The prep school kids are entitled brats who have never been told no. The kids are probably hoping they will get caught and their parents will be forced to actually interact with them. That type of parent spends a lot of money on a private school that will raise their kid so they don't have to.

Not necessarily. They’ve basically met the market at this point, with the exception of some of the newer buildings that are vastly overcharging.

I acknowledge their existence, apologize, and say I don't have cash (which is usually true, I prefer to not carry cash).

Where is the link to the website? It looks like it was removed.

That’s Big Pete to you, you used tampon

I’m not going to say it doesn’t exist, but if you were to go try a CrossFit gym and found yourself being yelled at, I would definitely go to another one!

I get a veggie delivery per week $25-35, and spend about $100 on Costco every two weeks. Adding another $50 for adhoc trips per week.

So about $400/month for two people. I cook everything from scratch, but buy more premium ingredients, I eat meat but not every day.

same, buy fresh stuff every few days, safeway prices are best because of the online just for you coupons, go to whole foods once in a while for good beef or fish

Giant is so so overpriced, i love safeways online coupon system, just for U tracks exactly what you buy and clip coupons on the app, i save like 4 or 5 bucks each visit. i shop every 3 days for what i need , i dont like buyig too much at once, because i overbuy and tend to stock stuff i dont eat

The Adams Morgan Safeway is the Salvadorian Safeway!

wow

According to my apple card, for me and my partner (we’re vegan + shop at Whole Foods), we spend $455 a month on groceries and ~$250 on takeout/eating out. Definitely more than I would want to spend.

the biggest trope of all, we should send the people who say that back to the 90's in a time machine, utterly absurd. The DC public schools shut down during the pandemic and this is, in part, the result

Wow never heard of that and certainly didn’t get a higher deposit back when I was a renter here? Thank you - I need to go look into this bc we are about move to London for a few years and plan to rent out our house while we’re gone.

that is the under

About $180-200 per week for two people and we order dinner once or twice a week. Big meal cooked on Sunday to last to Tuesday and a mid week meal cooked on Wednesday.

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We live just a few blocks away and love it ! My toddler points out the library whenever we pass by and don’t stop in. We also learned about Dolly Parton’s free books bc of one of the librarians there :)

450$ a month / couple / shop mostly at Aldi

I make mostly curry’s and tofu dishes but one thing I’ve done that really saves money is make whatever I eat at home. Every week I make a large batch of granola, pastas/wonton wrappers, and a couple loads of bread that will last and try to plan my meals around this. I don’t have the most sophisticated pallet but if you plan your meals out and learn some DIY tricks to save money, you can bring down your grocery bill.

*Side note - I probably would not do all the cooking at home if I didn’t have a stand mixer and WFH

very good point about the feeling of spaciousness, open feeling, its so importat for well being and stress:)

guessing forcing $150 of spend at WF is going to be more more expensive than TJs. Unfortunate bc I do love WF produce.

thanks - I do have this card but figure TJs is still cheaper for food.

Everyone is here talking about groceries and I’m here wondering where I can find a 1450/mo apartment in DC.

NYC Street Schmegma.

Man you wanna see something wild hangout at the CVS in Tenleytown between 2:30-3:30. I’ve seen kids flash mob the store, run down the aisles hands out just knocking everything off the shelf. It’s mostly the Deal middle schoolers. They use to not allow students in but then DC said that was illegal. I only worked in that area for ~8 months and I’d never seen anything like it. Then a freshman at Willson broke a work van window with a butt slam right after school; got it all on video. Kids are reckless