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Philadelphia is about 60%. The weekends are quite busy with this nice fall weather we have had with mostly sunny and mild days. They have closed MANY streets for outdoor dinning which has had a really great effect.
Weekdays though the city is dead. Which is unusual because Philadelphia in general was busy every day save late Sunday nights.
Retail in the city is also on the decline. I suspect because daytime foot traffic from office workers is virtually nonexistent. And the commercial rents in the city are higher than in the suburbs. So retailers are closing up shop. And quite prominent ones at that. Cole Haan, Bonobos, etc.
In positive news though, several large scale high rise projects were introduced during COVID. Mostly all residential but still good news.
The Baton Rouge area has been back to normal level for months. The moment restaurants were allowed to reopen their inside, they have been filled to the maximum capacity allowed. My party waited 30 minutes for dinner at a 75% capacity restaurant just the other night. Bars are still closed in some parts of the area but there's heavy pressure to reopen them. Malls and shopping centers are packed, people are upset that Walmart still closes at 10 PM.
Restaurants are outside only and at low capacities. Theatres were allowed to reopen but without food so they decided to remain closed. Some streets have been closed to traffic to allow outdoor seating and service (much like European or Asian night markets) which has been wonderful, but the activity is so isolated it feels dead the second you leave the block.
The bay area is seeing some rough times. Homelessness seem to have skyrocketed, everything is too quiet aside from parks, and BART is basically a ghost train.
Spirit doesn't seem to be broken yet though, many keep talking about how they cant wait to see the city come to life again but are understanding of why it is this way.
Austin is pretty dead. You can definitely go out and get a drink on a patio, and there are probably a handful of shady bars that look like life before COVID, but overall nightlife has to be something like 25%.
Office activity is probably down even more. Most white collar workers WFH. Retail and daytime social activity is probably the most active. Maybe 80% normal there?
I went out a couple of weeks ago downtown on dirty, Rainey, and east 6th. It was busy as hell. Although about half of the bars were closed. Guess they haven't gotten their food permits yet. But for the most part the weekends are busy again and restaurants are always packed.
Hoboken is about 50% right now. If you take away dining & nightlife, you could argue that it's busier "out and about" than it ever has been, since most people commute into Manhattan and now everyone is WFH. Parks, waterfront, running trails all packed. But, indoor dining is at 25%, and bars, already at limited capacity need to close at midnight (rightfully).
I think the biggest change/bummer is the growing list of places that are going out of business...
Hoboken is about 50% right now. If you take away dining & nightlife, you could argue that it's busier "out and about" than it ever has been, since most people commute into Manhattan and now everyone is WFH. Parks, waterfront, running trails all packed. But, indoor dining is at 25%, and bars, already at limited capacity need to close at midnight (rightfully).
I think the biggest change/bummer is the growing list of places that are going out of business...
17 new Covid cases yesterday in Hoboken alone. I understand people need to be out of their apartments and not be so cooped up but when I was there the other day there's wayy too many people just hanging outside. The 2nd wave is here in NJ right now. I'm just trying to avoid any crowds for the next couple of weeks til the numbers hopefully subside again.
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