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jjulius 7 hours ago

Asking because I'm genuinely curious myself, how much of this is unemployment vs the fact that so many more people work from home now compared to pre-2008? Many of those that WFH work a more flexible schedule and probably structure their days a lot differently than 20+ years ago.

zerr 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Yes, remote and part-time. Shopping on Monday afternoons is enjoyable.

ahnick 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Been remote since 2013 and can confirm Monday afternoon shopping is the alpha. ;-)

stevenwoo 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I used to encounter maybe one person who did not have a head of gray hair, i.e. obviously retired, in a variety of mid peninsula parks in Silicon Valley on weekdays pre covid during the work day and nowadays I run into a dozen or more in a typical half day outing on a week day and this trend definitely started during pandemic. But I don’t know if it’s unemployment or WFH now.