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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have literally never paid for food delivery in 10 years time. I do pick up take out once or twice a week. For a famoly of 3 its usually $40ish.

Paying for food delivery is so wild to me. Why?? Why cant you just go pick it up? Such a waste.[/quote]

Some people are short on time, or their time is worth more than driving to the restaurant to pick up.[/quote]

I refuse to believe this is the majority of people. We live 5 minutes from many take out places. You can order online and swing by on your way home. Unless you live 30 minutes away and arent going anywhere in the vicinity, its really not about time.
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Probably not the majority, but not uncommon in my universe. I make over $300/hr. I live in the burbs and take highways home. There’s one restaurant that’s 5 min away and not on the way home. Next closest set is between 10 and 15. Round trip we’re looking at around 30 min. Unless I’m going to the one close restaurant (which happens to be an expensive sushi spot), it’s not worth my time. [/quote]

Your universe is literally less than 1% of the population.

The vast majority of people aren't spending exorbitant amounts on delivery. The whole article is just one of many attacks from the rich on the regular people, trying to shift the blame of our unaffordability crisis from the corporations that created it to the people that are suffering from it.

No, we are not unable to afford homes because of avocado toast and Doordash, we're unable to afford homes because corporations have rigged the system against us and on top of that put out propaganda like the linked article trying to convince us it's our own fault.[/quote]

I don’t dispute that my income is high. It’s actually not top 1% in DC, which I know because I just pulled census data. It’s actually 96th percentile, and probably similar in major metro areas. It’s also not top 1% for DCUM, where this discussion is occurring.

PP disputes that anyone lacks time or has sufficient money such that ordering delivery makes sense. She’s wrong. And she’s wrong for hundreds of thousands of people in this area. The economics of delivery do work out for a certain portion of the population.

That’s not disparaging people for whom takeout makes no economic sense. Nor is it blaming people with lower incomes for having lower incomes. Nor is it about the substance of the article, which was only the catalyst for a discussion on how much people spend on delivery.[/quote]

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