I haven't seen people talking much about the inevitable tensions that are coming between different regions of the US, as some places get sicker faster than others. Regrettably a lot of this may map onto the red state/blue state divide and irretrievably politicize public health
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That means town people/summer people tensions are in full swing. I imagine if reporters could travel they'd find the same thing in Wyoming, Montana. People are escaping to remoter places and there will be a palpable lack of delight among those who live there year-round
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The next stage of this will be people fleeing to cities that are less affected, or maybe back to cities where the crest of the epidemic has passed. Good news for AirBnB, I guess! And Smith and Wesson. But it could get a little ugly.
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If you are self-isolating and working from home anyway, it stands to reason that "home" can be anywhere in America, and it will be a natural human instinct among the wealthy to try to put themselves in the best location possible, where there are still working hospitals
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Most of what anchors people to home is their job and kids' school. Those are no longer a concern for something like half the population, and if things get really bad in their area you better believe people are going to be on the move. Then we can read up on our Dust Bowl history
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Unexpected relevant book now that the roads may soon be full of coronavirus migrants:https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H1UOSG/ref=dp-kindle-redirect …
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The summer people are here already and everyone is about as happy about it as you’d expect!
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In France like in Italy, lots of mobility from people afraid of lockdowns in large city. Rural parts of France have seen a tremendous amount of summer residents coming, up to causing shortage of food supply, hospital beds, and even public water infrastructure…
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Can confirm that I’ve heard of people heading to the cape to ride this all out and the locals not being thrilled about it.
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Article recently about people fleeing to vacation homes in places like Nantucket. Nantucket has literally three ventilators. https://www.thelily.com/this-island-has-3-ventilators-residents-say-stay-away-but-east-coast-elites-keep-coming/ …
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And another in the Post that talks about many additional summer vacation locations getting lots of people arriving despite lack of health care infrastructure. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03/24/coronavirus-second-homes/ …
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