If you think back to childhood (or even just back to a few years ago), it's clear that many things in life that were once intended for the masses have become wildly more expensive.
Recently, I shared a list of several things that have been all but ruined by the rich. And as it turns out, the BuzzFeed Community had a lot of opinions and things they wanted to chime in with. So, here are even more aspects of life that the wealthy have pretty much destroyed for the rest of us.
1. "Cereal! It used to be a cheap kids food. Now, it costs $6-$7 for a single box where I live."
2. "Camping. Now, it's all called 'glamping,' where you can get in touch with the outdoors with the help of a large screen TV and a full-sized fridge."
3. "Brands like Wranglers and Levi's. Prices went up, but quality went way, way down across the board. In high school, I was able to buy Levi's for maybe $10, and they'd last until they actually fell apart. But the last time I bought a pair, the denim just pilled up immediately. It's actually hard to find any clothes that don't do that nowadays."
4. "Buying a home. My grandparents bought a house in Maui in the 1950s for under $50,000. That same house, a 70+-year-old original house that has gone under hardly any renovations since, is now worth over a million dollars. And did I mention it's sitting on a teeny tiny lot in a gully?!"
5. "Politics. The amount of money spent on political campaigns is ridiculous. It could run some smaller countries for a year. There should be limits on how much each party can spend on their campaigns."
6. "Concerts. These days, you can’t even buy a beer at a concert for what a general admission ticket used to cost. And people still pay the absurd prices!"
7. "Avocados. My grandpa still calls avocados a 'poor man’s butter' from his childhood in California. He can’t believe they’re such a pricy, luxury food now."
8. "Cheap cuts of meat. Long gone are the days when you could buy pork belly, lamb shanks, oxtail affordably. Thanks for that, TV chefs, and your ability to make the price of these formerly bargain ingredients quadruple in a single episode. Looking at you, Jamie Oliver!
9. "Bikes. Not only are they expensive, but they're always out of stock now. My husband and I tried to buy a couple bikes a year or so ago, and I was shocked at how hard they were to find. We had to order them six months in advance, and they weren’t really anything special."
10. "New York City. It's truly impossible to live here now. The city has gotten so expensive."
11. "College education. It used to be affordable without aid. Now, tuition has sky-rocketed far beyond the rate of inflation, and only the very rich can actually afford it."
