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What Americans spend money on and what they do during quarantine

The author of the channel “Dumped to America” on Yandex Zen I talked with my friends in the USA and found out how those who live in quarantine, whether they manage to make ends meet and what they have to save on.

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The author of the blog is “stuck” in quarantine in Moscow, but regularly corresponds with his friends from Washington and California. In his article, he talked about how the lives of Americans have changed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Next - from the first person.

Some of my friends moved to Washington from another state right before the epidemic. They rented an apartment, bought a car and insurance, and hoped to find a job quickly. But then the coronavirus intervened. Almost all companies have suspended recruitment. This applies to absolutely all areas of business. Moreover, hundreds of thousands of people lost their jobs, and now have competed with my acquaintances in finding employment.

Every day they look through vacancies, send resumes, but all to no avail. Nobody reads them, nobody calls them. All companies are not up to it now. America, like other countries, is waiting for a long and painful crisis. Business is busy saving itself, and for this there are wild cuts and reorganization.

The finances of my friends are coming to an end, but there is no work.

Their minimum required monthly costs are:

  • Studio rent - $1100
  • Car insurance – $100
  • Food – $300
  • Mobile communications - $100 (2 tariffs of 50 each)
  • Internet – $60

In addition, they do not spend on anything, because they do not know how it will all end. Yes, and especially not much to spend. Everything is closed, the streets are completely empty.

It seems like they managed to get a job delivering food, but it doesn’t bring in enough money - the work is only available during limited hours, and the pay is low. We'll see how everything works out there. I hope they manage to break through.

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The US government is allocating trillions of dollars to support the economy, and everyone hopes that things will work out very soon.

We are transported to California, to the city where I live - San Diego.

My friends have been in quarantine for a very long time, and, in their words, they are already “going crazy at home.” They don’t go out at all because there is a quarantine.

One of my friends writes that he completely rethought his life in a month of “sitting and doing nothing.” He is 33 years old, he works as a parking attendant, and does not communicate with his parents. For some, coronavirus is good.

He spends money on food that he cooks himself, Netflix, and California household entertainment. He tried to start some business, but so far unsuccessfully. He understands that something urgently needs to be done, but does not know what exactly.

Another has lost all customers, is sitting at home and does not know what to do. Both are awaiting a check for $ 1200 worth of pants from the government.

He says that the money goes only for food, the rent is not taken from him because of the virus. These are the owners of the house with whom he rents housing.

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Another pair of friends, a husband and wife, went on a trailer all over America in February. On the one hand, they were lucky: before the trip, they accumulated enough money, both quit their jobs and went on trips through forests, parks and lakes in the country. That is, they left California, which is in the top in the number of cases of infection, and went to remote places where there are few people and there is no virus.

Yes, and the cool thing is that there are no people anywhere. Everything can be safely watched. That is, they did not worry either for work, or for money, or for what to do next. Yes, and gasoline fell significantly due to a deal with OPEC. The perfect situation.

On the other hand, many national parks will be closed, and they shouldn’t go to New York. But these are minor problems. I think they were lucky. The main expense on their trip is gasoline. In addition, they are spent on food and alcohol. But as I said, they had money saved up.

Another friend, an internet marketer, said he barely felt the change. He has a lot of work, and he still sat at home. He is also a surfer, and is very pleased that the ocean is now empty.

He works from home most of the time, orders food 2-3 times a day, occasionally goes to the beach. He has enough funds with his head, because they pay enough online in the USA.

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