Outdoor coronabubbles have started showing up in my town. But I have to ask the eternal question.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
These four are in an empty lot next to a two-screen theater that’s been closed since the start of the coronapocalypse. Who’s going to use them? The lot’s been empty for more than a decade. A couple of years ago a developer wanted to put up a hotel there but the design was for a building higher than the city’s historic preservation commission or whatever they call themselves would allow. A stone’s throw from the lakeshore in a wealthyish community — it has to be valuable property. But what are coronabubbles doing there? The theater’s closed. A bar/restaurant across the street is restricted by the governor’s order to takeout fare for at least the next four weeks.
Are they planning on using it for their massive overflow of the coronapocalypse outdoor seating they are planning on having in January and February? Duh, this is Minnesota. That might work in Key West or San Diego, but outdoor dining, even in a coronabubble, just isn’t going to be all that popular when frostbite is a real possibility.
A few blocks away (not pictured), another coronabubble, out in front of a vape shop. Are people going to buy their vape supplies and head into a coronabubble to indulge?
Maybe I’m missing something. Maybe there’s a performance art spectacle being planned for my community and I missed the memo.
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