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> Eating out is a luxury. This would be one difference. In Thailand, we eat out to fill our stomach. We usually don't consider it a luxury. We also don't care
by tanin 7y ago
> Eating out is a luxury.
This would be one difference. In Thailand, we eat out to fill our stomach. We usually don't consider it a luxury. We also don't care much about services.
If anything, I am a bit annoyed about the high-touch service here.
> It's between $15-30 for both of us. Thailand it was cut in half
Half is still too expensive for Thais. A dish in an average air-conditioned mall (e.g. Tesco Lotus) would cost $1-$2 USD per dish. These dishes taste great as well.
> tl;dr I disagree, being poor in America is a much more pleasant experience than being poor in many other countries.
I agree with this statement.
However, this pushes toward the all-or-nothing situation. You either have good experience or are screwed. There's nothing in between.
Restaurants having high safety standard is great. But then there's no cheaper restaurant. Then, poor folks have to spend time cooking, which is gonna waste time and taste worse.
One of my tidbits that illustrates the different quality of life between US and Thailand is that: I live in US for 6 years now, and I've never seen a cockroach here. In Thailand, I'd see one on the first day I arrive. This happens even if I stay in a high-end condo.
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y ago> This would be one difference. In Thailand, we eat out to fill our stomach. We usually don't consider it a luxury. We also don't care much about services. Wages are higher in America, so the getting service is going to be more expensive. However, food is very very very cheap compared to most countries. So yeah, it may not be a luxury in Thailand, but eating out is a luxury in the US because you're not paying for the food, you're paying for the service. Fast food is an option though if you really don't want to cook, but some people don't like that. I actually prefer home cooked meals, I think they taste better, but I'm lucky that my wife loves to cook. When I was single I was content heating up food. Food was the last thing I was worried about at the lowest point in my life. I ate corn dogs nearly every day because it took a minute to cook and a minute to eat and I could buy a 50 pack for next to nothing.