The Average Cost of Food in the US
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#2Keep in mind this is based on individuals' food spending, not the overall cost of food.
Maybe Hawaii and Vermont, which are some of the healthiest states, look expensive because people there buy more fresh produce and organic food.
They only used data for the most populous city in each state. Weird.
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#3Keep in mind this is based on individuals' food spending, not the overall cost of food. Maybe Hawaii and Vermont, which are some of the healthiest states, look expensive because people there buy more fresh produce and organic food. They only used data for the most populous city in each state. Weird.
Food in Hawaii is significantly more expensive than the rest of the US, and always has been, due to the shipping cost for all sorts of staple goods that aren’t produced in volume locally. Most famously, milk.
I don’t think “healthy eating” has explanatory power here.
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#4A bit outside Philly. Over the past several years, we've average $275-300 month per person for two adults. Another $100 month per person eating out. It's a bit tough to tell if they estimate buying a preselected set of food items? Do these costs reflect regional preferences at all?
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#5What a terrible infographic. Light teal means least expensive states, and slightly darker teal means most expensive states.
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#6Keep in mind this is based on individuals' food spending, not the overall cost of food. Maybe Hawaii and Vermont, which are some of the healthiest states, look expensive because people there buy more fresh produce and organic food. They only used data for the most populous city in each state. Weird.
Food in Hawaii is significantly more expensive than the rest of the US, and always has been, due to the shipping cost for all sorts of staple goods that aren’t produced in volume locally. Most famously, milk. I don’t think “healthy eating” has explanatory power here.
Vermont's groceries aren't dirt-cheap, but they're cheaper than, say, Seattle.
Downtown Burlington's only grocery store is a natural-foods co-op, so maybe that skews the price data? Most of the mainstream, less-expensive grocery stores "in Burlington" are actually in South Burlington, which is a different city.
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#7Houston (rather how nice of a place is to live) is probably one of the best kept secrets in the US. Despite some of the well-known shortcomings, mostly related to extreme weather events, for the most part is a kind, diverse, healthy and all in all super friendly place for new comers. Food is awesome and being lucky enough to have a good paying job, things like rent or groceries are incredibly affordable, esp. when comparing to neighboring cities (I’m personally in love with Austin but living there has plenty of issues too).
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#8I live in Burlington (#2 on the list).
Yes, we spend a lot on food but most of it is really high quality and from within 100 miles. The most convenient grocery in Burlington is City Market Co-op, which has the largest sales volume of any single-store food co-op in the country. That's probably skewing the data.
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#9What a terrible infographic. Light teal means least expensive states, and slightly darker teal means most expensive states.
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#10What a terrible infographic. Light teal means least expensive states, and slightly darker teal means most expensive states.
I had to triple check the legend with the map and the price to make sure I had it right. It didn't need to be so bad.