After reading this news story that half of Americans are skipping meals because of affordability and a bad economy, I have to ask how are you all doing out there?
I heard from a real estate agent friend of mine that REOs, i.e. bank foreclosures on home mortgages, are going up like crazy, which is a sign of bad times, like the recession of 2007-08.
I have heard from others about rents not being paid, lack of jobs, etc.
Every day, there’s more news of corporate layoffs, moreso than usual.
I live in the economic bubble of the SF Bay Area, where tech wealth more-or-less insulates me and mine from the most serious consequences of a bad economy, but how are things elsewhere?
As an example this weekend: Farmers market organic apples(Braeburn and Honeycrisp), single farm, guy who sold me the apples oversaw their picking this week. $3.50 / pound.
Superstore, US grown Galas, been in a box for 6 months, $3 / pound.
We’re around 60-70 / week for me and my partner four usual food, but that also includes some steak and pork once and a while.
Not a massive fan of steak, not that I dislike it but it doesn’t seem special and as its so expensive I don’t buy it.
If I want to spend lots I would get a bunch of different types of cheese, biscuits and chutneys. But then I would also find it way too easy to eat in excess of 1000kcal as a snack so I don’t do that very often.
Maybe my standards are low, but I don’t really see the problem with fried beans and rice with veg like peas, sweetcorn, onions as a meal. Splash of something like soy sauce, hoisin, sweet chili jam or hot honey. Its delicious.