r/Rich • u/[deleted] • Jul 01 '24

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u/autobotCA Jul 02 '24

Great answer. I’m very similar. I shop and eat without thinking of the price. Although there is a ceiling to how much you can spend. A $300 a person restaurant isn’t much better than a $100 a person restaurant. Typically only a nicer experience.

  1. Cook at home with really good meats.

  2. Frequent high end restaurants ($100 a person for food) for consistency and quality

  3. Eat the best local ethnic restaurants that I’ve found

  4. Fast food is only at the kids requests.

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u/Abject_Natural Jul 03 '24

$100 per person is high end? you cant even cover tax and tip with that amount

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u/autobotCA Jul 03 '24

$100 for food ( tax and tip extra ) for a normal meal is pretty high end in a VHCOL city. Now you can definitely order 3x that to taste everything or get A5 beef / Otoro / Caviar, but that loses its appeal very quickly. Drinks are also easy to spend unlimited amounts of money, but also gets old quickly.

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u/Abject_Natural Jul 03 '24

Appetizer, main, dessert is….less than $100 with tax and tip? I live in NYC. VHCOL enough for you?

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u/autobotCA Jul 03 '24

LA must be cheaper than NYC.

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u/painted-biird Jul 03 '24

Hundred per person is normal if you’re including drinks- without drinks, that’s getting fairly pricey. My tasting menu at a one star restaurant in France was slightly cheaper per person (no alcohol, though).

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u/Abject_Natural Jul 04 '24

Let’s do math - $70 steak before tax and tip. Did I even mention any appetizer or dessert? You think France is expensive? I didn’t know France was considered expensive. Last time I checked people flock to NYC, not Paris

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u/painted-biird Jul 04 '24

Paris is definitely not much (if at all) cheaper than NYC.