We’ve been wanting to get out of the city for a long time. Most people don’t realize how large and empty the American west is, including California itself. New technology is going to make it increasingly possible and affordable to live comfortably off the grid.
I was in Ralph’s yesterday, and the shelves of paper products in general were still empty. They can’t keep it stocked. It was also the first thing that I noticed had disappeared at Costco a couple weeks ago.
I also noticed that I picked a bad time to pay for unlimited car washes at the place across the street; it’s closed.
Bigelow has had ups and downs for years, perhaps because of an incoherent business plan. He was expecting transportation to come along a lot sooner than it has, without doing anything to help it along other than promise demand.