Not in one of the most expensive places to live in the country, assuming it’s the same everywhere, that’s for sure!
A family of 4 getting a meal, am appetizer, and two drinks each for the adults will break $100 at a decent place. I’m sure there’s much cheaper places near you as well. Not every meal needs to be 5 star.
where? at applebys? or some causual chain restaunt?
where I live, two beers, and a hamburger and frees is 60-70 bucks. each beer is 10-12, the hamburger is 25-30 and tax and tip add another $15
you want something nicer, like a chicken or salmon dinner? that will be 35-40 bucks, beef will run you 45-50. wine or cocktails will run you 15 each minimum. a slice of cake is $12.
and those are cheap/average places. a fancy restaurant will charge you $55-70 bucks for a hamburger, and most entrees will be near/over $100. cocktails will be $25-30.
only places i can think of where a family of four could dine for less than $100 would be rural diners 2-3 hours a way in the middle of no where. and you’d all be eating pancakes and eggs or sandwiches. becaue each meal would be like 10 bucks. even out there something like steak and eggs is more than $20 now.
even if i drive an hour way to a small suburb town prices only really drop about 10%
diner in the city will run your 15 bucks for a stack of plain pancakes, $20 if you add fruit and toppings. want a full stack, eggs, and bacon? that will cost you $25.
it’s not a dystopia, it has one of the highest qualities of life in the country.
best education, best healthcare, great job market, etc. people want to live here super badly. they just can’t afford it unless they are well-off or lucky.
but with high standards of life, come high expectations and high costs.
I have traveled around the USA. ‘average’ usa is full of processed junk food, sedentary lifestyles, and stripmalls. everything is driving everywhere, even to get a carton of milk. the ‘culture’ is mostly shitty music and sports and people are very provincial and anti-education, anti-culture, and anti-art. I grew up in such a community. Never would I ever want to live in such a place ever again.
God I go on yearly trips to Florida for work, and you want to talk about a dystopia hellscape?
Go look at the menu for a restaurant in LA called Wood Ranch. It’s a chain restaurant. If you’re not picking the most expensive thing each category, you’re looking at 75 dollars plus pre tip pre tax if you get what I mentioned.
Not in one of the most expensive places to live in the country, assuming it’s the same everywhere, that’s for sure!
A family of 4 getting a meal, am appetizer, and two drinks each for the adults will break $100 at a decent place. I’m sure there’s much cheaper places near you as well. Not every meal needs to be 5 star.
where? at applebys? or some causual chain restaunt?
where I live, two beers, and a hamburger and frees is 60-70 bucks. each beer is 10-12, the hamburger is 25-30 and tax and tip add another $15
you want something nicer, like a chicken or salmon dinner? that will be 35-40 bucks, beef will run you 45-50. wine or cocktails will run you 15 each minimum. a slice of cake is $12.
and those are cheap/average places. a fancy restaurant will charge you $55-70 bucks for a hamburger, and most entrees will be near/over $100. cocktails will be $25-30.
This family chain restaurants like applebys are some of the most overpriced joints out there. So, no.
only places i can think of where a family of four could dine for less than $100 would be rural diners 2-3 hours a way in the middle of no where. and you’d all be eating pancakes and eggs or sandwiches. becaue each meal would be like 10 bucks. even out there something like steak and eggs is more than $20 now.
even if i drive an hour way to a small suburb town prices only really drop about 10%
diner in the city will run your 15 bucks for a stack of plain pancakes, $20 if you add fruit and toppings. want a full stack, eggs, and bacon? that will cost you $25.
What a dystopia you must live in. The rest of the country isn’t like that
it’s not a dystopia, it has one of the highest qualities of life in the country.
best education, best healthcare, great job market, etc. people want to live here super badly. they just can’t afford it unless they are well-off or lucky.
but with high standards of life, come high expectations and high costs.
I have traveled around the USA. ‘average’ usa is full of processed junk food, sedentary lifestyles, and stripmalls. everything is driving everywhere, even to get a carton of milk. the ‘culture’ is mostly shitty music and sports and people are very provincial and anti-education, anti-culture, and anti-art. I grew up in such a community. Never would I ever want to live in such a place ever again.
God I go on yearly trips to Florida for work, and you want to talk about a dystopia hellscape?
You have no idea what you’re talking about, lol.
Go look at the menu for a restaurant in LA called Wood Ranch. It’s a chain restaurant. If you’re not picking the most expensive thing each category, you’re looking at 75 dollars plus pre tip pre tax if you get what I mentioned.
That’s nowhere near 5 star dining in LA. Lmao.