Unlike the first time when the Great Depression swept across the US evenly, G.D. 2.0 is settling over America in splotches, first appearing in rural areas, the Rust Belt, and Red States.
In upstate NYS I saw a child working in a McDonald's (I frequent the Mac Shacks for coffee, smokes, and latrine).
More people will be selling blood or plasma to make ends meet and businesses are cutting corners to survive.
At a fast food chain I ordered a meal for $15 or $17 and the plate was all "filler" and garnish with a tablespoon of cold slaw in a tiny white cup.
Houses are selling at dirt cheap prices too: www.reddit.com
~50m north of Albany, a NYS Trooper told me he was so happy to pass the academy and get a steady job. A former construction worker, he was in his 30s and married when he took the test.
When driving around upstate NYS, one notices more prisons than hospitals.
Both are probably the best employment opportunities in hard times.
Upstate NY is also MAGA territory and their economy is hit by less Canadians coming down to spend their money.
