Everywhere Is Crowded / Post COVID Observations
shailynn
They never tell you what you need to know.
Now that I’ve travelled in a few states, no mask in most places, everywhere is crowded as hell. Everywhere, especially restaurants, and most my restaurant visits have been near disasters because they are all understaffed especially in the kitchen.
It’s weird, considered an essential worker last year I was in some of these same places and they were virtually empty this time a year ago. It’s taking some time to adjust.
Here’s one observation I found. I was in a predominantly African-American area late last week and most African-Americans are wearing their masks, but all the white people around them are not. I’d say 80% of the African-Americans were wearing masks, probably less than 10% of the white people were. Why is that? Are most African-Americans not getting vaccinated? Are they just playing it safe? Even me, mask wearing vaccinated fear monger has ditched the mask recently.
It’s weird, considered an essential worker last year I was in some of these same places and they were virtually empty this time a year ago. It’s taking some time to adjust.
Here’s one observation I found. I was in a predominantly African-American area late last week and most African-Americans are wearing their masks, but all the white people around them are not. I’d say 80% of the African-Americans were wearing masks, probably less than 10% of the white people were. Why is that? Are most African-Americans not getting vaccinated? Are they just playing it safe? Even me, mask wearing vaccinated fear monger has ditched the mask recently.
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I've also noticed the crowds and I don't love it. Not because of Covid, I just hate crowds. After a year of relative solitude, it's not easy to adjust to the recovered normal. I will point out that, though I would never hope for a new pandemic, I do miss having that very easy Covid excuse to not do stuff with people. I'm a bit of an introvert, and Covid made being an introvert much easier.
It's been over three weeks since mask mandates were lifted in NJ. Where I live, which is definitely NOT a predominantly white area (it's very ethnically mixed) mask wearing nearly disappeared in just a few days, both inside businesses and out on the street. You'll see a mask here and there, but not much.
However I rode through Newark the other day (high concentration of AA and Hispanic population) and was surprised to see almost everyone on the street still wearing masks, I'm talking at least 95%. I didn't stop anywhere so don't know about stores or restaurants and their policies.
Saturday I met up with a couple friends in Jersey City to visit a gun store and found that there was a line outside and they were only allowing two customers at a time into the small shop. Masks were still mandatory while inside. Afterwards we decided to grab lunch nearby, and all the restaurants still had their mask signs up. However almost no one on the street was wearing one, just going through the symbolic practice of putting it on, walking through the door, and taking it off at the table. There was no "social distancing" at all, as the tables were all very close together and the place was packed with customers.
I was wondering whether these cities are still under mandate at the local level, but I've found nothing to that effect while searching online. So unfortunately I can't offer any explanation for your observation. I can only assume that communities adjust to this newfound "freedom" at different rates, and it's probably driven by a combination of individual preference and business owners' perception of what their customers expect.
Around here I haven't noticed any real problems with slow or poor service at restaurants, even as they've seen an almost immediate doubling or tripling of their business volume. I tend to frequent small family-owned establishments though, so not sure if that makes a difference.
The bank still requires you to wear a mask or they won’t let you in, Downtown area is packed including the restaurants all workers are still masked, and I’d say it’s 50/50 on the part of the customers
I do notice the farther north you go in Florida the less masks are worn
It seems that Brevard county is the dividing line
It's a discussion thread on a titty bar website, not a data analysis class at Stanford University. We're sharing personal observations as points of interest. Also, if you eliminated all of the blanket assumptions here, the discussion forums would have more tumbleweeds than talk.
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