Re:Rent control isn’t working in Sweden
by thaumasiotes on Thursday August 26, 2021 @03:33PM
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> As a New Yorker, I have been surprised when I travel that food isn't cheaper many places...
Some of that may be on you, choosing to eat the expensive food.
My experience in Shanghai was that I could eat basically the same things I'd eat in America, and it would cost basically the same amount of money. Or I could eat local food for 5-10 times less than that.
But you know, if I go to 老外街 ("foreigner street") in Shanghai to eat at the Mexican restaurant there, it's not exactly a secret that I may be willing to pay more for food than a normal Chinese person. And they price accordingly.
Sorry my original comment was unclear. I was strictly talking about traveling within America. Internationally there are huge price differences.
Re:Rent control isn’t working in Sweden
by colinmhayes on Thursday August 26, 2021 @04:17PM
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I've noticed that Manhattan restaurant prices(other than pizza) are much higher than Chicago restaurant prices. Hard to find non-counter serve for less than $15 in manhattan. Chicago $10 is easy to find.
Re:Rent control isn’t working in Sweden
by lotsofpulp on Thursday August 26, 2021 @07:38PM
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Chicago tipped minimum wage is $8.4 to $9 per hour, NYC tipped minimum wage is $15 per hour.
Rents are probably considerably higher in NYC too, especially restricting to Manhattan.
For instance, I searched "Brunch" in Google Maps for Jackson and omelette plates are $10-16 at Google's top result[1].
Labor costs certainly impact prices, but restaurant pricing isn't totally formulaic outside of maybe "market price" fish dishes. Kenji Lopez Alt has written about this[2]:
[1]https://www.elviesrestaurant.com/day [2]https://www.seriouseats.com/menu-pricing-vegan-vegetarian-me...