Subj : Re: Housekeeping To : vorlon From : poindexter FORTRAN Date : Fri Apr 14 2023 06:21 am -=> vorlon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=- vo> Back in that distant past it was also cheaper to get a decent meal for vo> your $$.. Now adays it's like give your left arm. #-( Around Silicon Valley/San Francisco, tech wages have definitely changed the dining landscape. Local neighborhood restaurants started going way more upscale and charging more - they could have less customers and make more money - and there was a customer base to support it. Then Covid came. It seems the mom-n-pop restaurants and the restaurants that catered to locals and families were repaid with loyalty from customers getting takeout. Looking around, the ones that started going upscale before Covid have changed hands or folded. .... Shut the door and listen from outside --- MultiMail/Win v0.52 * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122) .