The cultural norm will be to not go to restaurants anymore, and continue to clamp down on luxury items until the other costs of living no longer price us out.

The cultural norm will be to not go to restaurants anymore, and continue to clamp down on luxury items until the other costs of living no longer price us out. Something’s gotta give, and it’ll be things like the restaurant industry that are the first to go. The slow evaporation of the middle class has measurable consequences.