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You’re being very absolutist, people don't have be doing “everything” online for the shift in habits to have a significant effect. Yes on the whole most people
by simonh 4y ago
You’re being very absolutist, people don't have be doing “everything” online for the shift in habits to have a significant effect.
Yes on the whole most people do go out and travel again, but on average much less frequently than they used to because they retained the desire but not the same habits. They find they can scratch the itch with fewer outings.
All it takes is for people to go out 20% less than they used to, averaged out, and that’s a massive shift in economic terms that can heavily impact businesses.
- ghaff 4y agoYou're absolutely correct that relatively small differences at the margin can have fairly large knock-on effects. That said, I'm pretty sure the overall picture is that things didn't change as much post-pandemic as many predicted. Travel is pretty much back to normal. Dining out is somewhat back to normal--though you need to factor in inflation effects as well. If I drive into the nearest major city, traffic sure seems back to normal--especially mid-week. The shift to remote seen in tech is something of an outlier.
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- jaywalk 4y ago> Yes on the whole most people do go out and travel again, but on average much less frequently than they used to You need to provide some data to back this up, because all of the data I've seen (and all of the full flights I've been on) says the opposite.
- ghaff 4y agoEyeballing the TSA's checkpoint volumes (https://www.tsa.gov/travel/passenger-volumes https://www.tsa.gov/travel/passenger-volumes), air travel certainly looks to be back at pre-COVID levels. And that's with a lot of companies watching travel expenses fairly closely.