What will the US be like in 10 years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Global climate change will be well underway unless we do some things to stop it now. Since people won't even stop voluntarily traveling for two years because of a pandemic, I'm afraid we are doomed. Assume extreme weather events will get worse.

YES! And people going backwards at an alarming rate-repeating history

[Anonymous]

A lot more inequality and a continued hollowing-out of the middle class. Instead of having a few people at the top, a few people at the bottom, and most people in the middle, we’ll have a few people at the top, a few more people in the middle, and a lot of people at the bottom.

Public schools will continue to decline - they’re already schools of last resort in some places in the south and this will continue. I don’t know about 10 years from now, but 20-25 years from now I think anyone with any amount of means will send their kids to private schools (probably Christian private because it’s more affordable) apart from a few places in the northeast and Midwest where public schools will still be ok.

[Anonymous]

Look up the world economic forum and their plan for 2030.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think another civil war is brewing.

I think it'll be a Red vs. Blue war.

No one is going to fight to keep the red states. Seriously. And the blue states will not leave the union on principle although they would be much better off if they did. So if the red states want to leave, there will be no war. They will be graciously allowed.

They’ll have to take their share of the national debt, though. No shirking!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think there will be tons of petty crime. Everyone will have to be Street smart: leaving one’s purse in a shopping cart will be inconceivable.
There will be much more trash lying around too.
Public schools will become worse and good ones will be few and far between - most middle class people will send their kids to privates

Wtf??? Where do you live?? You shouldn’t be able to leave a purse I’m a shopping cart.

I know 3 women that have their iPhone or Wallet stolen out of their purse that was in their cart at Whole Foods.

And, trash—/have you been to NYC the amount of trash there had increased so steadily it’s practically up to your knees in midtown. Once nicer TriBeCa, is now littered with it.

Crime? Homeless? All increased drastically locally and a lot is the police force we have lost. All our cops left to work security for Amazon for more pay abs safety. We have a shortage of them.

I have never seen a single pocket book left in a shopping cart. Where are you that you are doing it now?

+1 My 80-year old grandmother from outside NYC always had her pocketbook clasped under her arm. She's been dead no 20-some years, but even then people were warned of pickpockets and purse nabbings.

My mom used to always get on my case about leaving my purse in the dressing room when I went to look at clothes in the 3-way mirror. It cracked me up...I'm still right here.

I never have left a purse in a shopping cart while walking down a different aisle, etc. This is the most naive and stupid thing I've read in awhile, especially for a 'DC' area forum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think there will be tons of petty crime. Everyone will have to be Street smart: leaving one’s purse in a shopping cart will be inconceivable.
There will be much more trash lying around too.
Public schools will become worse and good ones will be few and far between - most middle class people will send their kids to privates

Wtf??? Where do you live?? You shouldn’t be able to leave a purse I’m a shopping cart.

I know 3 women that have their iPhone or Wallet stolen out of their purse that was in their cart at Whole Foods.

And, trash—/have you been to NYC the amount of trash there had increased so steadily it’s practically up to your knees in midtown. Once nicer TriBeCa, is now littered with it.

Crime? Homeless? All increased drastically locally and a lot is the police force we have lost. All our cops left to work security for Amazon for more pay abs safety. We have a shortage of them.

I have never seen a single pocket book left in a shopping cart. Where are you that you are doing it now?

+1 My 80-year old grandmother from outside NYC always had her pocketbook clasped under her arm. She's been dead no 20-some years, but even then people were warned of pickpockets and purse nabbings.

My mom used to always get on my case about leaving my purse in the dressing room when I went to look at clothes in the 3-way mirror. It cracked me up...I'm still right here.

I never have left a purse in a shopping cart while walking down a different aisle, etc. This is the most naive and stupid thing I've read in awhile, especially for a 'DC' area forum.

Same with leaving a purse or expensive iPhone on the seat in plain view in a locked car. Cleveland Park and a few other areas always had window smashings to steal them. The number of unlocked cars and doors also baffles my mind---or being surprised that your car left running with keys in the ignition was stolen .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think another civil war is brewing.

I think it'll be a Red vs. Blue war.

This is silly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:When is the last time people the common wisdom was about how great the world is right now? Because I'm 50, and my entire life, I've heard people complaining about how things aren't as good as they used to be. Kids aren't as smart or hard working as they used to be. Crime is so bad. The music is terrible. Morals are in decay. Etc. Etc.

My prediction is that, in 10 years, the US will be better than it is today, and people will be complaining about how bad it is and worrying about what it will be like in another 10 years.

This!! The world is living better than EVER before. There is a much higher standard of living, better education, and more access to healthcare. Yes, it's not perfect. So in 10 years it will be even better and the sad depressives will be talking about doom. Stop, take a look around and be grateful.

Yeah except for the first time we are actually going backwards.

The first time? You are hilarious. Remember all the scientific, medical, social, etc. advances of the ancient world, and then hundreds of years of “the dark ages” before the renaissance? Human history will go “forward” and “backward” as long as there are humans.

[Anonymous]

In ten years who can say. 1960 looked pretty much like 1980 although 1990 had little in common with 1980. 2020 and 2010 were similar.

But things look pretty bright everywhere. Less war, poverty, etc than at any time. We have political differences but they are not really that great.

Things look good.

[Anonymous]

Will we finally get those flying cars I was promised when I was a kid? It was supposed to be by the year 2000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Global climate change will be well underway unless we do some things to stop it now. Since people won't even stop voluntarily traveling for two years because of a pandemic, I'm afraid we are doomed. Assume extreme weather events will get worse.

YES! And people going backwards at an alarming rate-repeating history

We will deal with climate change. Not worried.

We are not going backwards at all.

People think they live in these key historical times of major advancement or decline. They don't and you don't. The arc of history for the last century has been moving slowly forward.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Learn mandarin

I'm so old, I remember when the Japanese were going to be our overlords. Remember the movie, "Gung Ho?"

I remember this so well. Japan was going to buy us. Remember Michael Chrichton's book Rising Sun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot more inequality and a continued hollowing-out of the middle class. Instead of having a few people at the top, a few people at the bottom, and most people in the middle, we’ll have a few people at the top, a few more people in the middle, and a lot of people at the bottom.

Public schools will continue to decline - they’re already schools of last resort in some places in the south and this will continue. I don’t know about 10 years from now, but 20-25 years from now I think anyone with any amount of means will send their kids to private schools (probably Christian private because it’s more affordable) apart from a few places in the northeast and Midwest where public schools will still be ok.

Public schools have gotten better and better over the years. The difference is that years ago, if you weren't able to succeed at school, for whatever reason, you left. Now public schools try hard to accommodate everyone and many more people are able to get at least a basic high school education. This is the purpose of public school. It does mean that people with means who are looking for something beyond that basic high school education will choose private, but that is not because the public schools are failing.

[Anonymous]

A.I. will continue to gain greater control over all aspects of our existence. People will become less productive, industrious, and -- frankly -- relevant. The gap between the rich and poor will continue to widen. The "haves" will retreat behind gated communities with well-armed security forces; the "have nots" will find themselves living in a much more dangerous world. Acts of political violence and domestic terrorism will continue to increase. Public services in many parts of the country will erode slowly but gradually. Politics will remain polarized and hyper-partisan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think another civil war is brewing.

I think it'll be a Red vs. Blue war.

No one is going to fight to keep the red states. Seriously. And the blue states will not leave the union on principle although they would be much better off if they did. So if the red states want to leave, there will be no war. They will be graciously allowed.

They’ll have to take their share of the national debt, though. No shirking!

Fine.