americans are basically ins/ane people.
America is a strange country. It looks more and more weird once you start living away from the US.
Price of everyday food in the US
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Considering most people can afford to eat out, most people will do just fine.
But that doesn't include me, I have cut my egg consumption in half.Not most people, really. It is the Millennials and Gen-Zs. I live in New York City. Rent has gone up to $4,600 per month for a 500 sq. Ft. studio. See here for apt #17M:
https://www.240cps.nyc/
You will see only Millennials and Gen-Zs in Manhattan. They are jamming the restaurants, bars, Whole Foods, Traders Joe's and everywhere. Carton of 12 organic, free range, pastur raised egg has gone up to $15.99 in some stores at Manhattan, and shelves are empty (these kids are buying them in packs). Millennials and Gen-Zs found out $ printing machines. They have unlimited resources. Very dark days are ahead.How can they afford this? Where does all their money come from? All I see is millennials/gen-z complaining that boomers hoard all the resources and they can't find a living wage. Then they turn around an buy $16 eggs.
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Chair in 2012: "salaries are modest but the cost of living is among the lowest in any major city in the USA. You can rent a house for $800 and get by with groceries under $50. And we have great health benefits."
Chair in 2023: "good luck with that, here's a 1 percent across the board increase" raising your inflation-adjusted wages to slightly below where you started. Rent is now $1500, groceries $150 per week. And health benefits cost $1000 a month with high co-pays wherever I use them.
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There is not a single item in the grocery store whose price is even close to pre-pandemic levels. It's not just eggs.
Go to Canada, you will find food is much cheaper (except milk - approaching parity and alcohol), but you can't bring it back across the border unfortunately.