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The weird thing is going to other cities around the world after visiting NY / SF and such, is that even NY / SF feel overpriced and subpar. It's odd just how m

• Gigachad 3y ago
  Currently living in Melbourne and it’s so hard to bother cooking at home because I can go on a 5 minute walk and find somewhere that will serve an absolutely delicious meal that looks like it could be put on display in an art gallery and it costs only a little more than cooking yourself.
  • arroz 3y ago
    You are bad at managing money if you think eating out is just a bit more expansive than cooking
    • diob 3y ago
      The weird thing is in Melbourne, you can get top quality food for less or around equal to buying groceries. It's an actual "economy of scale", same with Tokyo. It's hard to comprehend for folks in places like the USA, where it's definitely way more expensive to eat out (and typically worse for you).
      • arroz 3y ago
        I lived in Tokyo When I lived there you would be able to get a gyudon for roughly 300-400 yens It will get you full but it’s not very nutritive You can eat many eastern / western fast food dishes for around that price, but if you want to go to an actual sit down restaurant it’s much more expensive I didn’t cook in Tokyo because I was on a scholarship so I didn’t care, but friends told me it would be cheaper to cook too
    • Gigachad 3y ago
      I can go out and buy a Bahn Mi for $10AUD which includes fresh bread baked that morning, fresh vegetables and grilled chicken. It's basically impossible to match this without doing it all from scratch and baking your own bread/grilling your own chicken. At which point you have to produce like 20 in a single go to match the value of the one I can buy pre made.
      • arroz 3y ago
        Then Australia is incredible expensive I can get the same dish in Canada for 8 AUD and can cook for less than half the money, and Canada is not a cheap country
        • averageRoyalty 3y ago
          We also have minimum wages, social safety nets, and broadly a high standard of living on most metrics compared to North America.
  • diob 3y ago
    Not only that, the folks working there are usually happy! It's nuts how often I go somewhere in the USA and everyone is just miserable.
  • chii 3y ago
    > costs only a little more than cooking yourself. that absolutely cannot be true. Eating out in melb is on average 2x more expensive than cooking yourself, unless you are not a bulk buyer, and is buying _tiny_ quantities (which are expensive), and is cooking _to_ a recipe, rather than buying what's in season and adjusting the recipe for it.
    • Gigachad 3y ago
      I’m single so it’s hard to cook for 1 without re eating the same thing 5 times in a row or having wasted food. Eating out _is_ more expensive but it’s only a bit more expensive and it’s massively more convenient and tastes much better. I can go out and get a lamb wrap or a Bahn mi for $13 and a 4 minute walk and it’s extremely tasty. I really couldn’t beat that cooking for myself. If I was cooking for a whole family then the numbers change since it’s about the same effort to cook no matter what quantity.
      • the_third_wave 3y ago
        > I’m single so it’s hard to cook for 1 without re eating the same thing 5 times in a row or having wasted food. That is what a freezer is for? Cook once, eat 4-5 times when you want it, not dictated by leftovers going off in the fridge [1]. That's what I did when I was single and it is what I still do since having ready-made food in the freezer to take along as lunch, for when my daughter comes home hungry from school, (etc.) is quite handy. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH3UncRagXY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH3UncRagXY
        • averageRoyalty 3y ago
          That's fine, but their point still stands. They find it economically similar and much higher on difficulty to cook at home. If they adapted a different system, this may change somewhat - although it's unlikely to have the same yield for a single in an apartment.
• somsak2 3y ago
  this is more of a comment on cost of living than anything else
  • ramchip 3y ago
    Eating out in Tokyo really is cheaper than the COL would imply. $8 will get you a nice set meal at a sit down restaurant, all included, and tip doesn't exist.
    • diob 3y ago
      And a healthy meal at that!