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Doesn't seem accurate at all.
Burger and fries is like $7 from in n out.
New Camry is 30k.
I have never really gone on a vacation that wasn't just like camping or staying in shitty motels/hostels, but you can get flights from the US to any major city in Europe for under 1k and even decent hotels aren't more than a few hundred a night, so even on the high end with food and everything it couldn't be more than 5k unless you're just being ridiculous.
In my town the local burger joints are that price, I actually just walked by a sign downtown today for a place advertising their sepcial which was a chicken bacon ranch sandwich for $17. Granted the major chain stuff is cheaper but their food is trash, all that is in town is Jack in the Box, Wendy's and McDonald's. Last time I ate McDonald's I felt nauseous. Although my town is a popular tourist destination so the inflated prices might be more than other places. But from what I heard in bigger towns in the state that $15-ish for a burger and fries is pretty normal, at least at independently owned places as opposed to the corporate chains.
Yeah that's wild. Even in a major west coast city I can find burgers under $10 at a bunch of local places. One place does a burger, fries, AND a beer for like $8 during certain times. I'm not saying you can't find burgers for $15 or even $25, but I probably just don't go to those places and have no idea.
In my experience, the bigger the city the lower the prices for food if you know where to look. Touristy areas and chains will usually be very expensive, but the dive bar in the middle of a random neighborhood is half the price.
Yeah, the bars usually have lower priced fare if you go there. And there is a lot more options in bigger cities. I feel like about ~$10 is the average usually.