We rely on tourism for summer business, so that was low this year. School is back in, stores are open with Plastic windows everywhere, and it is finally seeming to be business as usual. Sales volume is way down though, unless you sell food or home renovation supplies. All the trades and jobbers are employed, but the biggest projects are still on hold. The usual Blackhawk and dual-rotor helis are travelling through again after 6 months of not seeing them (they gas up and overnight here), And large road projects are Going ahead.
No civil unrest here but that’s due to the population makeup and a rifles in every second home.
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Panic-Now1 ago
Blue Ridge Mountain small NC town. Masks below 50% and no hassles in any business, medical facility or govt office. So, yay. But just last week, while in a food store, an old white guy said to me, "Put on your mask", and didn't stop or act menacing. I just wasn't expecting anything, so the automatic, Yeah, whatever" was all he got from me, dammit.It was a weekend, so he was probably from Atlanta. Me, I don't ever carry a mask.