“Knowing there are people on this planet who think their sandwiches are worth $10 apiece bothers me immensely.” It's not that the sandwiches are "worth" $10; i

“Knowing there are people on this planet who think their sandwiches are worth $10 apiece bothers me immensely.” It's not that the sandwiches are "worth" $10; it's that they're pegged to the square foot rent of the shop which sells them (and of the wages + salaries of the people who make them and provide them for sale; and hence, the rents of the spaces they live in, also). That's just economics, and the same principles apply in NYC as anywhere else (with different rent figures plugged in).