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Me and my wife try to buy things in bulk and look out for sales, Safeway/target/Harris teeter/giant, we go through most of those and a friend with a car will often take us to Sams/Walmart when they go. We spend anywhere from 300-450 per month.

Where did you connect with this person?

Most boxing gyms are pretty chill. You can get a great workout, or just do your best. Def not getting yelled at

As a couple that mainly shops at Giant about once a week or every other week and adjusts meals based on coupons/sales: $250 per person. I’ve noticed that the points you collect from Giant can be applied for free food including eggs, which has been nice in avoiding feeling that inflation. I’ll do a Trader Joe’s run here and there during the week as I work by one. Usually buying small things for the week’s dinners I’m missing/cheap wine. We usually don’t eat breakfast so we’re really having 2 meals a day. I also never buy lunch out when at the office.

Eating out varies but we eat out about once a week so maybe $150-200 a month per person.

We’re spending about $200 every 10 days which I guess averages out to about $600/mo for two people. Probably 65% Trader Joe’s, 25% Whole Foods, 10% other (Giant, Safeway, etc)

2.5 meals a day (both working from home, sometimes lunch is just a snack) cooking at home generally 5 days but some weeks the full week.

Having just moved here from the Bay Area I’m decidedly disappointed in the non- high end restaurant scene here.

Oh def a good thing!

Here’s some useful info. I’m a Wegmans man myself:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2023/02/21/ratings-grocery-stores-price-quality/

Who needs to build housing when you can just wait for people to get murdered or run away in fear!

Been in NE a long time but some of my friends have been victimized and one is lucky to be alive. Cops had the fuckers who attacked a gal I know and let them go. My wife missed being in a crossfire walking our dogs by 15 minutes. I never thought I’d be the guy who leaves but Im looking at prices. It’s not as much about the crime as it is about feeling like the Council isn’t on our side and the up and coming pols here are even dumber.

Ya u rite

Something about a white gentrifier criticizing black children just hits a little different, ya know?

That was the place back in the day!

Are you talking about RealPage, or something else? There's a fascinating breakdown in curbed from a few weeks back, but I'd love to see more details elsewhere.

Given three propensities of this sub, I don't think you're gonna find a lot of upvotes, though.

https://www.curbed.com/2023/01/nyc-real-estate-covid-more-apartments-higher-rent.html

I think it really depends on the person. I’ve lived in several major cities and in some, petty thefts are quite common if you look smaller or are a woman. I’m targeting advice to a person who has 0 experience city living and may not understand even the basics

This is quite low actually. This number corresponds to ~15$ per day per person. How do you manage eating three meals for $15?

Give out parking tickets

A homeless guy called me a racist name just for walking on the sidewalk past him, if someone is gonna lash out that’s on them

I think this paragraph gives a little context to the rise and hopefully stops any "is it or isn't it getting worse" commentary:

"Authorities said 203 people were killed in D.C. last year, 10 percent fewer than in 2021. But it was the second consecutive year the city breached the 200-mark for homicides. Before 2021, the District last saw 200 or more killings in 2003."

This guy would have felt a lot more at home at George Mason.

My dogs have too much energy in this mild weather. I need the sun come back to slow them down.

You're way too young to be doing the "kids today are disrespectful" thing. You're four seconds older than these people. Your cohort was no different.

Sorry, I don’t have time to fight trolls today.

Definitely depends on what you're buying. Some staples are really expensive at TJ's, and some WF 365 items are surprisingly cheap. I don't think what you spend now is crazy high or anything but if you want to lower it you definitely need to do more comparison shopping.

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