Comment by yadaeno | Hacker News Reader

Comment by yadaeno | Hacker News Reader

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I chuckled at the stereotypically american answer "dont rely on society, just do it yourself".

Even if you know how to cook, life is significantly better in a society with quality inexpensive restaurants. Most cities around the world have this.

I usually eat out socially, im not going to invite people to cook for them because its weird, and very inconvenient. When im on a vacation or visiting a friend in another city im usually not cooking either.

Op's complaint is valid, life has been worse since food doubled in price. If I want to unwind and grab food or drinks with friends on a weekend, I am easily spending $80+, that is absurd. When I lived outside of the US I would not spend more than $20.

It's still a first world problem being "annoyed" that eating out or getting take out is more expensive than it once was.

No, it's not, I lived in a "3rd" world country and in some ways quality of life was better because some things were just so much cheaper. I was with people who weren't rich by any measure, living paycheck to paycheck and both parents working to get by. But despite that, it was STILL affordable to go out as a family every week and have great dinner or ice cream. Also here it's unheard of to get "custom-made" stuff, there it was not too expensive to get anything custom made, need a bigger bed, call the carpenter. Need some shelfs, call the carpenter, Need a door that fits you odd sized hole in the wall, call metal worker. Need pillows of certain size, go to a factory area not too far away and give them sizes, they are making 1000s a day, they can make you one too. There is STILL milk delivery at your door step, an old tradition around the world, but now it's UBER-approach. Quality of life is better because even with low salary you can get lot of stuff... which is a side effect of production being close to you, no sales taxes, and also lack of 1000 rules making 1 man operation feasible. People eat out there like it's free food.

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