On 7/27/2020 9:23 AM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Jul 2020 06:04:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> On Monday, July 27, 2020 at 2:12:37 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
>>> On 7/26/2020 10:34 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 3:26:06 PM UTC-10, wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, July 26, 2020 at 6:29:19 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can afford to buy meat but don't like the idea of paying $30 to $40 for a hunk of meat. The last meat I bought was $6 for some ground pork.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I've not seen any meat here that is $30 to $40 per pound but then again I
>>>>> don't look for meat priced that high. I did buy pork for carnitas this
>>>>> past week and it certainly was nowhere near that per pound.
>>>>
>>>> My wife said that eggs on the mainland were going for $1.49/18. I bought some eggs the other day. They were $3.45/18. That was a major score because usually they're $5.49/18. I was quite pleased with myself.
>>>>
>>>
>>> At my local store here (Harris Teeter) a 30-count tray of eggs is only
>>> $1.99. Same price it's always been and always available.
>>>
>>> Someone here told me that Walmart sells them even cheaper but I've never
>>> shopped at Walmart for groceries. Just for their other stuff.
>>
>> My first trip to the mainland was to the San Francisco Bay Area.
>> I was quite impressed at how cheap food was.
>
> When? During the '60s Frisco was the least expensive place to live...
> was mostly salooons & bawdy houses left over from the gold rush days.
>
Uh... the "gold rush" in San Fransisco you speak of ended in 1855.
There have been a few upgrades to the city since then, not to mention an
earthquake that destroyed quite a lot. I guess you haven't priced real
estate in the Bay area lately. I watched an episode of 'House Hunters'
a few days ago. $1.5 million might get you a one bedroom/1 bath condo
in the Bay area these days. You'd need a budget of closer to $1.7
million to get 2 bedrooms. (When I say "condo" I'm talking about row
houses - maybe you can relate better if you imagine a row of Brooklyn
brownstones.)

The last time I was in San Francisco (yep, it was 1969) Dad had been
transferred to Thailand. We ate at a Chinese restaurant the night
before we had to catch the flight. I'm pretty sure the food was dirt cheap.

Jill