Slice for $ 1 has sunk into oblivion: a trip to the New York subway for the first time became more expensive than pizza
'04.04.2022'
Nadezhda Verbitskaya
New Yorkers work hard to at least indulge in a slice of pizza once in a while. However, the days when you could eat it for $ 1 are long gone, reports ABC 7
Right now, pizza is really eating into New Yorkers' budgets. A slice costs about $3,14, a huge difference from the $1 you had to pay for a slice just a year ago. Increasing the price of a favorite dish of residents and visitors to the city is contrary to the principle of New York pizza.
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The “pizza principle” is a New York “economic law” that states that a slice of pizza and a subway ride should cost the same. And the cost of them should grow at the same time. From the early 1960s until recently, this rule was observed with precision.
A slice of pizza now costs over $3 in all five NYC boroughs. With the Transportation Authority freezing New York's public transit fare at $2,75, the gap between the cost of traveling downtown and satisfying your hunger is growing fast.