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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all Americans are the same. If you are upper class, no. If you are poor, yes.[/quote]

This is such a ridiculous BS answer.

I lost a very dear friend and a beloved cousin this past winter, both were very unexpected passings and it threw me into a spiral of self-destruction in terms of eating because eating is sadly how I cope with my feelings. I share this as way of explanation for why I've been visiting the McDonald's down the block from my house 3-5x week the last few months.

When I'm in the drive through at McD's - I never go inside - I am sitting in a row of mostly very nice vehicles, not vehicles anybody poor in my area could afford. Shiny, late model vehicles in the higher price ranges - lots of suburban moms with stick figure families on the back windows of their SUVs, from Highlanders to Escalades.

Some poor people eat at McD's, off the value menu like I do - driving through in my Toyota Corolla '25, which eats up a very large share of my hospice caregiver 'salary.'  I see the occasional beater, but McD's is not an affordable everyday thing for poor folks anymore like it is for the folks driving gas guzzling SUVs who think nothing of dropping $30-50 for Happy Meals and combo dinners for themselves and their pack of kids.

American fast food is pretty expensive in the post-covid era.[/quote]

I live in McLean, which has a very busy McDonald's right at the main intersection of 123 and Old Dominion.  There is always a line of cars there.  The mix of cars is very high end (as you'd expect w/the local demographic) and a smattering of workers' trucks.  But overwhelmingly Audis, Mercedes, the odd Maserati.  Inside usually kids, middle or high school.  If and when we go through the drivethrough, a family of 4 with older kids can expect to pay upwards of $40+.  It's not that affordable unless you are careful and choosing of the dollar menu.  But to say it's not frequented by the upper class is comical.[/quote]

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