The Rich Will Pay Anything Not To Be With The Poor

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I am currently at my sister-in-law's summer house in a very popular, touristy destination in the state we live in. Everything costs a lot here. Homelessness is pretty much non-existent unless they are rebellious drug addict vagrants from wealth families couch surfing and sleeping in tents. The rich and the upper middle class live and vacation here. I had brunch at a fancy restaurant that serves really good bagels with an array of jams and other goodies. It was $40 a person. I would never have paid that much for a simple brunch. That's like a third of my grocery bill anyway. This was my sister-in-law's treat. The total came out to be over $300. My family is thinking of grabbing lunch again at a different restaurant. That restaurant serves seafood dishes and it's like $150 per person for three dishes. If we grab dinner today at another restaurant that we went to in the past, that's $250 per person. I cannot afford any of this. I am enjoying free food while I can. Everything costs a lot here. Real estate, foods at restaurants, groceries, clothes, everything. The rich will pay anything not to be with the poor. They escape to this location to be among their people and they are willing to shell out hundreds of dollars per day to have fun. I am poor so I am trying my best not to stick out like a sore thumb. I don't think it's working though. Oh well.