Well, it well be interesting to see if it makes a difference next week.

Deep blue states shut down almost completely and their economies are spiraling down.  Trump was right when he singled out blue states in the debate, but Biden said, we are all one country.  I think he missed the point.  But the economies are very bad due to the extreme shutdowns. 

A little more than a week.

A week and 4 days

Showtalk said:

Deep blue states shut down almost completely and their economies are spiraling down. Trump was right when he singled out blue states in the debate, but Biden said, we are all one country.

Yeah - I have noticed the difference, as have many others, who are close to New Mexico in Texas, and those who regularly go back and forth between the two states.

Most of those in the borderland areas are coming to Texas to shop and eat out and generally get vehicle maintenance done and other things.

I picked up some pocket change this week making a run to a town in southeastern New Mexico to deliver some stuff  because the stores in Odessa-Midland are open for a reasonable amount of time, while Hobbs NM practically has shut down everything except oil field related stuff in the remote areas. Since Hobbs rolls up the streets several hours before a typical oil worker's workday ends, and doesn't open stores until after most have to be at work - we're calling that "Covid Savings Time" - which I've heard multiple people say on the air - there's a lot of them who drive the extra hundred miles each way to go to Odessa and shop for essentials.

As a result of continued short hours in NM, as well as the risk of being trapped there if they ever come up with enough bureaucratic personnel to actually enforce statewide quarantines and keep healthy people from exiting the state, businesses in Kermit, Monahans, Odessa, Midland, are staying busy with a LOT of cars and trucks with NM license plates seen on the streets.

Meanwhile, the majority of traffic freely crossing the state line are 18 wheelers who have been protected under federal mandate so essential goods can be delivered.

Fortuately in small places like Jal, Eunice, Dexter, Tatum, Lovington, etc. and rural areas of NM, you can get away with a lot of travel as long as you don't raise red flags by trying to book a motel or something. Thus you see a lot of people sleeping in cars by the side of roads and in parking lots to avoid leaving a paper trail.

I wonder how long before travels like yours will be turned into a movie? Lot of things going on most people di not hear about.

Well, Smokey and the Bandit was about bootlegging a load of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta.

'cause they're thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarkana. We'll bring it back no matter what it takes.
Eastbound and down, loaded up and truckin'
We're gonna do what they say can't be done
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there
I'm eastbound, just watch ole Bandit run.

If they can’t leave home, how do they get out to leave their own states?

When the Democrats started threatening gun rights I started voting Republican.

 

They want to remove all guns and that will be the end of the 2nd Amendment.  Can’t have rights without weapons.