Oh sure. I'm not arguing that the quote IS reasonable, I perhaps should have phrased it "least absurd." But a $10/day food cost is what the other commenter suggested, and for 3 people that would be $900 a month, not too much less than the figure used in the OP. In a high cost of living area that's really not too outrageous all considered, especially if they're buying "ethically" produced items that cost more than the most affordable items available. 2-3 restaurant visits per month would easily place that figure closer to $1000 per month seeing as it's impossible to find a restaurant (even fast-casual) plate for less than $10+tip, and that gets worse in high cost of living areas too.
I swear to god, half the time, I feel like I live under a rock where everything is cheap as hell. There's like one restaurant here that's above $10 plus tip, but rural Ontario is a weird time hole.
Yeah that's uh, not the general experience lol. Most major cities or metro areas cost so much goddamn money just to survive. That's why current minimum wages and poverty levels are so insulting. Just a livable food budget would take up nearly all of a person's wages/income, much less rent (mortgage lol), childcare, Healthcare, fines on poverty, so on and so forth.
Oh, absolutely. Nothing is affordable anywhere, even with shit like restaurants being cheap as fuck here. We live in a debt trap world and there is no escape.
I've spent a bunch of time in rural Alberta, and the truth is: the only reason restaurant prices are so cheap is because they own the property. Restaurants in cities charge twice as much because they also need to pay their landlords.
I drove through a small town yesterday and the Burger Baron charged $5 for a great burger and fries. Even a McDonald's meal would have run me $12+ in the city.
Oh sure. I'm not arguing that the quote IS reasonable, I perhaps should have phrased it "least absurd." But a $10/day food cost is what the other commenter suggested, and for 3 people that would be $900 a month, not too much less than the figure used in the OP. In a high cost of living area that's really not too outrageous all considered, especially if they're buying "ethically" produced items that cost more than the most affordable items available. 2-3 restaurant visits per month would easily place that figure closer to $1000 per month seeing as it's impossible to find a restaurant (even fast-casual) plate for less than $10+tip, and that gets worse in high cost of living areas too.
I swear to god, half the time, I feel like I live under a rock where everything is cheap as hell. There's like one restaurant here that's above $10 plus tip, but rural Ontario is a weird time hole.
Yeah that's uh, not the general experience lol. Most major cities or metro areas cost so much goddamn money just to survive. That's why current minimum wages and poverty levels are so insulting. Just a livable food budget would take up nearly all of a person's wages/income, much less rent (mortgage lol), childcare, Healthcare, fines on poverty, so on and so forth.
Oh, absolutely. Nothing is affordable anywhere, even with shit like restaurants being cheap as fuck here. We live in a debt trap world and there is no escape.
:back-to-me-shining: :mao-aggro-shining: :trot-shining: :stalin-shining:
I know a couple of folks who had an idea or two about escape.
I've spent a bunch of time in rural Alberta, and the truth is: the only reason restaurant prices are so cheap is because they own the property. Restaurants in cities charge twice as much because they also need to pay their landlords.
I drove through a small town yesterday and the Burger Baron charged $5 for a great burger and fries. Even a McDonald's meal would have run me $12+ in the city.
Shit, that makes so much sense.