• Fast food is cheap. It’s part of the reason why we have an obesity epidemic in the US: it’s cheaper to feed a family at McDonalds than buy fresh groceries and cook. And, yes, it’s far more convenient.

        But if they had money, they wouldn’t be eating fast food for convenience; they could get Uber Eats every day from a local restaurant. Even a cheap local restaurant. I suppose going whole-hog and eating every meal at fast food joints would prevent you from ever having to shop and keep food in the house, but even so many people at my last job got food delivered for lunch from local restaurants. That’s more convenient than running out to grab Burger King.