Around my neck of the woods (the Yorkville area of the UES), things seem pretty run of the mill. The road block set up at 96th St. prevented the area from being flooded with traffic. And, for the most part, I gather that most of the working people up here stayed home today, while others are close enough to work to just walk only a couple miles or could afford more expensive means of transportation.

At 4 p.m. my heart was broken upon discovering that the local Jamba Juice closed at 3:30 p.m. so that employees had time to get home. For the better I suppose, I really can’t afford Jamba right now anyway.

But, I fear today is really no predictor of the way this city will continue to handle the strike. Most people made their own contingency plans JUST for today, with little thought about how to handle the situation long-term. People drove to work today knowing that it isn’t possible tomorrow and the next day, and the next. And, I think there’s an even greater number of people who stayed home today but won’t be able to stay home tomorrow.

We’re handling it, though. For now.

It will be interesting to see how this really affects people’s holiday plans. Some of the horror stories I heard today were from friends who had an incredibly difficult time getting to an airport to fly home. I’ll be spending Christmas here solo, so I’m not that concerned about all that. I suppose I should be grateful that I can be such a passive observer during this time.

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