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I've worked in Detroit, LA, Chicago, NYC, Boston. Now I avoid those like the plague
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Originally Posted by banjomike
I think that if you are living in a small town, you are going to feel safer than in a big city. But if you are living in a big city, you are going to feel safer than in a small town.
People feel the safest in the place they are the most familiar with.
I grew up in a very big city, and I used to feel safe there.
Got fed up long before COVID-19. Moved from a city where this past holiday weekend's homicides (total, and per-capita) were about the same as my new home state's annual numbers (again, both total and per-capita rate).
In big cities like SF or LA people are freaking out......
I live in Phoenix but grew up in rural AZ. I also studied public health. The situation in rural AZ is that they generally have lower cases but have disproportionately less resources. State-of-the-art medical devices like ventillators are relatively rare in rural AZ. So, despite the lower number of cases compared to large metropolitan areas, even a moderate increase in cases could quickly overwhelm the rural healthcare infrastructure. So, the anxiety and heightened level of precautions are still there.
The lack of resources is one concern. The other is that there are now hotspots in rural areas that unexpectedly arose. Small communities in northeastern AZ and northwestern NM have been hit hard in reservation areas. Their small clinics are overwhelmed.
Other reservations have not had large cases like that but are extremely concerned about the risks. So, I haven't been able to go back to visit my family at all since the indigenous community closed itself off for the most part. The anxiety is high in rural AZ.
A local teacher's death from COVID-19 made national news. She was from a rural copper mining town about 40 miles north of Tucson in Hayden, AZ. RIP.
I just want to know how to get rid of these people.
They've got our lives turned upside down here.
It's really going from bad to worse.
How the hell do we chase these morons away?
When I was ~ age 5, (in a town of 381) my babysitter left our house one evening and never got home. She got nabbed by a mass killer, when she and her boyfriend stopped to help the killer who's car was stuck in the mud. 10 deaths - 2 states
I just want to know how to get rid of these people.
They've got our lives turned upside down here.
It's really going from bad to worse.
How the hell do we chase these morons away?
Chase them while coughing at them and extending hands filled with used wet wipes, saying, “Want some of my germs? We SHARE!”
Too bad that'll get you locked up for assault or terrorism or some crap.
We try to spook them about the sharks, ticks, snakes, coyotes, etc, doesn't seem to work.
I'm gonna hafta catch and release some bears and wolves and such. Then go around at night smearing peanut butter and honey all over the B & B's and summer homes.
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I've worked in Detroit, LA, Chicago, NYC, Boston. Now I avoid those like the plague
