May be it is US thing or generally everywhere but I notice nowadays people think cooking either has to be elaborate/expensive or with such low efforts that one

May be it is US thing or generally everywhere but I notice nowadays people think cooking either has to be elaborate/expensive or with such low efforts that one would not even like the meal they prepared for themselves. Hence eating out is so common even with less money. For me since I always carry from home for lunch and eat dinner at home, so cooking needs to be in all categories like low/medium/elaborate efforts. And of course tasty enough that myself or anyone joining me reasonably like it.