so i traveled up north to compete this past week and weekend. i choose to fly as opposed to drive since plane tickets were so cheap and the city we were going to was stupid expensive to park and just travel around in. so here is my observations and i watch the news on a daily basis. i went through one small air port at home to connect to two major air ports. the only questions about the virus i was asked were at the small air port here and my temp was not checked one time. they tell us that the air line industry is going to go under and they are only booking small numbers on flights. this is utter and complete bull shit. even the small air port in my city was slam packed and it only has two carriers and maybe 12 gates. every single aircraft we were on were completely full. i mean literally every single seat was taken. the two major air ports were slammed with people. so i can honestly say they are lying about how low travel is right now because it damn sure isnt. i even asked one of the tsa people if they had saw a down turn the last couple of months and he said hell no, it hadnt slowed down at all.
the city i went to was a dem controlled city which i have not been to since i was like 8 or 9 years old and it was a pretty dirty place then but now it is incredible and mind blowing to me. now granted it is up north and gets cold as fuck and the homeless population just blew my mind. having to walk around shit and piss all over the streets and dodge bums and drug dealers. i have been to 3d world countries all over the world while on active duty and i can say that it actually smelled worse. even in the business district where our hotel was, they were every where. open air drug dealing and people openly smoking weed just blew my mind.
now let's get into the protesting bull shit as well. cops had most of the streets blocked off and were diverting us away but they were everywhere. we were walking along the street and my son got shot by a car speeding by with paint balls. that's how our trip went and i am completely blown away that citizens allow this nonsense to go on.
