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In Rome, I bought 1.20 euro for a espresso, and 2.0 for a cappuccino, right smack in the middle of the city near the train station. In Albania, it is the 0.80
by ardit33 9y ago
In Rome, I bought 1.20 euro for a espresso, and 2.0 for a cappuccino, right smack in the middle of the city near the train station.
In Albania, it is the 0.80 for a medium-good espresso (Lavazza or Illy), and 1.20 to 1.50 for a cappuccino.
In Barcelona, a glass of wine varied between 2.5. and 3 euros. I never paid more than that. In the US? 12-15 (In NYC at least).
Also, in NYC, you can't buy a bottle of water for $1, in most places, while in supermarkets in Spain was about 0.50 or 0.60
So, yeah, Americans in general pay twice as much for beverages.
- Kephael 9y agoNYC unfairly keeps large grocers such as Walmart out of the city. You can order 40 water bottle packs from Costco using Instacart for 3.69 in NYC [1]. NYC Bodegas are not competitive, it is unfortunate the city allows the poor to be taken advantage of and forced to shop at such uncompetitively priced stores. [1] https://www.instacart.com/store/items/item_128043194 https://www.instacart.com/store/items/item_128043194
- Hydraulix989 9y agoHow does it keep them out?
- nitrogen 9y agoI'm not familiar with NYC, but typical techniques involve refusing to issue business or construction permits, or imposing untenable restrictions.
- djrogers 9y agoYou can’t compare prices in NYC and extrapolate that to the rest of the country - it’s the most expensive place for pretty much everything.
- ardit33 9y agoSF and Boston are close enough to NYC: Consumer Prices in San Francisco, CA are 1.16% lower than in New York, Consumer Prices in Boston, MA are 12.87% lower than in New York, NY
- nightski 9y agoLol in the Midwest a glass of wine will run you $4-6 and an espresso around $2-3. Of course you'd pick the highest cost region.
- ardit33 9y agoI didn't pick the lowest cost regions in Italy or Spain either. I am comparing cities vs. cities and not cities vs. middle of nowhere. Both Rome and Barcelona are world class cities. (Barcelona the more modern one). The prices are similar in Berlin and many other cities in Europe expect in Scandinavian countries and London. There are places where things are even cheaper (especially in Souther Italy), where 3 euros will get you a whole bottle of wine. While NYC is expensive, is it not much more than either San Francisco or Boston. (maybe a 5% difference, but not 2x). Just saying
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- nightski 9y agoMinneapolis/St Paul metro isn't the middle of no where. It's almost 4 million people... We have over 80 breweries and a 1 billion dollar sports stadium where the super bowl was held this year. I could go on.