As I drive through the city I live in, which has a population of just over 45,000 people. I can't help but notice it is starting to look like a Ghost Town. There are currently 48 buildings larger than 10,000 square feet that are vacant. It literally has an eerie feeling to it.
That picture was taken on a Saturday afternoon at 2pm. But thats not the only one, here are a few more.
So Many shops have closed up and left, some Major but a lot of them are local.
So whats causing this eerie feeling of real life Ghost Town? I am not 100% for sure, but I can tell you what's not helping.
So you might ask how is Amazon affecting this, well it's no big surprise that Amazon is the worlds largest retailer. With a 2018 annual sales of 141.92 billion dollars an increase of over 30 billion from 2017. Online sales for 2018 where 513.61 billion. So as you can see Amazon has over a third of total online sales. Now to some this may seem like a good thing. It's not even close to being a good thing. How Many people do you know who work at Amazon? I know more than I should and probably more than most. I know of 10 people that work for Amazon or one of its sister companies. If it wasn't for whole foods, I wouldn't know any. Now I will ask you the serious question, How Many people do you know that have lost their job because a retail company closed?
Now you would think this would be helping out one major employer, the post office. Well you are right and wrong, I have lived in my town for over 25 years and have been here since we had a 10,000 population. So I know a few people here and there. Well the post office is getting rapped by the Amazon seekers. Per a little information provided by my area Post Master 1 in five families in my county have had an Amazon Package delivered to them. Of that 1 in five a quarter of them have had A Package delivered on Sunday. Plus Amazon doesnt follow the same shipping prices that you and I have to pay, it much less......
As A whole the world has become very Lazy, We have turned to the power of technology and embraced it so much that we are not seeing the effects of it. We have online sales, we have services such as waiter, or uber eats, we have grocery stores that you can order online and they will bring it right out to your vehicle. We have lost the since of community and what it takes to make one survive.
Now being a stacker and a somewhat prepper, I am expecting a economic collapse, but do we have to speed it up ourselves? You will need the local mom and pop store during a collapse, they will be the ones to help. But I am afraid they will not be around during the next collapse.
So I say No, No more clicking of the button except for one thing.
I know its easy, but it doesn't help anyone. It sure doesn't help the community or town you live in. Trust me when I say the collaspe is coming, we do not need to get it here faster than it is intended.
Now as most of you know I am a stacker, so i will continue to shop online for silver and gold but that is it.
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