city living has practical benefits and cities will remain hubs of activity for a long time to come. They’ve weathered worse and will continue bounce back after events like this, even if that’s hard to see in the heat of this moment.

[BostonMike7]

I'd go, but I have to work and then go to stores and do some errands. What's the protest about exactly?

[brightdoglover]

Originally Posted by lrfox

... Yes the house wIt’s easy to say that now in the midst of a pandemic when everything has closed, but city living has practical benefits and cities will remain hubs of activity for a long time to come. They’ve weathered worse and will continue bounce back after events like this, even if that’s hard to see in the heat of this moment.

I absolutely agree. If I still lived back East, I'd be hunkered down in Littleton, which even though a town, has become quite an outlying suburb in a lot of ways. I lived one mile from the LifeCare facility that had so many deaths and were taken over by the National Guard. I always missed the life of the city but had to move out to have the multiple senior dog adoptions I wanted. If I could have ever afforded the smallest house Arlington or such, I would have never left the city. Cambridge was always a home for me until I was overwhelmed by my dog life.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by ben young

Do you also get upset when an NBA star says players are treated like slaves on a plantation?

I don't get upset at either (life is too short and just not worth it). Both cases provide great entertainment value, however.

[Shrewsburried]

Originally Posted by BostonMike7

I'd go, but I have to work and then go to stores and do some errands. What's the protest about exactly?

Full filling the constant need for outrage. The irony, of course, is that they dismiss those taking precautions as "needlessly fearful" while creating an alternative fear from near thin-air.

As someone in contact with employees near the Wuhan epicenter, I assure concerned Americans that they are not living in an authoritarian state - plenty of folks out and about with no masks and no law enforcement in sight.

NRA must be stoking fears again to bump gun sales ... this is my assumption anyway. Their messaging channels are quite effective.

[audemars]

Let's see what sort of turnout Putin can muster in MA