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DeepWinter

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7. Last weekend

Reply to milestogo (Original post)

Sat Feb 15, 2025, 05:08 PM

Feb 2025

my daughter and I went to a local Diner for breakfast. We both got our regular.

1 pancake, 2 eggs, 2 sausage links, hashbrowns, toast, coffee. $9.49 , with tip, $25.00 for the two uf us.

We are in deep flyover country and life out here is affordable. When I travel for business I cringe at city prices. It's sometimes literally double what I pay in the small town. I don't know how young people in the begining of their careers with lower incomes can even afford to live there.

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'No one wants to pay $25 for breakfast': US restaurants are cracking under inflation [View all] milestogo Feb 2025 OP

Breakfast is my favorite meal to go out for. CrispyQ Feb 2025 #1

frozen OJ concentrate is hard to find these days. Ursus Rex Feb 2025 #4

We used to snowybirdie Feb 2025 #2

Agreed. milestogo Feb 2025 #3

Used to be MichMan Feb 2025 #5

True, but that would be my thinking before going out to spend that much on a meal. milestogo Feb 2025 #6

Last weekend DeepWinter Feb 2025 #7