I mean it definitely is kind of a death knell. I'm a little terrified of that happening, given that I'm in the middle of nowhere and don't have a car, so my literal only option to get groceries is fuckin' Doordash. My literal only option to get household goods is Amazon. There aren't stores here, and I can't afford a car, even on what's considered a firmly middle class salary, and certainly not with the shortage of used vehicles at the moment. The entire used car market in the 150-200 km around me is exclusively massive brodozer jacked up pickups from the early 2000s, and not a one is below about $12,000. I cannot drive a truck, I am a relatively tiny woman, and would not be able to even see the end of the hood in one of them. This shit is fucked and when it hits the fan, so am I.
I mean it definitely is kind of a death knell. I'm a little terrified of that happening, given that I'm in the middle of nowhere and don't have a car, so my literal only option to get groceries is fuckin' Doordash. My literal only option to get household goods is Amazon. There aren't stores here, and I can't afford a car, even on what's considered a firmly middle class salary, and certainly not with the shortage of used vehicles at the moment. The entire used car market in the 150-200 km around me is exclusively massive brodozer jacked up pickups from the early 2000s, and not a one is below about $12,000. I cannot drive a truck, I am a relatively tiny woman, and would not be able to even see the end of the hood in one of them. This shit is fucked and when it hits the fan, so am I.