When you close businesses by the thousands, fire folks if they refuse the vax or refuse to wear a mask, what would you expect to happen?
I can only speak for what has happened in this are. Yes there are jobs and we have had a huge influx of people, but consequently rent starts out at around $2,000 for a liveable home in a decent area. Rent continues to climb. Even if the wage was $15/hr. -- that puts them able to afford rent and nothing else. Ok, then there are those that can afford to purchase a home but insurance is astronomical and taxes are pretty steep, so it's a juggling act for those that didn't do there homework beforehand. People who have rented the same place for years are having to move because the landlords can get more money. People are displaced; or moving back home, renting single rooms, families moving in together .... it's a mess. The hurricane obviously didn't help the situation -- I just read an article that a woman's insurance went from $,4000/yr to $32,000. How is that justified?
Lost of places are still hiring, it's just a matter of finding people who can work and sustain on what the wages are around here.