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I'm not talking about how often or budget, but rather, in your area, what do typical dinners out cost?
Not fast food, but maybe for rough estimate the average cost of dinner at a diner, sit down casual chain, and maybe a slightly more upscale place?
There's a viral post breaking down the potential of free tuition in the US, and ***65039;comment states it would cost the average taxpayer $33, what the person cites as "one mediocre sit down dinner and drinks for two" which they'd be willing to give up for said cause.
There is no way in heck you could get dinner and drinks at a sit down place here for that much. Unless you're ordering what's on those "2 for $20" menus at Applebee's and even then, drinks are going to be at least $5 per person, plus tax and tip. I don't think those menus include fountain drinks either, so even if both diners only got one beer or something (and $5 a pop is a really low estimate) and then a fountain drink, you're still looking at $40 on up. Hell, it costs close to $33 if we go and get two deli sandwiches and each grab a juice or order a fountain iced tea.
Dinner for two is always going to cost around $40-$50 here unless you're ordering extremely budget consciously. No way could it be less than that with drinks. Even if you go to like Applebee's or a diner and order two cheeseburgers and drink water, you'd be pushing $33.
Not fast food, but maybe for rough estimate the average cost of dinner at a diner, sit down casual chain, and maybe a slightly more upscale place?
There's a viral post breaking down the potential of free tuition in the US, and ***65039;comment states it would cost the average taxpayer $33, what the person cites as "one mediocre sit down dinner and drinks for two" which they'd be willing to give up for said cause.
There is no way in heck you could get dinner and drinks at a sit down place here for that much. Unless you're ordering what's on those "2 for $20" menus at Applebee's and even then, drinks are going to be at least $5 per person, plus tax and tip. I don't think those menus include fountain drinks either, so even if both diners only got one beer or something (and $5 a pop is a really low estimate) and then a fountain drink, you're still looking at $40 on up. Hell, it costs close to $33 if we go and get two deli sandwiches and each grab a juice or order a fountain iced tea.
Dinner for two is always going to cost around $40-$50 here unless you're ordering extremely budget consciously. No way could it be less than that with drinks. Even if you go to like Applebee's or a diner and order two cheeseburgers and drink water, you'd be pushing $33.