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Old 05-22-2020, 03:45 PM
 
Location: RI, MA, VT, WI, IL, CA, IN (that one sucked), KY
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There's no way that online school is going to become the norm. Maybe some families are finding that it works for their students (whether K-12 or college), but school is about much more than pure education. Parents of younger kids would have to figure out how to balance work (either out of the home or remotely) while enriching their child's social and experiential opportunities that would otherwise happen at school.



Nevermind who is going to get kids computers/tablets and wifi for all those that don't have it.
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Old 05-22-2020, 11:39 PM
 
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Nevermind who is going to get kids computers/tablets and wifi for all those that don't have it.
Yes, that Digital divide
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Old 05-23-2020, 09:46 AM
 
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Hertz filed for bankruptcy. May not be the end for them but will likely be forced to sell a good chunk of their fleet.
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Old 05-23-2020, 12:08 PM
 
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Nevermind who is going to get kids computers/tablets and wifi for all those that don't have it.
They have been doing that in Springfield for awhile now.



https://www.westernmassnews.com/news...58bbdb495.html

This isn't that hard given everything.
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Old 05-23-2020, 03:23 PM
 
Location: Westwood, MA
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For what its worth, our circle of friends who are living in Back Bay and South End are not moving. Some have kids and some are single.

They love where they live and that hasn't changed.

This is not the end of the world and it too will pass.
Yeah, I’m a little bit skeptical of people who city cities are going to suddenly be unpopular again. Some day this war is going to end, and sure enough all those people who like restaurants and gallery openings and punk shows are going to make up for lost time. Homebodies like me who sort of like staying at home all pretty much live in live in the suburbs already.
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Old 05-23-2020, 07:45 PM
 
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Hertz filed for bankruptcy. May not be the end for them but will likely be forced to sell a good chunk of their fleet.
They've been selling off their fleet for a couple of months - 41K in the US and 13K in Europe - out of 560K cars worldwide. That stopped because the auto auctions closed. They'll go through Chapter 11, restructure, and be back but probably as a smaller company.
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Old 05-24-2020, 06:11 AM
 
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Hertz filed for bankruptcy. May not be the end for them but will likely be forced to sell a good chunk of their fleet.
One thing I am sure about in this current climate is that the auto industry is absolutely screwed ... again.
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Old 05-24-2020, 06:16 AM
 
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One thing I am sure about in this current climate is that the auto industry is absolutely screwed ... again.
If you look at countries post lock down, car usage is actually up. I suspect we will see an uptick in car sales/usage as public transportation will be avoided by those who can afford to do so.
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Old 05-24-2020, 07:52 AM
 
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I don’t foresee cities becoming unpopular again either. Boston has certain had explosive growth over the past 20 years though and was hit hard by corona. So was NYC though. I don’t think that will stop people from wanting to live in either place however maybe it’s other US cities turns to experience the huge growth. I think it would be fine for Boston to slow down a bit.
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Old 05-24-2020, 08:09 AM
 
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If you look at countries post lock down, car usage is actually up. I suspect we will see an uptick in car sales/usage as public transportation will be avoided by those who can afford to do so.
Car usage has relatively little correlation to car purchases. Fleet sales alone are down tremendously.
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