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Did previous generations not go out to eat? Or did they save money by going to Applebee's and Red Lobster over smaller, local options?

• enjo 7y ago
  In my experience, growing up in the 80s, people went out FAR less than people do today. Food in general was seen in a very different light. Food was just a thing that you did a couple of times a day. There was very little cultural importance placed on it. At least for the people I knew (I did grow up spending a year or two in 9 different cities).
• woodpanel 7y ago
  I don't understand your point. Feel free to elaborate! If you mean the Roastery example: it is just one example of "premiums" urban millennials add to their expenditures. Short-Renting a car or ubering around isn't cheap in the long term either. But while I'm at it: Whenever my first-world-native colleagues discuss things like, whether coffee should be made in an Aeropress or a Hario Syphon, for hours, it usually takes a glimpse towards my second- or third-world born colleagues faces to find confirmation, that this is just first-world nonsense.
  • pjc50 7y ago
    Presumably those are your colleagues, i.e. highly paid software developers with disposable income who already have a good shot at the housing ladder?
    • woodpanel 7y ago
      Presumably, a place with well paid software developers is usually crowded with a lot more software developers. So renting, not a problem. But buying: still not cheap. Add to this: you don’t buy if you don’t know how long you’re going to stay.
• new2628 7y ago
  Mostly they did not and cooked at home instead. At least most people most of the time.