1. In-person gathering professions will be severely weakened. We should lose around 1/3 of restaurants, concerts will be gone for 18+ months, musicians and many others will have their livelihoods set-back.
2. Internet will be strengthened, anything remote-friendly will be enhanced relative to the before-times.
3. People will handshake MUCH less, hug much less, and generally be less chummy/close. I don't think we can just abandon 18 months of social distancing, it'll be "baked into" us somehow.
4. Mask wearing will become a regular sight forever...I know if I'm sick in future, I'll probably mask up...I never masked up EVER until March 2020.
5. The USA may come to a reckoning and deal with its healthcare, environmental pollution, chronic health problems...or maybe the US will slowly incrementally change and it still won't ever be enough.
6. Personal vehicles will become King once more...mass transit is going to take a MAJOR hit here.
7. A few hundred small, non-elite universities will die out, many of them can NOT afford to stay open and justify MUCH higher costs for a much lower value of "information into head". The pandemic will have pulled up the wool from our eyes on this issue: most education is overpriced.
8. I and many others will experience a lot of depression/loneliness, though I personally do cope with it better than I used to.
Plenty of Resturarants open in NYC right now. I'd say the outdoor dining has given them a strong presence relative to other things than ever before. Hopefully the outdoor dining becomes permanent.
Knowing shitty US politics, it might, but transit should not take a hit. [1] I hope the bigger wave in Florida than was in New York helps fix the message here---Florida is hardly a capital of public transit!
2. Internet will be strengthened, anything remote-friendly will be enhanced relative to the before-times.
3. People will handshake MUCH less, hug much less, and generally be less chummy/close. I don't think we can just abandon 18 months of social distancing, it'll be "baked into" us somehow.
4. Mask wearing will become a regular sight forever...I know if I'm sick in future, I'll probably mask up...I never masked up EVER until March 2020.
5. The USA may come to a reckoning and deal with its healthcare, environmental pollution, chronic health problems...or maybe the US will slowly incrementally change and it still won't ever be enough.
6. Personal vehicles will become King once more...mass transit is going to take a MAJOR hit here.
7. A few hundred small, non-elite universities will die out, many of them can NOT afford to stay open and justify MUCH higher costs for a much lower value of "information into head". The pandemic will have pulled up the wool from our eyes on this issue: most education is overpriced.
8. I and many others will experience a lot of depression/loneliness, though I personally do cope with it better than I used to.