Dating in Las Vegas
(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.
That’s
not the case in Las Vegas.
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
Looking
for some ideas about how to save money on your next
date? For a complete list of 10 Tips for Frugal
Daters, click here.
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