That is what it is like in my area. We live in a touristy beach area and people who own second homes and tourists are coming down and filling everything up. We have very few hospital beds compared to the people who have come.I live in a small rural area of California that gets a lot of tourists. So far it seems that all of the vacation homes are full. These second home folks are buying out our grocery stores to the point where some stores are requiring an ID with a local address on it in order to shop. We only have 31 hospital beds in this county so if they start getting sick...
I mean, yeah it's technically their home and they're entitled to use it but at what cost?
My husband and I own a plumbing business. We shut down a lot of houses for the winter and open them again when the people call in the spring. You would not believe what I hear from some of the people who are having their houses turned on. They think they are coming to enjoy a vacation. They are not going to stay in their houses and they don't care about social distancing. They care about coming to their vacation home and having fun. This includes people who were told they need to be self-isolating for 2 weeks because of possible exposure. They are going to come down but they aren't going to stay in their house. They are looking for a good time. Should they be allowed to come and put everyone at risk? I know not everyone is like that but you would be surprised how many people have that attitude.
A lot of the houses are not occupied by the owners all summer either. It is off season now so many of the owners are coming down but in a few weeks most of the houses will be rented by the week with people coming and going all summer looking to have their fun vacation. How do you stop the spread of the virus when there are that many people coming and going weekly?
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