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    20 hours ago

    There really is a lack of kids-themed restaurants. Rainforest Cafe, Old McD with play places, You’d think they’d be able to keep a place that caters to families open.

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        16 hours ago

        Yeah, totally. All of fast food is in this downward spiral of giving you less charging more.

        Looking at the menu back in 1980, you could get a meal for four for about $10.

        That same meal today is just shy of $40

        Unfortunately, inflation from 1980 is about 3x.

        So they’re about 25% more expensive than they used to be. But the mean salary per household is certainly nowhere near 3x.

        The cost of housing and everything else is way above 3x.

        Economically as a society we’re in pretty bad shape, we’re scraping that lower limit of infeasibility.