“Rural areas around the world have been largely spared, at least for now. The North American hinterlands, according to health professionals, benefit from less crowding and unwanted human contact.
Living in dispersion may not save you from contagion, but being away from people, driving around in your own car, and having neighbors you know, does have its advantages in times like these. Even the urban cognoscenti have figured this out—much as their Renaissance predecessors did during typhus and bubonic plague outbreaks, wealthy New Yorkers today are retreating to their country homes where they struggle with the locals over depleted supplies of essentials.” – Joel Kotkin,The Coming Age of Dispersion, in Quilette
The “money” quote: “wealthy New Yorkers today are retreating to their country homes where they struggle with the locals over depleted supplies of essentials.”
Emphasis on “wealthy”.
At the same time, those who are not wealthy are deemed “essential” and required to remain in harm’s way, day after day. This includes, beyond the heroic doctors and nurses, the unseen and anonymous people who clean up after them.
Carry on
Hello Once a Marine. I miss your posts on SB. Thanks for posting that.
God bless