It is weird. I am familiar with people on both sides of the equation. I know business owners that are short staffed or can't get help, and I know people looking for work that can't seem to get hired. What the hell is the disconnect here? If people are staying home, I would like to know what they are living on. The stimulus money ended early last year and extended unemployment stopped in many states at the same time. So, unless some of these people are living on inheritances from dead baby boomer parents, I don't have a clue where everyone is. However, I have not noticed a slow down in traffic where I live. Rush hour traffic is just as congested as it ever was - if not more so because of the increase in housing. When I first moved to where I am currently located there was hardly anyone. Unfortunately for me, that is not the case any longer.