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[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Ok, then please tell me how I can keep 6 feet apart if I go outside and this is what it looks like ...

I'm talking about the idiots here who have plenty of opportunity to stay away from others and get too close on purpose. I also know Wal-Mart isn't enforcing the 20% capacity rule so that's stupid to begin with. Like they care if they go over 20% anyway as long as they get their sales.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Ok, then please tell me how I can keep 6 feet apart if I go outside and this is what it looks like ...

That picture is from 2016 by the way.

[MifuneFan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYTN...ature=youtu.be

[LordoftheRings]

Originally Posted by MrHT

So we have to stay indoors and not go out for another four months????

It's not like this is the end of the world. Lots of Blu-ray movies worth revisiting ...

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

That picture is from 2016 by the way.

Yes, when NY was less populated. It is now 2020 with far more people and believe me, when warm weather hits, the streets of NY will be worse than that picture. So good luck trying to take a walk in NY in the summer and keep 6 feet distance...

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by LordoftheRings

It's not like this is the end of the world. Lots of Blu-ray movies worth revisiting ...

True, but what's great about summer is being able to go out and look at all the girls in their skimpy clothes that they wear because they claim they are too warm.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

What???? Remember when Underworld said just last week anyone can go out and avoid anyone over the age of 50 at will!

And yeah, it's kind of impossible. Especially if you're like me and work at say, FedEx, and have like 70 people working together. The extreme volume they're forcing us to push in the mere 3 hours our shift is, leads to people having to pile into those trucks to unload and load those things as fast as possible.

I am up in a tower sorting the boxes, but the person across the belt from me isn't six feet away at all.

I’m on the belt line loading trucks and the person behind me is always on my ass, trying to Grab his stuff. Drives me nuts

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Yes, when NY was less populated. It is now 2020 with far more people and believe me, when warm weather hits, the streets of NY will be worse than that picture. So good luck trying to take a walk in NY in the summer and keep 6 feet distance...

NY's population is actually declining.

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

What???? Remember when Underworld said just last week anyone can go out and avoid anyone over the age of 50 at will!

And yeah, it's kind of impossible. Especially if you're like me and work at say, FedEx, and have like 70 people working together. The extreme volume they're forcing us to push in the mere 3 hours our shift is, leads to people having to pile into those trucks to unload and load those things as fast as possible.

I am up in a tower sorting the boxes, but the person across the belt from me isn't six feet away at all.

I never said that, I said that I personally could and will avoid them. I actually have too. If there's a crowded aisle at a store and there's older people in it I'll go to another aisle and just come back to that one when they have moved on.

[Lee A Stewart]

[Lee A Stewart]

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

NY's population is actually declining.

I respectfully disagree. I’ve lived in NY all my life and trust me, it is more crowded here than ever!!

[Lee A Stewart]

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by MrHT

I respectfully disagree. I’ve lived in NY all my life and trust me, it is more crowded here than ever!!

Disagree all you want but it's true.

New York's population dropped by an estimated 76,790 people between 2018 and 2019, or a loss of 0.4%. The state's population declined to 19,453,561 in 2019 from 19,530,351 the year before, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates

[MrHT]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Disagree all you want but it's true.

New York's population dropped by an estimated 76,790 people between 2018 and 2019, or a loss of 0.4%. The state's population declined to 19,453,561 in 2019 from 19,530,351 the year before, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates

Then why the heck are subways more packed than ever?? The MTA is even working on trying to replace the current trains with accordion style ones to accommodate the excess amount of people. The subway system is on the verge of collapsing due to the crazy crowds that they just can’t seem to handle. This was never an issue 10 years ago. Why is it an issue now if population is going down?

[Moe Szyslak]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

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[Pondosinatra]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

Disagree all you want but it's true.

New York's population dropped by an estimated 76,790 people between 2018 and 2019, or a loss of 0.4%. The state's population declined to 19,453,561 in 2019 from 19,530,351 the year before, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates

So statistically irrelevant...

[Tony208]

Originally Posted by MrHT

Then why the heck are subways more packed than ever?? The MTA is even working on trying to replace the current trains with accordion style ones to accommodate the excess amount of people. The subway system is on the verge of collapsing due to the crazy crowds that they just can’t seem to handle. This was never an issue 10 years ago. Why is it an issue now if population is going down?

The exodus is upper middle class and rich people. The crowded parts still crowded as ever.

[BeastCreatureTrapper]

Yeah, those New Yorkers moving are the rich ones, coming South and making homes even more impossible to afford, if that's even possible. *LOL*

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by Pondosinatra

So statistically irrelevant...

It's been four years of declines in a row, and they lead the nation in declines.