The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor in America

Re:The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor i... by refurb on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:07AM (#34076888)

My experience was the opposite. We were dirt poor and had home cooked meals all the time, it was way cheaper than fast food or microwaveable meals.

Buy 10 kg of rice, a bag of beans and some frozen veggies for under $20, cook it all at once in a big pot. You've got 10 meals for under $20 and maybe an hours time.

Put it in the fridge/freezer and you've got healthy meals for a week that cost $0.50 each.

Not sure how a single $10 meal at fast food could be considered "a cheaper alternative".

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Re:The Cost of Being Poor: Why It Costs So Much to Be Poor i... by trentgreene on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:28AM (#34077027)

True, maybe the fast food was a luxury we had cause my mom worked at McDonald’s for a minute. Fast food is sometime cheaper / free-er when you have someone on the inside.

And yeah, if you have the time, highly recommend the bean and rice / boiled dry staples route. Way better. But if you don’t have the time, can be hard to pull off.

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