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It’s unusual that I didn’t see much traffic this morning. Is that Covid or gas price hike.

Blue says

I didn’t see much traffic this morning

Where is this?

Ceffer says

You could tell they were stretched and were working long hours, always looked frazzled.

Have you noticed Latchkey Children over there?

I've noticed a gradual decline in our account balances. From food to gas to going out to eat everything is substantially more expensive. It used to be what came in and what went our in any given month was more or less even, now our "cushion" is slowly being drawn down. If this keeps up we may need to tighten the belt.

Not to mention the retirement accounts have gotten crushed. All in six months. A $10,000 gift (student loan forgiveness) will help for a bit, but a dark winter is ahead for many.

B.A.C.A.H. says

Blue says

I didn’t see much traffic this morning

Where is this?

South Bay both on I-85, 237.

Generally higher fuel prices always leads to recession. Most likely oil companies are manipulating the prices.