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How the American Male Spends Money
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- rosser 16y agoIt's interesting that we spend almost as much on sleep aids as we do on energy drinks. I wonder what the distribution is by age.
- null_ptr 16y agoI can't understand why so many people prefer chemical-laced energy drinks to natural coffee. They're more expensive on average, too.
- smbwrs 16y agoGolf, soda, cigarettes, newspapers, and beer. Seriously? I've never felt so disconnected from the typical "American Male", nor have I ever been so proud to feel that disconnected. Maybe if "soda", "cigarettes", "beer", and "bars" were a bit farther down the list, "gyms" wouldn't need to be so high? (Who still reads newspapers?)
- SkyMarshal 16y agoYou're not alone. I spend exactly zero on all of those as well. Opiates of the modern American man?
- daemin 16y agoFor Golf there's large costs involved to get going and then continue, hence not that many people could be playing it, but still it has a high cost. Off the top of my head the costs would be something like: course/club membership fees, round fees, golf equipment (clubs, bag, clothes). So you can easily end up spending $1000's per year on the activity.
- SkyMarshal 16y agoDisheartening that books are nowhere on that list. I hope The Atlantic does a similar article for women, would make an interesting comparison.
- farout 16y agoever go to a "book club" meeting - mostly women, rarely a guy to be seen. My bet is the newspaper is mainly for the sports section. Side note: One of my coworkers had no money for food, but he still had money for his cigs and soda. At first I wanted to give him food, then I thought he needs to figure this out himself. He made more than me. And I saw buying the stuff every day.
- notajith 16y agohttp://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-american-womans-wallet/236987/ http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/04/a-day-in...
- Zev 16y agoThey do: …and stay tuned for our forthcoming article on the typical American woman.
- locopati 16y agoIs it useful to speak of a person without bracketing the age? I feel pretty safe in saying that the spending of a 20-something is different from a 30-something is different from a 40-something, etc.