The law of averages exists everywhere. I lived in a place where the average acceptance rate was significantly higher than the national average, and even *there* there were plenty of store owners that didn’t accept the mandates. Even in Portland and Seattle there were stores and restaurants you could enter without masks. Yeah, I’ve only presented my personal experience, but the logical conclusion from that experience is counter to what this person (who almost certainly told an untrue story in the first place) is saying happened in their city. Was that your experience? Were there *zero* stores near you that would let you enter without a mask?