Near me? I’d say it’s schizophrenic. Signs of a significant amount people out of work and on benefits, working poor everywhere, homeless, but restaurants and stores busy all the time.
Bingo - schizophrenic. There are some 50% or so that still have the job they had 5+ years ago, and even though there haven’t been real raises, those folks are comfortable. The rest are in total depression. So you still see folks in resturants and such. For many folks things really aren’t that different.