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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

<strong>For the last few weeks I have mostly been staying in my neighborhood</strong> which I really like-- lots of trees, people walking, shops and restaurants open, the park, etc. However, <strong>a few times recently I have gone down to Mid-town and it has really scared and depressed me.</strong> Everything is empty and shops are closed. Poor people roaming around-- homeless lying in the streets. Storefronts boarded up with graffiti and it just seems like a ghost town of the apocalypse. So many empty buildings and it feels like a hopeless and abandoned place. I feel lucky that I don't live down in that area... I would've had a totally different COVID experience. I've been sheltered uptown where things are still pretty nice and life is somewhat normal. <strong>I worry and wonder when the whole city will be able to come back... maybe it will never be what it was. Could it maybe be better?</strong> What if we knocked down all those buildings and planted a forest or garden?