And time. We deliberately make poverty a much harder lifestyle with a whole lot less free time.
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Not just a price comparison but a time comparison.
5 mins of shopping at a gas station on the left when driving between your morning shift at job one and your afternoon shift at your second job and eating while you drive.
20 mins of shopping and then 30 mins of food prep in your kitchen after your one shift at a well paid job. I'd bumped up the time if any of that stuff needs cooking.
And take the picture the same distance between camera and subject. The left one is clearly further away.
I bet that Starbucks costs as much of the rest of the stuff on the left. The drink sandwich and crisps would in a meal deal for like 3.50 by themselves, assuming itβs not full sugar Coke.
Wow really? A crappy sandwich here would be something like Β£6