In NYC for example, fruits are quite expensive - watermelons, mangoes etc. You could get some veggies like cabbage for cheap, but others like cucumbers are expe

In NYC for example, fruits are quite expensive - watermelons, mangoes etc. You could get some veggies like cabbage for cheap, but others like cucumbers are expensive. You could get cheap chicken, yes. So it is more nuanced than that - the generic statement of meat being expensive than veggies (or vice versa) isn't true everywhere. It would be nice if veggies are consistently cheaper than meat though - everyone wins.