Unnecessary use of capital letters! You've done it now Mister!
I will use caps, not for freepers(they already know this) but for those from the opposition that cruise this site....... WE DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE MONEY!!!! WE CANNOT BUY WHAT WE CANNOT AFFORD!!!! VACATIONS, GONE!!!! WEEKEND CRUISING, GONE!!!! GOING OUT ON FRIDAY NITE, GONE!!!!.......we will now resume our regularly scheduled commentary...
Something has to give....
Food prices are way up (as the packages shrink), property taxes are up - fees an assessments are increasing at a nice clip...you got to cut somewhere...combining trips is one of many ways.
I drive around 1,000 miles a week for my job - I see the roads - I see the emptier and emptier roads during daytime work hours...the ‘get out of the house and shop and putz around’ mindset has shifted.
I live on a relatively busy road - Saturday mornings, like right now, in the past would be bustling with ‘here and there’ traffic - it has dwindled a lot, I’ve noticed it for well over a year.
(One thing that might be interesting to track is the percentage drop/gain of traffic congestion during the usual rush hours)
p.s.: somethimes screaming is the only thing we have left, when we are mad as heII.