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With the State of the Nation speech out of the way, let's turn to the State of the City.
Vitals: Gas around the $6/gal mark. Milk similar. Bread remains cheap, though non-regional produce is literally impossible to find now.
National chain restaurants are menu crapshoots. Every day items available for order change. With no way to communicate inventory needs, it's impossible for necessary shipments to arrive in as timely a fashion as before.
A shame. I coulda really gone for some popcorn chicken tonight.
Of course, the same problem carries over to all stores. The good news out of all of this, however, is that shipments ARE arriving. Fears of running out of supplies are starting to subside a bit.
Due to the attacks though, people have stopped spending. Saving up just-in-case. There was a minor boom just after the attacks; people stocking up on survival necessities (hm, should maybe rethink my choice of words). But now everybody's holding their breath and their wallets to see where we go from here. And with money freezing up, jobs are drying up. Unemployment's skyrocketing. In response I hear some local property owners are giving rent holidays to recently laid-off tenants, but of course not everybody's so kind. So homelessness is up as well.
Will be interesting to see how the homeless are dealt with once the curfew kicks in.
Other than that, people are settling into a routine that resembles the pre-attack rhythm. More walkers and cyclists now, less rush and noise, but there are hints of a return to life.
Maybe some good has come from all this. Hard to argue against it when rush-hour traffic jams are a thing of the past.
Anyway, gonna go out to find a place to stare at the stars and the lightning bugs for a few hours while I still have the opportunity.
G'nite.
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The masses demand more, sir. Well, by masses I mean me.
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