Posted on 12/24/2022 11:29:10 AM PST by devane617
If you think back to when you were young (or even just back to a few years ago), it's obvious that many things in life that were once for the masses have become a whole lot more expensive. Well, redditor u/Lattethecoffeaddict asked, "What was ruined by rich people?" People had a lot of thoughts because the comments came pouring in, and here's some of what they had to say.
1. "Thrift shopping. I used to thrift a lot, but it's been ruined. I used to be able to go thrifting and come back with three new work shirts and a pair of pants for around $15 (and they were good clothes, too, some with the tags still on them). Now, good luck finding my size at all. Plus, the clothes that are left are all shit, and they want $10 for a shirt now."
3. "Bourbon. Once upon a time, the most expensive bourbon you could possibly find was like $100. Now, with everyone 'collecting' it, the prices have skyrocketed. The secondary market is completely absurd."
4. "Food trucks. They were once a convenient place to get good food for cheap. Now they're expensive and don't offer any of the advantages or comforts of a restaurant. Not to mention that they all expect a 20% tip for handing you food from a window."
5. "Trucks. Once upon a time, they were a humble, working-class vehicle for people who needed to be able to do things themselves. Now they are luxury vehicles with massive margins, which have become unaffordable to anyone who needs them to do real work."
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Welcome to BidenWorld where something just doesn’t seem right but you can’t quite know what or who to blame.
When we lived in the Seattle area, we found that estate and garage sales were an incredible way to live quite nicely for pennies on the dollar. And, frankly, there were a lot of mexicans buying there too. They had figured it out.
But then we moved to rural kentucky. It’s a poorer area. Everybody shops at garage sales and they are a lot more expensive. They are not worth the trouble. As I put it, someone in Seattle might buy a $20 item, never use it, and sell it for $2. Here in rural Kentucky, someone might buy that same $20 item, use it a lot more, and then try to sell it at a garage sale for between $17 and $22. Stupid.
We even have a “400 mile garage sale” once a year. It’s not worth it. The prices are just stupid.
I think this person fails to understand prices are dramatically up on virtually everything. Too many dollars chasing too few goods.
Rich people eat at the Roach Coach?
Same! I’m an outdoorsman and live in Bozeman,
MT. The garage sales here are like a dream… world class gear, much of it hardly used if at all, for pennies on the dollar.
2 was missing:
2. “Formerly cool towns around the country. Think: places like Denver, Austin, Asheville, and more.”
Once you are in that milieu, you will not mistake “rich” for rich again.
We have to buy it NOW or else it will either be unavailable or be higher. Seems like the same thing happened to the Weimar Republic. I wonder what ever became of that.
I was all set to roll my eyes at the rantings of a lame wokester author. But after reading the list I cannot quibble.
All of the people in D.C. are rich despite government salaries. Ask them how!
Everything they touch. Everything is monetized and run by their idiot managerial class. Hardware stores, hotels, local burger stands, Christmas trees, etc. restaurant foodie culture. Chicken on pizza… you name it.
I’m older than dirt, but I remember when yard sales became popular. and my mother was the queen of deals. Not now...you cam buy mist items cheaper at WMT or AMZN
An article last week stated 3 or the 5 richest zip codes in the US are the DC metro area.
Politicians. The price for buying influence has skyrocketed enormously.
Once the ‘rich’ manufacturers figured out what ‘Planned Obsolescence’ meant and that by having things made overseas you could blame the manufacturer for crap that didn’t last rather than the corporation that planned for it not to last things went downhill fast. The idea that it’s cheaper the throw it away than to fix it is going to bite a lot of people in the a$$ as more and more things cannot be replaced.
They still make fleet trucks, mainly in white of course.
Well I will agree with the price of Bourbon being nuts. I mean, good god almighty, it’s frigging bourbon. Scotch is bad enough but at least it has certain tastes that are discernable. Hell in college I drank Rebel Yell and that was OK with me, in fact now that I think about it when I get off work I might pick up a bottle for old times sake, not as smooth a Jack Daniels but not bad, not bad at all.
I used to eat at the ptomaine gut trucks when I was in the Army. Since I retired, I try to take a little better care of myself. These days, I normally only eat where they have a Health Department Inspection Certificate hanging on the wall.
Used to able to find nice stuff at second hand stores for cheap, but not so much anymore. Probably due to inflation, and lots more treasure hunters abroad.
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