I dunno, I can get tomatos in season for like a buck a pound, and while I haven't bought boneless chicken breast in a couple years, it was findable for like $2

I dunno, I can get tomatos in season for like a buck a pound, and while I haven't bought boneless chicken breast in a couple years, it was findable for like $2 or $3 a pound. Milk is like $3 to $4 a gallon, and eggs can be had for $1 to $2 a dozen. Parsley and cilantro for like a buck or two, but you can't always find good quality for both. Whatever, I use them interchangably so it's fine. Potatos and onions are always dirt cheap everywhere, well under $1 a pound. Kale is cheap but I don't remember how much because I discovered I like cabbage even better, and they practically give cabbage away. These are the prices I get from going to nearby fine fare / key foods type places in the Lower East Side, and they're pretty much the same prices I remember seeing in NJ and Arkansas, with some variation. Individual supermarkets do vary a lot though, so if you don't have a bike/car and just go to the one that happens to be closest to you, it may seem way worse than it actually is. I don't know if real estate makes a difference. The dollar pizza places stay in business somehow, making it up on volume. Suburban supermarkets seem to compensate for their cheaper real estate by wasting way more of it, with huge stores with tons of aisles and 100 brands of each kind of product, and then 4x that land spent on parking. I wouldn't be surprised if such a facility spends the same or more on their lease as a random C-Town in Brooklyn. Also, I kind of agree with a lot of other stuff you said, just responded to what I found interesting to respond to :)