'Dollar stores. I'm so old, I can remember when they actually sold stuff for a dollar. Now, not even the cheapest junk food snacks are just a dollar.'
"Dollar stores. I'm so old, I can remember when they actually sold stuff for a dollar. Now, not even the cheapest junk food snacks are just a dollar.". In the comments, readers shared more things that were ruined when they became too popular, and they made some valid points.
Here's what they had to say:"Ramen noodles. It was the cheapest thing you could buy, and now, they have 'Ramen Bars!' Now, grocery stores play the 'we upped the price by $5 while you weren't looking game!'" "Dollar stores. I'm so old, I can remember when they actually sold stuff for a dollar. When I was a young divorcee, I could get the basics for my little apartment and have a bit left over for lunch. Now, not even the cheapest junk food snacks are just a dollar. Everyone and their brother shops at dollar stores the way they used to at Walmart." "Savers, which is a chain thrift store, opened a few years ago close to me, and it was great! They have a huge selection of clothes, shoes, books, purses, and other stuff. I used to be able to buy jeans for, like, $8, and they were in pretty decent shape. Books used to be $2 or less. I went in last week and walked right back out. A decent pair of jeans was $15, and I even saw some dresses for $28!""Park Güell in Barcelona. There used to be free to access all of it, but then, the scourge of too many tourists started to ruin it . Now, you have to pay to enter certain parts, and you can no longer just wander round as a good way to kill time in a beautiful place.""Designer collaborations with big box stores. There was no trouble casually shopping in the store when they first started. Now, items are out of stock the minute the collection drops online, and stampedes clear out the stores. Then, they're immediately listed on resell sites priced at least twice as much as retail.""The Hudson Valley, Rhinebeck specifically. Please don't come, and if I find you parking in the CVS lot to walk around town when I need to pick up my blood pressure meds, I will call the tow company. Go back to the city! If you absolutely must visit, please at least be a half-decent driver. There's my rant for the day." "School events. Usually, a school dance was free, and anyone from that school could go. Now, it's $20 for a ticket, and $35 at the door. For what?""Tri-tip! It used to be that the 'bottom sirloin roast' was tossed aside as being worthless. It was the cut that the workers and cowboys got on the side. Was $2–4/pound, but now, it's very expensive , and Costco won't even carry it outside the West Coast and other select locations! Thanks, foodies, for screwing up a nice, affordable meal for the rest of us!" "Estate sales and garage sales. I remember going to them as a kid. I remember being about to get a book or toy for a dime rather than a few bucks. You still can sometimes do this, but it varies. I've gotten a decent computer desk for $15 within the last few years, so it's sometimes possible, but it depends on the seller themselves. As an adult, eBay and Amazon pricing ruined some of these because certain garage and estate sale sellers got greedy. Certain people say, 'Well, IF I SELL IT ON eBay, I CAN GET X PRICE FOR IT.' This is often retail price and above, which, if I wanted to pay that, I'd go to the actual store." "Here's my points on why this sort of seller annoys me by default: 1) eBay will add shipping costs to that and charge you a fee; 2) I'm literally willing to hand you straight-up cash that isn't a $100 bill and ask for change first thing in the morning; and 3) it takes TIME to sell stuff on Amazon and eBay. I know that the last one is 100% true since my mom actually sells stuff on eBay."The shops at Disneyland. They were a world bazaar: woolen clothes and blankets at the Pendleton shop, turquoise jewelry at the Frontier trading post, Stetson hats, moccasins, leather goods, and clothes and jewelry from Mexico, Central American clothes, pot holders, belts from Guatemalan weavers, Hawaiian clothes, cool things from Africa, India, and the Far East in the Adventureland Bazaar, Christmas ornaments from the Christmas shop, antiques, really cool kitchen stuff and amazing hats made onsite in New Orleans Square, all kinds of bears, including Stieff bears in Bear Country, and amazing teapots and other china items on Main Street." "The Florida Keys. Years ago, it was quaint with small motels, quaint stores, and great, reasonable restaurants. Now, it's a big tourist trap with big expensive hotels, high prices in the gift stores and restaurants, and big-name grocery stores with outrageous prices. You will pay over $1,000 just to hire a day of fishing. Traffic on weekends is bumper-to-bumper."come in and crowd the once quaint streets with people. It's just too much. Condos are being built all through the Keys."Cute or beautiful, anything. Shops, murals, parks, and natural wonders. Now, they're all overrun with 'influencers' doing intricate photo shoots or making videos, giving you side-eye for just trying to enjoy or use the space.""Mexican food. Mexican staples at the local mercados and taquerias have gone through the roof. Mexican food has become so trendy that it's made Mexican groceries and restaurants very expensive for Mexican Americans.""Boating in the Virgin Islands. It used to be a good place for a cruising couple, but the good anchorages are now crowded mooring fields — some now prohibit anchoring, others are privately controlled. There is nowhere to go in the event of a hurricane unless you prepaid a marina to haul out, and the hurricane holes are densely packed with commercial, crewless, poorly secured boats." "All the waterfront has been bought up by big money; it's all resorts and expensive marinas, even 'down island.' It was good while it lasted. It's all megayachts now.""Driving. There are too many cars, and nobody walks. Everyone uses the same routes and speeds from stop light to stop light, like packs of wild beasts. There was no such thing as road rage when I began driving." "Concerts. In 2016, we saw three local bands at the saloon in Austin, Texas, for $10 over about three hours. In the mid-70s, as a teenager in Detroit, I saw three bands for $5–7 on a Friday night. We don't bother with concerts that cost over $50 each now. Sporting events are completely overpriced. Instead, we see minor league hockey games. Still reasonable prices, and lots more interesting games to watch live. Oh, and we get real paper tickets, too!" What other"good" things were ruined when they became too popular? Tell us in the comments, or use this anonymous form below.
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