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61. Drug buyer says, "That's twenty bucks worth?"

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Fri Nov 8, 2013, 02:18 PM

Nov 2013

Drug dealer says, "It is if you pay twenty bucks for it."

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$4 toast is the last straw - motivates group to protest affordability issues in SF [View all] Liberal_in_LA Nov 2013 OP

cream cheese, almond butter, and maple syrup aren't toast maxsolomon Nov 2013 #1

Not 4 bucks worth. trumad Nov 2013 #2

I'm sure someone thinks it's worth it. And I'm sure P. T. Barnum agrees with me. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #6

How many slices of toast are we talking? I would pay $3.50 for 2 slices of that JaneyVee Nov 2013 #56

I can make the cream cheese toast at home Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #47

Yeah! Why are these babies complaining? Capt. Obvious Nov 2013 #63

ROFL. Are you serious?????? RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #49

yep. as a heart attack. maxsolomon Nov 2013 #58

I'll have #3. Throd Nov 2013 #3

That's what happens when a place becomes attractive to rich people. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #4

And what would be so hard about making toast at home? SheilaT Nov 2013 #5

I make my own bread. It takes 4.5 hours. Long time to wait. REP Nov 2013 #10

They might not own a toaster or oven? madville Nov 2013 #11

SF's latest apartments are 200 sq feet and cost 1900 dollars a month. Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #21

...what neighborhood? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #33

Sadly, my kitchen isn't larger than that. SheilaT Nov 2013 #55

Geeze, you can buy a loaf for that. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #7

You can bake at least 4 for that REP Nov 2013 #13

I would never pay $3.75 for a piece of toast in SF and I'm from San Mateo Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #15

Baking a loaf takes 4 hours ... REP Nov 2013 #16

Most people I know keep food in the house instead of shopping for one item before each meal. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #18

You said buy 1 loaf for $4; I said could bake 4 loaves for $4 REP Nov 2013 #35

I believe my initial response was to the OP. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #36

I thought I was responding to a reasonable discussion. My mistake! REP Nov 2013 #38

It's great, since it didn't involve $4 toast. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #39

That's fantastic! REP Nov 2013 #40

My favorite yelp review displacedtexan Nov 2013 #8

You left out an important fact..... jberryhill Nov 2013 #9

Toast is always a ripoff. I went to IHOP with my mom a few weeks ago and we split an order of toast JVS Nov 2013 #12

I'll bet toast is cheaper in Sioux Falls, or Cleveland, or Lincoln, NE. TwilightGardener Nov 2013 #14

... or don't get toast there REP Nov 2013 #17

It's an indicative and outrageous price being mocked as part of a push for affordable housing Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #23

Maybe the price is high so they can pay employees to live there. Throd Nov 2013 #26

go live somewhere else... beachbum bob Nov 2013 #19

CaliFrisco Toast adds three dollars for the privilege of just being there seveneyes Nov 2013 #20

Smugness isn't free you know. Throd Nov 2013 #22

It's a built in cost. Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #59

"Califrisco"? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #32

A cool abbreviation for San Fransisco, California seveneyes Nov 2013 #41

cool? Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #42

Those of us who live in SF react a certain way to the tourist-use of "Frisco" displacedtexan Nov 2013 #64

As expected seveneyes Nov 2013 #65

I can get a full breakfast (with homemade toast) for 4 bucks at my local diner cali Nov 2013 #37

This is not usual. Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #43

All they have to say is it's some organic, mutation free, gluten free, specially picked berries.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2013 #24

Like NYC, SF is not really a city anymore but a litter box for the droppings of the rich Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #25

"Like NYC, SF is not really a city anymore" geek tragedy Nov 2013 #31

the millions of us who live work and love it in NY and SF are laughing at this ignornace. bettyellen Nov 2013 #34

The boonies are wonderful seveneyes Nov 2013 #44

Oh sure. But they aren't inherantly better, LOL. They can be a lonely place, and not so easy to bettyellen Nov 2013 #45

Looks like $3.50 - $3.75 toast to me frazzled Nov 2013 #27

Unless I'm mistaken, the "$4 toast" was taken from another story. You're right, the graphic AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #30

at $3.75 Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #52

Now that is some sour-d'oh toast Blue Owl Nov 2013 #28

I wonder what it goes for in Carmel. AnotherMcIntosh Nov 2013 #29

Well, the minimum wage has some bearing on the matter Yo_Mama Nov 2013 #46

Toast for entitled rich people is not indicative of prices overall jmowreader Nov 2013 #48

Compare rental car rates between San Jose and WestSeattle2 Nov 2013 #50

Folks defending this because it has friggin cream cheese on it are a reel hoot. nt RedCappedBandit Nov 2013 #51

Folks arguing over the price of friggin toast are a real hoot....too. nt Bobbie Jo Nov 2013 #53

Looks like a real bargain. pa28 Nov 2013 #57

Let them eat cake! Cal Carpenter Nov 2013 #54

Yeah Toast! Bobbie Jo Nov 2013 #60

Drug buyer says, "That's twenty bucks worth?" Iggo Nov 2013 #61

So what do you do? FreeJoe Nov 2013 #62