I live in a southern Minneapolis suburb. A week after the mask mandate, i would say about 95% were still wearing masks.
It finally got down to about 10% mask monkey to non.
Something must have spooked them, because at a Walmart this morning, it's back up to 30% again.
Hope about at your area?
I'm in Japan, so the dance is a bit different here. Japan has only been on a soft lockdown (businesses closing early at 8 pm, no alcohol in restaurants because I don't know why) so only mildly inconvenient, but people are wearing masks when in public, at least in the city.
Being Japan, people are wearing masks mostly because people are wearing masks; when the overall feeling is that people aren't wearing masks anymore everybody will stop wearing masks. Japan is all about doing what everybody else is already doing, little thought or Karen-ism required.
In my neighborhood I don't wear a mask until the moment I enter a store, then strip it off immediately when I leave, clearly demonstrating that I'm just being polite. I figure the more I can show that even this mild level of courage is indeed possible without attacking the harmony of society, the less courage will be needed for others to do the same themselves.
How do you put up with the collectivism? I'm in Taiwan and I really don't know any way to look at it other than that people are utterly retarded and can't think for themselves and don't want to think for themselves and are TERRIFIED of thinking for themselves.
Foreign people basically never speak to other foreign people here for some reason. Bunch of weirdos come over here I guess, and when I tell local people that everyone here is a bunch of coward pussies for following everything without question, it doesn't always go over well for some reason I just can't put my finger on....
I've visited Japan several times and think I'd enjoy it a LOT more than Taiwan, just due to having games and shows and stuff I'm interested in. Taiwan has almost nothing I care about.
But... I'm pretty sure the collectivism disease is much stronger over there and I'm sure it'd drive me fucking nuts pretty quickly.
Not sure if the occasional metal show or wrestling event or being able to buy little plastic Godzilla toys from gachapon machines (especially since I found the same machine over here!) is enough to keep me sane.