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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just got back from NYC where I was helping my DD move in. We went grocery shopping and the bill came to $260, which is more than I usually spend for our family of 4 for a week! A pound of Starbucks coffee cost $22. Here it is $12.
This morning we went out for breakfast, bill came to $75 for 2 people, we each had eggs. She also had a lemonade.
My point is that absolutely everything in NYC is super expensive. I can totally see where she is coming from. But yes, don’t have 3 kids if you can’t afford to.[/quote]

The only thing you've proven here is that neither you nor your daughter has any idea where to buy affordable groceries or which restaurants to frequent. I've lived in NYC for over twenty-five years, and my weekly grocery bill has never come anywhere near $260, nor have I ever gone to breakfast with another person and had the bill come to $75. [/quote]

Not everyone eats low quality fried cheese at bodegas with cats urinating on the stove. Anything better will be PP’s costs.  [/quote]

You obviously know nothing about living in NYC or where to find great food (at grocery stores or in restaurants) for less in its boroughs. To take the Starbucks coffee as an example: I have no idea where the person who helped his/her adult child move to NYC went grocery shopping, but a 1 lb. bag of coffee is $13.95 at an actual Starbucks store. [/quote]

I’m actually a native New Yorker. But I will concede that we were on the Upper East Side and the grocery store was D’Agostinos. The breakfast was at EJs dinner, not exactly a fancy spot. [/quote]

Why were you on the Upper East Side?  Unless she’s going to Hunter College or Marymount it’s more of a White people family area.   Trader Joe’s is a better deal than some of the more popular NYC food stores.     [/quote]

Most prominent museums are there…….[/quote]

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