One time on Usenet, "JoeSpareBedroom" > said:
> "Sheldon" > wrote in message
> ...
> > "JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
> >>
> >> Although Sheldon lives in the state of New York, he lives in the sticks,
> >> so
> >> he's not exposed to NY City prices. His supermarket's pretty average,
> >> too.
> >> If he's spending more than you are for food, it's because he chooses to,
> >> not
> >> because he's a prisoner of high prices.
> >>
> >> Here in Rochester, Wegmans sells several kinds of ground beef. The price
> >> ranges from $1.79 to $3.99 per pound. So, both your price range and his
> >> example are valid, assuming his store (Price Chopper) sells what they
> >> consider to be a better grade worth four bucks a pound
> >
> >
> > As usual JSB is talking out his ass.
> >
> > I spent most of my life living downstate so I know NYC food prices
> > very well, better than you, better than most...
>
>
> .....which bears absolutely no relationship to what you can buy NOW, in the
> town where you live NOW.

I'd be more interested in what Margaret has to say about the subject;
she actually lives there...

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Jani in WA