Here in NYC, what is happening during this coronavirus crisis? Let me tell you

[nycguy1]

here in brooklyn new york (i live at coney island), and new york city, rows and rows of stores have been shut down as you guys already know. how long is this really gonna go on? that stimulus package is a joke. $2400 max for a married couple. rent itself is at least $1000 for the worst dump even in ghetto areas here or the bronx. with utilities and food, that money disappears very quickly, maybe it can stretch 2 months at the most if that.

right around my area, we have stores selling food with OPEN BUFFETS that anyone can take food out of and cough on or touch and put right back. i am stunned this is left open. most people are not wearing masks. maybe 50%. the subways are at 10% capacity from when i used to go to work during rush hour every day. the mentally insane, aka homeless, have taken over and nearly every car has them in a sort, from sleeping/living inside or just being very unpredictable (some homeless guy was openly urinating in the car on the B line). another just burned a car down and killed a train operator a few days back:

https://thecity.nyc/2020/03/motorman...ker-fears.html

buses are free but they are also running empty as you must board from the back and only 50% of the bus is accessible as the front half has been roped off so you don't infect the bus operator.

i am shocked that crime has not risen because criminals know they won't be locked up for misdemeanors due to social distancing in local jails. and yes, nyc is the epicenter of this mess at this time. california may likely take it over but people generally drive. in nyc and its boroughs, everyone lives very close to each other, and once those projects get infected, it's going to be huge.

this all seems like ONE scene from a movie. scares the shit out of me but i am actually living it. what scene? that joker scene when he sets the entire city in chaos and the director slows down the clip and the whirling sound of nothingness. watch this here:



it's like all of us just woke up to a nightmare. this has been terrible.

what else do you guys wanna know?

[blackchubby38]

On one of my trips outside through my neighborhood, I noticed an increased number of guys that were panhandling that I hadn't seen before. Obviously they didn't get the memo about social distancing. So now you're going to be watch your back even more if you happen to say no or ignore one of them when they beg for change.

My neighborhood was already going downhill because of a homeless shelter that was built around here a couple of years. I think the pandemic is only going to make things worse.

[Stavros]

Also, handlng cash is a major risk, and here in the UK some shops are now not taking it or asking customers to use plastic (which most of the time I do anyway).

I assume Brooklyn is in the same predicament as we are with the great unknown being -who is going to survive the lock-down? The larger chains like Starbucks may, but small independent coffee shops/cafes, and I assume there are a lot of these in Brooklyn, may not. Can they start up again? Shops that sell clothes may be in for a worse crisis, because at least clothes can be bought online, unlike a flat white or a freshly made sandwich. I would not be surprised if the $2 trillion package Congress approved is just the first, and another one will be needed if it is to address the short-to-medium term cash flow problem that coffee shops (to use them as a model) need. But they also need customers with the money to buy, and I recall for a year or so after the 2008 crisis even in my small town restaurants were half-empty or worse that had always done good business before. Will any new stimulus/rescue package be directed at the small businesses that need it most?

[blackchubby38]

If there is one good thing to come out of this pandemic, is that the city is finally doing something about homeless problem on the subways.

[fred41]

If there is one good thing to come out of this pandemic, is that the city is finally doing something about homeless problem on the subways.

I hope they stick to it. It’s been an outrage so far. Took the train Thursday - avoided one car that had too many folks camping out in it, and quickly got into an almost empty car before the door closed. Within a second or two, my mask couldn’t block the over powering stench of human feces and I had to go to a third car. This is typical now.

[blackchubby38]

I hope they stick to it. It’s been an outrage so far. Took the train Thursday - avoided one car that had too many folks camping out in it, and quickly got into an almost empty car before the door closed. Within a second or two, my mask couldn’t block the over powering stench of human feces and I had to go to a third car. This is typical now.

All of those images of homeless people sleeping on the subways that have been on television, in the newspaper, and on social media lately, is what my morning commute has looked like for the past year and a half.

[Abartig]

[blackchubby38]

With everything that has been going on in this city for the past week, this is probably going to be the best chance for the Republicans to nominate a viable candidate in the next mayoral election. Here is hoping they don't mess it up. Because between the pandemic and the rioting/looting, I don't think this city can take another 4 years with a progressive Democrat in office.

[Yvonne183]

Viruses, civil unrest(riots) and just plain crime and filth are the reasons I left the city. Now I live in a sort of red-neckish area that is heavily armed. It's the safest place I ever lived. I should have moved here long ago. And there are idiots that pay millions of dollars for an apartment so they can live in this filth called the city. And they say red necks are stupid.

[blackchubby38]

Everyday I read and/or see something that makes me think that this city is never going to be the same after the pandemic. I don't mean that in a good way.