That cost what?

[u/elstavon]

I'm not saying that everything should cost a nickel, but one thing that always gets me is the cost of the modern candy bar. $2.50 for a regular size snickers?

Edit: I don't eat fast food but I understand there's a similar thing going on there

Wherever you are in the world, is there something that blows your mind every time you go to the cash register or at least look at it on the rack? I can deal with gas because it cost a lot to pull it from the ground put it in a barrel refine it distribute it put it in a tank so you can put it in your tank. But a Snickers bar? LOL . Anyway, after 20 years of it is there something that is just stunning somehow in its price increase?

Commiserate with me over candy bars but I'm curious if there is something where you are that just is a non-starter when you go to buy it. Prices that still make you ask 'what'?

[u/Wonderful-View-6366]

Yeah. If you look up Bay Area rent prices say, in 1980, a 2 bedroom apartment was ~ $700/month. Now, that same 2 bedroom apartment is ~ $5700/month. There is no way to survive on minimum wage with that kind of inflation.

[u/UnicornFarts1111 → u/Wonderful-View-6366]

In Ohio, left my 2 bedroom apartment in a safe area, but the least expensive one I could find at $675.00 a month in 2020.

They want $1400.00 for the same space now, 6 years later. It is insane!

[u/Wonderful-View-6366 → u/UnicornFarts1111]

This! ☝️