I remember the days of people complaining about Walmart. It seemed like nothing could stop them
Then out of nowhere Amazon arrived and is endangering Walmart. It's hard to drive anywhere now without seeing at least one Amazon delivery van. There will always be disruptors.
What France is doing is dumb af. I'm old enough to remember what a nightmare it was to find a book you needed for school. Going from B&N to Borders, etc in a quest to find the thing. And then in the end the only hope was to place an order at the store with a 4-8 week delivery. If they want to restrict their population's access to information, they get what they deserve.
people used to California labor law are transplanted there and discover what it's like to live in a "right to work" state
Ummm, California is also a "right to work" state
And good jobs are *REALLY* easy to come by in Palo Alto and the surrounding environs.
Yeah, but affordable housing isn't easy to come by in Palo Alto. I say this as a Bay Area resident who would like to not pay about $1 million to live in some lower/middle class house with a homeless encampment a couple blocks away. And being able to go to a store without having to circle for 15-20 minutes looking for parking would be a nice touch.
(which is exceedingly unlikely for vaccinated people),
Not sure it's exceedingly unlikely. Vaccines are around 95% for moderna and pfizer and 60% for J&J. Still a good chance of getting hit by it.
"Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love." -- Albert Einstein