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NEW
YORK CITY DATING
(New York City lands on
top based on results from Dateable.com's 14 City cost
of dating Index)
When
eighty-year old Doris Drum began dating young men in
the neighborhood, in 1932, a movie cost about 25 cents
– and that included a candy bar and a comic book.
Grandma Drum reminisces: "My brother, Leck, was given
a $1.00 bill from our Dad to take a girl out on a date.
Oh my …How things have changed."
--
Doris Drum
Dateable.com Visitor from Nebraska
"I
usually spend about $100.00 on a date. Can’t
really get around it. Soda and popcorn at a movie,
alone, runs like $10.00. I guess you could save money
with a picnic or something, but nobody does that stuff
anymore."
--
Andrew Kochan
30-year-old from Los Angeles
What
do you want to do? I don’t know, what do you want
to do? Well, let’s get a bite to eat and hit a
movie. Not so fast ...If you’re in a major American
city, you better have at least $100.00 to $125.00 in
your wallet.
Guess
what? New York tops the list.
Dateable.com,
one of the longest running Internet romance communities,
just completed the initial phase of their cost of dating
index designed to give rough comparative estimates of
the cost of dating in the following 14 American cities:
Chicago, Dallas, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New
Jersey, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Portland,
San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, and Tuscon.
While
many dating costs have remained the same for the past
few years, some have skyrocketed. The following figures
were estimated from an index of flowers (single stem
red rose), average dinner and tip (estimated from a
group of "favorite picks" from a variety of restaurant
guides), movie tickets (randomly selected movie theatres),
two drinks, and transportation (either cab fare or .31
cents per mile @ 15 miles).
The
biggest variable, of course, is food costs. All other
costs being nearly equal, here are the results. Not
surprisingly, cities like New York, Chicago and San
Francisco top the list. But, what’s at the bottom?
Later,
we’ll take a look at sporting events in some of
these cities.
Dinner
& Movie: A Look at 14 Cities
New
York $135.00
Chicago
$128.60
San
Francisco $124.00
New
Jersey $117.00
Honolulu
$114.00
New
Orleans $110.00
Los
Angeles $109.00
Philadelphia
$110.20
Tuscon
$98.80
Seattle
$90.60
Dallas
$86.00
San
Diego $85.40
Portland
$82.00
Las
Vegas $74.60
The
cost of food by thieves behind movie concession counters
was not included in our initial survey. We also compared
the average cost for a pair of average basketball tickets
(in those cities with teams).
Dinner
& Basketball Game: A Look at 6 Cities
New
York $338.00
Los
Angeles $231.00
Dallas
$220.00
Seattle
$204.00
New
Jersey $165.00
Portland
$145.00
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Dateable.com LLC 2001
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