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A good burger will run you $25 in Boston. Wages are generally higher, but still. It's kind of insane. That being said, I noticed probably even 10+ years ago tha
by vsnf 2y ago
A good burger will run you $25 in Boston. Wages are generally higher, but still. It's kind of insane. That being said, I noticed probably even 10+ years ago that fast food prices were a pretty bad deal.
- wand3r 2y agoI live in the Greater Boston area and you can still find decent meals for say $18 takeaway. I saw the chart on reddit and can't find it right now but McDa prices effectively doubled in the last 5ish years. Many fast food places way outpaced inflation. It makes almost no sense to go fast food. Cava is about $12-13 out the door. It's even crazier on the west coast where in and out exists. I don't understand how McDs exists and since its significantly more liked than Burger King, even in a HCOL area, I don't see how they make money.
- ravenstine 2y agoBoston's food prices are pretty nutty. I've been here for almost a month and a lot of things here are outrageously expensive. I'm not even talking about food that tourists are meant to eat, but just everyday basics. The funny thing too is that there's so many college kids here that the price of a mere burger seems like a low-level swindle to capitalize off the proliferation of student debt and gimmies from Late Boomer (Gen X) parents.