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> Bottled water in glass bottles is a luxury good for yuppies in America. Store-brand seltzer water bottled in plastic is about $1 per liter.

I think in some countries, water in glass bottles not a yuppie luxury product because they actually reuse (not recycle) the bottles. Sort of like what they used to do with milk in the US.

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Used to do it with soda in the US, too. I remember pint bottles lined up by the door to return to the grocery store to be refilled, which system survived some places at least into the early '90s (I know because some relatives were still doing it that late).

Glass = yuppie... shit, I guess it's because I'm getting old and remember a time when glass was just for everyone, but that's a really weird sentiment to me. Is Coors yuppie if it's in glass bottles? Seems like this is a selective application of that notion.

> Glass = yuppie.

Bottled water in glass specifically.

And with seltzer! You can still get it delivered in glass bottles where I live[1].

(It's more expensive than store-bought plastic bottles but about the same price as store-bought glass, with the added advantage that I know they reuse the bottles.)

[1]: https://www.brooklynseltzerboys.com/

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