British covid: it's here

Quote: DRich

I am guessing that you haven't spent much time in Alabama, Louisanna, and Mississippi. Very affordable.

A week in Mississippi. Well, just a border town, Olive Branch IIRC. A year later when the Oilers were the Memphis Oilers some team could not get a rooom in Memphis and had to stay in the same place. I can bet nobody missed curfew.

Every now and then I look at bingo parlors for sale down there.

Quote: DRich

I agree, just because you live in a cold place doesn't mean that you like the cold. The beauty of thid country is you are allowed to move where it is warm. When I graduated college I vowed to never live wear it is cold again. I screwed up, I didn't know it got cold in Las Vegas. Hopefully I will bemoving somewhere warm shortly.

I had to close my windows overnite. Who wants to live in a world where one must choose between their freedoms and staying warm.

Quote: AZDuffman

A week in Mississippi. Well, just a border town, Olive Branch IIRC. A year later when the Oilers were the Memphis Oilers some team could not get a rooom in Memphis and had to stay in the same place. I can bet nobody missed curfew.

Every now and then I look at bingo parlors for sale down there.

There are places in all of the southeast states that I would consider living. My problem is that I need to be close to a major airport because I like to travel every month or so. I want a smaller city within a half hour of a nice airport, that limits my options.

Quote: AZDuffman

No.

In inter I will go places like a casino because I am still indoors. I am not going to go and stand in the cold wearing a mask waiting to get in like an idiot.

See, I ask myself, "would an idiot stand in the cold wearing a mask to get into a casino where he has to wear a mask the whole time?"

And I say, "yes, an idiot would."

So I will not do that thing.

You are asking yourself the wrong questions.

Quote: DRich

There are places in all of the southeast states that I would consider living. My problem is that I need to be close to a major airport because I like to travel every month or so. I want a smaller city within a half hour of a nice airport, that limits my options.

Make it 50 minutes and drive a bit faster, and it really opens up your options. Take a redeye even better.

Places with mostly good weather year round also tend to attract flocks of the given up hope type of homeless like fleas. Just about every area has it’s unique positives and negatives.

Quote: AZDuffman

Still major restrictions in most places.

People do not want to go out if they have to wear masks. ,

More people don’t want to go out when there’s an out of control pandemic. Personally, and many others feel this way, I’m more uncomfortable when people are refusing to wear mask indoors where it’s required than I would be going out right now if I knew everyone wore one when it’s the business policy.

Yesterday went to a subway on the road, mask required to enter poster on door, some podunk hick behind me while I’m ordering my sandwich not wearing one within like two feet of me. You’re captive there, already ordered, in a place that requires it, it’s just disrespectful and confrontational to intentionally ignore it. No one is forcing that person disregarding the businesses posted rules to enter and other patrons should be able to have the expectation that people will abide by the businesses posted requirements. And they shouldn’t be putting the person getting paid roughly $10/hr in the position to choose between trying to enforce it or wondering lord knows what the patron is going to do when they try after you’ve seen some of the viral extreme reactions to low wage employees trying to enforce the businesses rules.

Bisbee has near-perfect weather. It even has a mural proclaiming it was named the number one climate in the USofA.
Being a mile high, it is about ten-fifteen degrees cooler than Tucson, the closest large city. Most years we have a monsoon season where it rains almost every day, but this year it never came. We hit 100 degrees one day this summer, the first time it happened in a half dozen years. A cold front this week caused me to close my windows.
The problem is it is two hours from the Tucson airport that seemingly doesn't offer direct flights to anywhere.
Picture San Diego without the ocean, the taxes and the stupid prices. You can buy a half dozen houses and become a real estate mini-magnate for the price of a typical three-bedroom in the SD area.

Quote: mcallister3200

More people don’t want to go out when there’s an out of control pandemic.

No kidding
Take the 1918 World Series
Baseball was hugely popular
yet
Biggest game of the year when the Boston Red sox win the World Series in 33k capacity at the time Fenway park
Just 15k brave souls decided to see the game despite the virus.

Quote: terapined

No kidding
Take the 1918 World Series
Baseball was hugely popular
yet
Biggest game of the year when the Boston Red sox win the World Series in 33k capacity at the time Fenway park
Just 15k brave souls decided to see the game despite the virus.

Exactly

The economy will be destroyed crowd can't seem to fathom that it's inevitable no matter which direction you choose.

BTW, what's happened to all the herd immunity look at Sweden as a perfect example of remaining open crowd?

Sweden was basically a whole nation of keep it open don't wear masks crowd. Now one of the worst health and economic disasters

Can't wait for The Bronx COVID.

Quote: billryan

Bisbee has near-perfect weather. It even has a mural proclaiming it was named the number one climate in the USofA.
Being a mile high, it is about ten-fifteen degrees cooler than Tucson, the closest large city. Most years we have a monsoon season where it rains almost every day, but this year it never came. We hit 100 degrees one day this summer, the first time it happened in a half dozen years. A cold front this week caused me to close my windows.
The problem is it is two hours from the Tucson airport that seemingly doesn't offer direct flights to anywhere.
Picture San Diego without the ocean, the taxes and the stupid prices. You can buy a half dozen houses and become a real estate mini-magnate for the price of a typical three-bedroom in the SD area.

I’m not so sure about the San Diego comparison, I looked up Bisbee weather.Tomorrow night’s low is 19

Quote: Hunterhill

I’m not so sure about the San Diego comparison, I looked up Bisbee weather.Tomorrow night’s low is 19

My wife lived in San Diego before moving back to Vegas. Her apartment had neither a heater or air conditioner. She did need a box fan for the warmer nights.

Quote: billryan

Bisbee has near-perfect weather. It even has a mural proclaiming it was named the number one climate in the USofA.
Being a mile high, it is about ten-fifteen degrees cooler than Tucson, the closest large city. Most years we have a monsoon season where it rains almost every day, but this year it never came. We hit 100 degrees one day this summer, the first time it happened in a half dozen years. A cold front this week caused me to close my windows.
The problem is it is two hours from the Tucson airport that seemingly doesn't offer direct flights to anywhere.
Picture San Diego without the ocean, the taxes and the stupid prices. You can buy a half dozen houses and become a real estate mini-magnate for the price of a typical three-bedroom in the SD area.

My impressions
That massive gigantic hole in the ground
Do something
How about the biggest amphitheater in the world
The shape is perfect. Just pour concrete over the place. Turn the eyesore into the envy of the world
I think this is the town I visited with a ton of steps
Actually walked up a huge set of steps just to see what was at the top.
I was exhausted. Nothing but more places to live, walked back down.
I think I noticed a small plaza up some steps with chess boards ingrained in some tables
Asked some nearby locals why nobody playing chess
They just shrugged.
Did the mine tour
It was fun. Got a seat at the front of the train.

What you call an eyesore, others call a tourist destination. I was really impressed the first time I saw it, but it got old very quick.
In a town of 5,000 people, an amphitheater would be as useful as the hole in the ground. We already have the oldest ballpark in the nation, which was built in 1909 and has seen better days.
People used to gather in that park, pre-virus, but I don't recall anyone playing chess there.

I believe it is way too overhyped by the media. However, our office is working remotely with the help ofto keep the work process going. I can't say I have anything to complain about, but like everyone else, I hope to return to my normal lifestyle.