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The idea that $200 matters that much to a European programmer is so bizarre to me. I just spent that on a decent lunch for two in SF...

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I live in Florida, and even in Miami $200 is a very nice dinner once or twice a year. $200 for a decent lunch is insane.

He's being ridiculous. I live and work in SF. Restaurants here are definitely expensive! But my wife and I get "decent lunches" for $60, not $200. A quite nice dinner for date night is probably $120-$150. (And if we were more price-conscious, I'm pretty sure that we could get "decent" lunches and "quite nice" dinners for less than we pay).

You can of course spend much more than that if you choose. But $200 is nothing remotely close to the minimum you'd spend for a "decent lunch."

You both remind me of Lucille Bluth. $20 is PLENTY for a "decent" lunch, even in SF... you can be much more than "pretty sure" that you can have dinner for less than $150, too.

I didn't say it was the minimum. Just a nice lunch.

That just shows you've got no idea what you're talking about

All I said was that I find it bizarre. What is it that you think I don't know exactly?

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