Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

BamaRefugee

(3,483 posts)
2. Good luck to all the businesses opening, unless they're gonna give stuff away, they'll be closing in
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 08:26 PM
Jun 2020

A few months. That $600 extra weekly unemployment is the ONLY thing keeping a ton of people afloat. It’s going to expire.
Then, evictions will be allowed again. People will literally have to choose between paying the rent and feeding the kids. My business will ,sadly, have a big uptick, I work in a field closely associated with this.
I live in a nice,prosperous “foothill town” in the LA area. There’s almost no one in my neighborhood going to work. I see neighbors that I’ve only seen walking their dogs at 7am or 7pm walking them at all hours of the business day.
They’ve suspended alternate side of the street parking, for street cleaning, because there’s no place to move your car to, cars are parked bumper to bumper and don’t move for days.

Just my first hand observations, but I can tell you that families living in their cars don’t do a lot of buying ANYTHING. There better be more stimulus coming or it’s gonna get brutal.

Latest Discussions»Region Forums»California»COVID Cognitive Dissonanc...»Reply #2