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A comment on $28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport Concession Prices.

Re:$28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport... by MattGaiser on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @11:27PM (#28056884)
Isn’t this just because most people aren’t paying?

It is like healthcare benefits. There is a cash price and an insurance price. The insurance price is because the person choosing isn’t the person paying, so there is no reason to care.

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Re:$28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport... by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @11:40PM (#28056964)
I think it is more of the standard ripoff pricing in and around NYC, which I assume is due to all the corruption and government debt.

I feel like facilities in that area are uniquely bad in terms of how expensive yet low quality they are compared to many other metros in the US.

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Re:$28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport... by Hnrobert42 on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @12:12AM (#28057214)
Prices in NYC are much higher in general than the rest country, but (surpringly) someone on quora does a much better job of explaining why than your speculation: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-New-York-City-so-expensive-when...
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Re:$28.50 Beer at LaGuardia Sparks Audit of New York Airport... by pessimizer on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @11:59PM (#28057119)
It's due to the rent.
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