In the large-ish East Coast city I live in, there are so many restaurants making food that a) isn't defrosted Sysco meals and b) is something that would take either a large amount of labor or specialized ingredients to make at home. My home oven is insufficient to make something like Peking duck. Even if I could source the quality of fish the fancy local sushi spot does, would my amateur preparation come close to what they're offering?
Which is all to say that this comment seems limited to people that live in places where the only choices are fast food or fast casual and excludes most everything else. I'm not arguing that restaurant food is affordable, just that there is plenty of non-Sysco food out there.
> in places where the only choices are fast food or fast casual and excludes most everything else.
Which, at least in the US, is pretty much every place that isn't a large-ish city. Lots of people live in such places.
Similarly, the parent comment claims
> There's almost no upside to eating in a sit-down restaurant anymore.
But _lots_ of people live in places where there are multiple choices of restaurants whose menus aren't filled with Sysco food
> _lots_ of people live in places where there are multiple choices of restaurants whose menus aren't filled with Sysco food
Yes, lots of people live in large-ish cities. But also lots of people don't.