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    Dragonslayer Emeritus Senior Member Sigurd's Avatar
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    Default Re: How Fat Is Your State?

    Quote Originally Posted by CountArach View Post
    You can get good (Eg woodfire, specially-made) large pizzas here for about AU$25-$30. The largest meals at the large Burger places (ie McDonalds) are $12-$15 or so (I don't go there often, but that is what I remember).
    The comparisons would be the expensive pizzas at Pizza Hut, and I know I got a Whooper meal in AUS for $5 AUD.
    Of course you could go to a more exclusive restaurant and get a hamburger for $33 AUD (not including drinks), which is inexpensive compared to other dishes on the menu. I have done that a few times with my wife and they are smokin good. You get a few potato wedges with it and some oil sprinkled salad as garnish. Damn, I feel like getting one.
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    Amphibious Trebuchet Salesman Member Whacker's Avatar
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    Default Re: How Fat Is Your State?

    That's a good point Siggy. Around here, junk food and unhealthy stuff is always dirt cheap. Healthy foods, from the mundane to the special organic stuff and the like, etc, is all VERY expensive. I think it should be the other way around. I think the other part of the issue is convenience. Many of us are on the go all day long until we go to bed, so being able to stop and prepare something for 15-30 minutes isn't always feasible. It's a bit of a weak excuse, but it is valid. Of course most of the microwave meals and all that jazz are rather unhealthy, so it becomes a bit of a vicious cycle. The last part of the equation that seems to hold true quite a bit, esp. for me personally, is that I find a lot of healthier foods taste like crap. The flipside of this is that again for me personally, some of the worst unhealthy foods tend to disgust me now. McDonalds makes me gag at this point, I really can't eat it anymore and have zero desire to.

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    Default Re: How Fat Is Your State?

    Fast food should be more expensive. The cheaper option should always be home made.
    A whooper meal should cost around $20 and a large pizza at pizza hut should cost around $50.
    I disagree here, why should people have to pay more for fast food because some people are irresponsible and eat too much?

    if people want to make themselves fat let them, dont make me pay the costs...

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