Putting aside the obvious horribleness of the Coronavirus, are there any aspects of this new way of life you would like to see continue?

I wish my husband could stay home all the time but he’s going back on Monday.
That would be the thing I’d like to see continue.

I’m with @lucillelucillelucille. Working from home has been most beneficial for us in many ways.
Saving money by not going out is kind of nice.
Also people are NOT stopping by randomly. :D

My Son, DIL and now 15 month old grandson are sheltering with us – and we LOVE IT!!! They live on the other side of the country so under normal circumstances we’d only get a chance to see them a couple of times a year. Now it’s all day. And it’s wonderful!
The little guy is earning about birds, watching and feeding the fish in the pond, looking at bugs on the patio, staring at frogs.
We don’t want them to leave.

I really like working from home.

Normally, with working outside of the home, I only have weekends (which means Saturday) to do errands – car maintenance, hair appointments, eye doctor, taking daughter to sports. I have to take time off during the week for doctor or dentist appointments. Weekends are also when my daughter wants me to take her with her friends to the mall or other things – plays, movies, etc. Now we’re not doing any of that. We’re not rushing around, frantic.

I like not having to worry about waking up in the morning, getting my daughter to school, getting myself to work, staying all day, getting home around 6 or so, after dealing with rush hour traffic. Sunday night is thinking about the Monday morning commute, especially if there’s going to be bad weather. Every work night is hoping I can get to sleep at a decent hour and sleep well all night. On a regular basis, I go on 4 or 5 hours of sleep but now I’m more relaxed and sleeping better.

I’m not dealing with my hair now, I’m not putting on makeup, I’m not dealing with having to put on certain clothes for work. I’m not buying new clothes or accessories. I’m saving a lot on gasoline.

I also like that now, a lot of TV commercials are kinder and gentler.

Also, I like TV shows where people film from their houses. I like seeing the insides or outsides of celeb’s houses.

I loathe everything about this “new normal” – except for the minor shift from shopping-as-activity to getting outside. People in my area seem to be enjoying the outdoors more. The parks are quite active (not too active to stop physical distancing), and the hikes I like to go on are now fairly popular.

Rather than driving by the mall and seeing a full parking lot on a 70 degree day, I’m finding it challenging to find a parking spot at my favorite trails.

Traffic is light, and there is some sense of sanity about what matters. These people don’t seem to miss casual shopping, but now realize that they do miss other humans. But I’m really having a difficult time with this. I need to be with my family and friends. And most importantly, it’s brutal on my children.

To see nature taking advantage of less human influence on their environments and to breath fresh air under a clear, blue sky, with cleaner water would be some things I would like to continue. Also to be able to continue to walk and cycle along virtually traffic-free roads.

@Greylights This. I would love to see the continued low car traffic and improvement to the environment due to lack of vehicle pollution and shut down of industry. Of course I know this is completely unrealistic. But that has been the main positive of all this for me and I’ll miss it when the smoggy air returns.

@hmmmmmm I also have been noticed people making more use of parks, open spaces, and time outside. I hope that, even as we return to work and have less time for recreation, that we might take away some good exercise and getting-outdoors habits from this.

What I would like is everyone to give everyone a bit of distance when ever possible, doesn’t have to be 6 feet but a bit never the less.

Good points @Demosthenes and @Greylights. I forgot that I love when I’m driving around during what would normally be evening rush hour and there are very few cars on the road.

In my case, totally nothing.

Washing hands, and working and shopping from home.

Oh and taking classes from home too.

I think young people will acquire new respect and admiration for older folks because they see how we treat them with love and respect by giving them distance. It shows we care.

Lighter traffic
Lighter vehicles (few trucks, no school buses, few city buses)
Plenty of parking spaces everywhere
Very few people within stores
The people I encounter are generally friendly and courteous
Not falling behind on theatre movies, concerts, museum exhibits, gallery shows, etc.
And, my personal favorite: no handshakes and hugs

I like the reduction in traffic and ambient noise. And I really like not being crowded anywhere I go. I’d be happy keeping social distancing forever, as long as it could be curtailed voluntarily by the affected parties. We might end up developing some social signal that means “I’m ok. Are you ok?” so we can partake of hugs and handshakes selectively, while never being cramped in a line or squished in a crowd again.

And I’m very much in favor of the environmental relief. It’s been bought at a terrible price, but we’ve learned something significant from the speedy clearing of the air.

Also, young people who haven’t seen that before, who’ve grown up in smog, might want to support keeping the sky blue now that they see what they’ve been missing.

Standing in line & shopping for groceries in supermarkets.
With Bette Midler belting out…“From a Distance”
Much better than having awful peasant type folk clogging up the aisles.

I’m shocked at the reduction in expenses from simply hanging around the house. Even the spending through the net has dropped to virtually nothing. I’ve been thinking about this, and have concluded that the comeback for the restaurant and tourist industries might be slow and protracted. I for one am adapted now to dining exclusively at home, and am enjoying it immensely. This of course may change with the wife’s part time work schedule and my own bouncing about the city, but I suspect that I will simply be doing more of the cooking. I wonder if this is the end of all those folks who used to circulate through here? I’ve gotten used to a quiet refuge of a house free from the necessity of covering folks with blankets when I stumble home at night along with the junkets of out of towners as the tourist season ramps up. I can walk around in boxers and a tee shirt and stumble into the bathrooms without knocking or closing the doors behind me. It’s interesting living.

I see @Squeeky and @ucme are on the same page as me. Most people are aware of personal space now. I want this to continue.

My neighborhood has always been a pleasant one but many of us are getting closer through this time.

Great responses everyone!

I too am in no hurry to return my 3-hour/day commute, squeezing errands and appointments in between work, and spending far too much on gasoline.

I sleep in an hour later now, don’t work on weekends, and I’m getting much more work accomplished.

My daughter has all her school work done in about 3-hours/day. No commute to school. No study periods. No pep rallies.

I love seeing more people out for walks with their families and pets.

So much less traffic and noise.

I’m sleeping better, longer and dreaming more. So nice! It’s like seeing old friends but in my dreams.