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Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by rob74 »

seanmcdirmid wrote: post #39
ethbr1 wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since when does San Diego have cheaper real estate than Wyoming?

Jackson Hole is a huge exception in Wyoming (also the only blue county they have). It basically compares to Aspen and other ultra high end luxury resort towns, except the Grand Tetons (and then Yellowstone) are right next door.

Or, to quote Wikipedia:

> Jackson has become a second home for various celebrities, often due to Wyoming's income tax regime, including Sandra Bullock, RuPaul Charles, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian, Nikki Sixx, and Harrison Ford.

I only knew about Harrison Ford living there before I read the article, guess it shows my age...

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by TaylorAlexander »

denkmoon wrote: post #34
gompertz wrote: post #16

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There's always a comment like this I find. Some extra layer of data people want to see that explains the first layer, and it never ends - the data on data. Sometimes we just want to know the damn burrito prices and don't care about the excuses.

If you want to know the burrito price, you open the app/website and look at the burrito price... you don't go to a "Taconomics" website comparing taco prices across a continent. As it stands, there are a number of uncontrolled variables that mean this is not an effective analysis of "How economical is your local Taco Bell?"

Yah but if you want to click around on a neat lil web page this is great.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by rightbyte »

ranger_danger wrote: post #40
cortesoft wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have an autistic kid who went through a phase where she would only eat McDonalds chicken nuggets... I live in a city and have 3 McDonald's pretty close to me, and the price for the same order of nuggets would vary by up to 50 cents between the 3... the cheapest place is only a half mile away from the most expensive one. It really is strange.

I don't mean to be rude but I'm just curious... did you try simply not giving them junk food? I have done some research on this and have not found any good evidence that most autistic children will actually starve themselves for any meaningful amount of time if their picky foods are not provided.

I guess McNuggets are better than a deficiency of calories or forced tube feeding.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by silisili »

duxup wrote: post #20
t-writescode wrote: post #18

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My usual time for Taco Bell is well past when taco trucks are open. For me it's "the tastiest and healthiest [late night food] on the go".

Healthiest? I haven’t eaten there in a while but I don’t recall thinking it was healthy at all, quite the opposite.

They've gotten better. I only order it rarely and was surprised last time by how much they were pushing chicken and black bean options that appeared... healthier. No doubt to save them money, but hey, two birds, one stone.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by chii »

denkmoon wrote: post #34
gompertz wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's always a comment like this I find. Some extra layer of data people want to see that explains the first layer, and it never ends - the data on data. Sometimes we just want to know the damn burrito prices and don't care about the excuses.

If you want to know the burrito price, you open the app/website and look at the burrito price... you don't go to a "Taconomics" website comparing taco prices across a continent. As it stands, there are a number of uncontrolled variables that mean this is not an effective analysis of "How economical is your local Taco Bell?"

> you don't go to a "Taconomics" website comparing taco prices across a continent

but that's what people do, in aggregate. It's why manufacturing all went to china in the last 2 decades.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by [deleted] »

chii wrote: post #55
denkmoon wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you want to know the burrito price, you open the app/website and look at the burrito price... you don't go to a "Taconomics" website comparing taco prices across a continent. As it stands, there are a number of uncontrolled variables that mean this is not an effective analysis of "How economical is your local Taco Bell?"

> you don't go to a "Taconomics" website comparing taco prices across a continent but that's what people do, in aggregate. It's why manufacturing all went to china in the last 2 decades.

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Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by crooked-v »

ranger_danger wrote: post #40
cortesoft wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have an autistic kid who went through a phase where she would only eat McDonalds chicken nuggets... I live in a city and have 3 McDonald's pretty close to me, and the price for the same order of nuggets would vary by up to 50 cents between the 3... the cheapest place is only a half mile away from the most expensive one. It really is strange.

I don't mean to be rude but I'm just curious... did you try simply not giving them junk food? I have done some research on this and have not found any good evidence that most autistic children will actually starve themselves for any meaningful amount of time if their picky foods are not provided.

Framing it as "being picky" is really not helpful. As somebody on the spectrum, my (fortunately very few) food sensitivities aren't a mere matter of preference... they're the result of me experiencing visceral, nauseating revulsion at specific tastes/textures/smells. If it's the only option, I will absolutely skip a meal entirely rather than deal with it. I would probably have to be at the point of literally (not figuratively) starving to fight past that response, and even then I wouldn't be sure about keeping it down.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by wickedsight »

serf wrote: post #29
bee_rider wrote: post #17

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There are a ton of alternatives to Taco Bell, “good, inexpensive tacos” are a whole thing, taco trucks, etc. Unless you are specifically looking for drain-o for your digestive system.

I live with a fan of Taco Bell. 'good, inexpensive tacos' isn't what they sell. they sell Taco Bell (TM). I could give this housemate an around-the-globe tour of pan-Latin cuisine and they would come back from their tour hungry for Taco Bell (TM). I can sort of relate -- sometimes I can be surrounded by some of the best food the world has to offer, but I crave a packet of Top Ramen. Some things offer something above…

I love me some Crunchwrap Supreme (TM), but I also love me some fresh green chilli quesadilla with salsa verde from my favorite Mexican food place. I crave both at different times and can appreciate both of them in different ways.

Re: How economical is your local Taco Bell?

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Post by mhuffman »

TuringNYC wrote: post #9

This map needs to be scaled by rent cost/sqft for commercial real estate in the county. Otherwise, the results are really just a pass-thru of rent in the burrito price.

Generally I would agree with you, but I just checked where I am at and it appears that the less the competition the higher the price. I compared a few small relatively poor towns that I am familiar with to larger ones that I know charge between 4 and 7 times as much per sqft for commercial real estate, and the more expensive tacos are in the poorer towns! Up to $0.40 cheaper in the larger more bougie towns. My only guess is that there is more competition in those larger towns.
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