I live in The Villages, FL, it has been mentioned on TV in national reports as being an extremely vulnerable population. I’ve said it on fluther before, we are a city of 120,000 55 and up. Median age is 70 years old. Many residents have preexisting conditions.
On my block things don’t seem much different. I still hear lawns being mowed, I still hear neighbors on their back patios (when I sit on mine) and neighbors working in their front yard gardens. Golf carts and cars drive by a little less often, but when I’m inside my house I don’t notice them anyway. People walking for exercise seems the same, although I know some of my friends are doing it more in lieu of exercise classes they used to attend. When I am inside of my house there is no perceivable difference so much has changed.
I haven’t been to the town squares in over two weeks. I honestly don’t know if restaurants are still under orders to only allow 50% full or if eating in is completely off limits now. I know some restaurants have expanded their delivery service. I don’t know if any clothing stores are still open. I just haven’t paid attention to those details.
The nightly live music has been cancelled in the town squares, and I the last I looked at video cams very few people were in the dancing area of the squares at night. I haven’t checked the last few days.
I went out for the first time in over a week on Sunday to pick up medication. The roads had fewer cars, but it was not overly dramatic. The drug store was not eerily empty nor overwhelmed, but it was slightly fewer cars in the parking lot than usual. I drove right up to the drive thru and picked up
my drugs no waiting. The supermarket in the same shopping area had their parking lot half full. Rather typical for 4:00 in the afternoon. I have a guess that people mostly rush to these places early in the morning.
I pick up my mail where our community pool is, and since pools are closed for C19, the parking lot is like when it’s 45 degrees outside, but it’s been 80, sunny and beautiful most days. I did this on Sunday too. I figure maybe the mail is safer on Sunday having sat there 1–7 days.
On Sunday there were people playing pickle ball when I drove by the courts. Also, people were playing golf.
My friends here check on each other by texting and Facebook. A few of us are starting to plan how to do lectures/discussions and exercise classes online to get back to the activities we miss.
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