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dimondpark May 28, 2021 1:38 PM
Masks is still prevalent around here, I'd say at least 90% of people on the street wear them and 100% of people Ive seen entering stores are masked up.

dave8721 May 28, 2021 4:57 PM
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Originally Posted by dimondpark (Post 9294499)
Masks is still prevalent around here, I'd say at least 90% of people on the street wear them and 100% of people Ive seen entering stores are masked up.
Here, inside stores we have gone from 100% masked to maybe 95% masked.

TWAK May 28, 2021 5:00 PM
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Originally Posted by dave8721 (Post 9294772)
Here, inside stores we have gone from 100% masked to maybe 95% masked.
Florida? We were told it's some sort of maskless wonderland!
I'm rural so I just...don't have to really wear my mask and don't have much opportunities to do so. Even a the peak of mask wearing, I only had it on maybe one or two days a week.

Pedestrian May 28, 2021 5:06 PM
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Originally Posted by dimondpark (Post 9294499)
Masks is still prevalent around here, I'd say at least 90% of people on the street wear them and 100% of people Ive seen entering stores are masked up.
In the last week or so I’ve noticed that changing. In SF I see a lot more maskless faces outside now and I’m no longer self-conscious not wearing a mask. In stores it’s still mask-up for entry though.

Pedestrian May 28, 2021 5:09 PM
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The City’s Back, and You No Longer Have It to Yourself
By Charles Passy
May 28, 2021 10:15 am ET

During New York City’s lockdown, Richard Gowan, a 42-year-old resident of Brooklyn, N.Y., took solace in the fact that the streets were blissfully quiet. “You felt like you could hear the birds singing,” he recalls.

When he was recently on a bus stuck in a traffic jam, he realized those days are gone. Even the 7-year-old New Yorker next to him knew it. “New York is coming back to New York,” his daughter, Ivy Barrette-Gowan, remarked.

New York City, like most of America, is reopening. That means a joyous release from seclusion back into public spaces—and all the crowds, noise and annoyances that come with the return. For big city residents—especially those who stayed put when many of their neighbors left for more space—that means readjusting to sharing spaces that once felt almost private . . . .
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cit...hp_featst_pos5

Pedestrian May 28, 2021 5:16 PM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 9294424)
IDK if its a Covid thing, but did anybody get their federal tax refund yet? I only got my state tax refund but IDK where the F my federal one is. I hope the clowns in the tax office aren't busy working from home watching the hub. :hell:
I don’t get no stinking tax refund. In the unlikely event I’ve paid more than I owe, I let them apply it to next year’s estimated payments. But you can check your account with the IRS online now to see if they’ve processed your return or mailed your refund or received payments and the last I checked they still hadn’t processed my 2020 return about 6 weeks after I mailed it (have to mail it on paper because have to file a form tax software doesn’t support).

SIGSEGV May 28, 2021 5:39 PM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 9294424)
IDK if its a Covid thing, but did anybody get their federal tax refund yet? I only got my state tax refund but IDK where the F my federal one is. I hope the clowns in the tax office aren't busy working from home watching the hub. :hell:
I got a letter saying that they're reviewing it. I never got the first and second EIP payments (I got the third just fine!) so I included them in my refund, which I'm guessing they need to check.

dimondpark May 28, 2021 5:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 9294783)
In the last week or so I’ve noticed that changing. In SF I see a lot more maskless faces outside now and I’m no longer self-conscious not wearing a mask. In stores it’s still mask-up for entry though.
Yeah maybe because the area I shop in is near 2 big hospitals, but most people, just about everyone in fact, is masked up----I am much more confident tho about going out maskless tho, since vaccination rates are high here.

Pedestrian May 28, 2021 6:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV (Post 9294825)
I got a letter saying that they're reviewing it. I never got the first and second EIP payments (I got the third just fine!) so I included them in my refund, which I'm guessing they need to check.
I got the third EIP because I get a VA Disability check but I'm not entitled to it based on income so I sent it back. As I understand it, these are advance tax refunds and if I had kept it I would have owed the additional $1400 in taxes next year. The IRS credited it as an estimated payment--I guess that balances out to zero (it's getting confusing).

SIGSEGV May 28, 2021 6:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 9294856)
I got the third EIP because I get a VA Disability check but I'm not entitled to it based on income so I sent it back. As I understand it, these are advance tax refunds and if I had kept it I would have owed the additional $1400 in taxes next year. The IRS credited it as an estimated payment--I guess that balances out to zero (it's getting confusing).
yeah, my wife and I qualified for all 3 EIPs but only got the third one somehow (despite tons of calling the IRS and playing phone tag until the call dropped on their side or they had technical difficulties and then me starting on hold for hours again).

jtown,man May 29, 2021 4:49 AM
My mask is flat as shit from staying in my pocket all day. I leave for work super early, so I don't even bother wearing my mask in my building. The suburban gas station I go into some mornings doesn't require masks. My work (city government) doesn't require mask. So my mask sits in my pocket doing nothing.

I do wonder when my building will make an announcement about masks. I've noticed a FEW people not wearing them, but not many. I know they are super scared to relax restrictions, because you KNOW there will be a few people freaking out (this one lady has left the elevator twice with me and my gf in it because more than *three* people came in the elevator when the "scientifically founded" number of three is what is "allowed" by our building lol

xzmattzx May 29, 2021 4:58 AM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 9294424)
IDK if its a Covid thing, but did anybody get their federal tax refund yet? I only got my state tax refund but IDK where the F my federal one is. I hope the clowns in the tax office aren't busy working from home watching the hub. :hell:
I didn't get my Federal refund until November or December last year. It took so long that the government paid me interest! I didn't know that was even possible.

JManc May 29, 2021 6:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 9294366)
I have never cared what the CDC said. The CDC has been so wrong, inconsistent and illogical about so much to do with covid that I consider them unreliable. Among their first mistakes was lying about the usefuness of masks, telling the public they weren’t useful, the stupidity of which was made obvious by the fact that every medical professional in every ER everywhere was wearing one.

As of now, it is still true that 56.5% of the people you will meet randomly in Texas has not been vaccinated. If you have been, you have a huge degree of protection but not 100%. The odds are overwhelming you will be protected. But you have to really hate that mask to be unwilling to slap it on your face for a few minutes in a crowded store to add just that little bit of additional protection.
I'm vaccinated. I don't see the need to wear it any longer unless a business requires them and almost no one does around here anymore. Yeah, there's a small chance I can still get covid but the vaccine lessens the severity so it stays in my pocket.

Centropolis May 29, 2021 1:51 PM
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Originally Posted by chris08876 (Post 9294424)
IDK if its a Covid thing, but did anybody get their federal tax refund yet? I only got my state tax refund but IDK where the F my federal one is. I hope the clowns in the tax office aren't busy working from home watching the hub. :hell:
i filed early and didnt get my refund until may.

SIGSEGV May 29, 2021 6:18 PM
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Originally Posted by jtown,man (Post 9295530)
My mask is flat as shit from staying in my pocket all day. I leave for work super early, so I don't even bother wearing my mask in my building. The suburban gas station I go into some mornings doesn't require masks. My work (city government) doesn't require mask. So my mask sits in my pocket doing nothing.

I do wonder when my building will make an announcement about masks. I've noticed a FEW people not wearing them, but not many. I know they are super scared to relax restrictions, because you KNOW there will be a few people freaking out (this one lady has left the elevator twice with me and my gf in it because more than *three* people came in the elevator when the "scientifically founded" number of three is what is "allowed" by our building lol
my Building's HOA Board said that they're waiting for other buildings to act before doing anything.

Pedestrian May 29, 2021 6:54 PM
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Originally Posted by SIGSEGV (Post 9295854)
my Building's HOA Board said that they're waiting for other buildings to act before doing anything.
In SF the Health Department hasn’t lifted the mask requirement so my building’s HOA hasn’t changed its policies yet. I’m frankly glad. I’m not psychologically ready to share an elevator with an unmasked person (who could be another resident, guest, tradesman, delivery person . . . Anybody) I probably don’t know. The hallways and other common spaces are a different story—You rarely encounter anyone there except a quick passing and that’s OK.

SIGSEGV May 29, 2021 7:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Pedestrian (Post 9295888)
In SF the Health Department hasn’t lifted the mask requirement so my building’s HOA hasn’t changed its policies yet. I’m frankly glad. I’m not psychologically ready to share an elevator with an unmasked person (who could be another resident, guest, tradesman, delivery person . . . Anybody) I probably don’t know. The hallways and other common spaces are a different story—You rarely encounter anyone there except a quick passing and that’s OK.
My building only allows one party per elevator, though I guess that would be likely be rescinded at the same time. (We have 3 elevators for 15 residential floors/ 90 units, so it works out fine as long as someone isn't locking one for a delivery or moving).

SIGSEGV May 29, 2021 7:25 PM
https://i.imgur.com/14SlYIV.png

Not sure who those 2% of students are, but if they are not graduating this spring, they won't be welcomed back in the fall...

I also suspect many of the "planning but not scheduled" people might be stuck abroad or something.

SIGSEGV May 29, 2021 11:42 PM
And here's a good article by Pete Saunders, who is usually right:


https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opin...ill-big-cities
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Remote work won't kill big cities

Suburbs and small towns may have newfound advantages, but they still lack the energy and amenities that draw people to big cities.



With Covid-19 cases trending downward across the U.S., it’s getting easier to say the worst of the pandemic is behind us. Meanwhile, predictions that the pandemic will change our way of living forever are getting louder.

Not surprisingly, many prognosticators see big cities such as New York and San Francisco declining, as urbanites tired of being cooped up in their tiny apartments decamp for the space and greenery of the suburbs or small towns. Others insist metropolises are poised to bounce back after a temporary exodus of workers.

I find the optimists more convincing. There will be — there are already — short-term impacts to urban growth. But the pandemic is unlikely to lead to a new and permanent advantage favoring suburbia, or the single-family home, or small or midsized cities.

JManc May 29, 2021 11:44 PM
Glad I live in a SFH.


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