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The scary part is this is just the beginning. I took a drive through San Francisco a few days ago and I was shocked to see many restaurants I used to patron are
by justinzollars 6y ago
The scary part is this is just the beginning. I took a drive through San Francisco a few days ago and I was shocked to see many restaurants I used to patron are gone already.
- aNoob7000 6y agoI live in Atlanta and went to Ponce City market in downtown and it looked terrible for a Sunday at 2pm. A lot of the restaurants were half full, most shops were closed, and it overall looked empty. I'm truly worried about the economy 4-6 months from now.
- jonathanliu 6y agoI get the sense that this decade will play host to weeks where decades happen. I am not excited. After all, "May you live in interesting times" is a curse, not a blessing.
- hanniabu 6y ago> I get the sense that this decade will play host to weeks where decades happen. What do you mean by this? That what usually would occur in decades would now occur in weeks?
- bfuclusion 6y agoIts an expression in (American) English that means that the amount of change (or number of significant events) in the week was equivalent to a decade in other times.
- perl4ever 6y agoThe original appears to be: "Есть десятилетия, когда ничего не происходит; и бывают недели, когда происходят десятилетия"
- wmeredith 6y agoIt’s referencing a quote by Lenin: “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” -Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
- Larrikin 6y agoGoing around Chicago I get a sense of disgust seeing people doing outside dining on the sidewalk with no masks that I have to walk by. They're less crowded but they are still packed in as much as they are legally allowed to be. There will be businesses that close, but once there is a vaccine there will be new ones like there always have been. They might be different but people aren't going to stop wanting to eat and drink. If anything hopefully there is a culling of our dated practices like tipping with people realizing how much money they've saved by doing pickup for example.
- jnwatson 6y agoIt is hard to eat and drink with a mask on. The risks of catching COVID outside are quite low with enough separation.
- dkdk8283 6y agoRespectively everyone has different risk profiles. Ranges from paranoia to defiance. Given my age and health I wear mask indoors which is required in my locale. I do not one outdoors where distancing is possible. Always a compromise
- Natsu 6y agoI guess it really depends on the area. In my city, I haven't seen a single restaurant that I frequent close up.
- nikanj 6y agoEvery time I walk through downtown I shake my head in confusion. Every other shop seems closed, but the stock market is at an all-time high. Clearly selling products and services to consumers is passé, and financialization is the future.
- AnimalMuppet 6y agoClearly using very expensive real estate to sell products and services to consumers is passe. That's not quite the same thing.
- chrisseaton 6y agoPeople are buying mostly the same stuff, just not in-person from downtown shops.
- deepakhj 6y agoToo many cars and parking downtown. If we had outdoor seating with European style restaurants, I think we could safely distance and downtown would be booming. Check out Chestnut st. Almost every restaurant has a parklet now and it's packed.
- matz1 6y agoThat's what happen when you lockdown. The solution is simple: stop the lockdown. At this point the harm is greater than the benefit.
- vkou 6y agoDo you think people would be more or less inclined to go to restaurants or order takeout if there's an exponentially-growing out-of-control pandemic sweeping their city? Speaking of restaurants, there's a funny thing that's happening with them. Ones in residential areas are currently doing OK. Ones in predominantly commercial areas are dying - because everyone's telecommuting. Lifting the lockdown won't do a damn thing to help the latter. All of those telecommuting workers are going to keep telecommuting [1], regardless of whether or not some politician decides to sacrifice a few million kulaks on the altar of economic growth. [1] Amazon, for instance, will keep most of its employees at home until at least January 2021 (And will doubtlessly push that date off, again). Do you think any of the restaurants surrounding their offices in South Lake Union are going to get any customers, even if Washington state re-opens tomorrow? Why would Amazon employees patronize them, when they are all working from home?
- matz1 6y ago>Do you think people would be more or less inclined to go to restaurants or order takeout At very least, it would help. >if there's an exponentially-growing out-of-control pandemic sweeping their city? yes case its growing because there is more testing but for majority the case its either asymptotic or only mild symptom. >All of those telecommuting workers are going to keep telecommuting Sure but doesn't mean they won't go to restaurant. I'm wfh but still go to restaurant.