Are eggs really literally $0.50 a dozen? And perhaps a bit alarmist but if it is, is it really a good thing for you/your family/the chicken/the environment/the employees in the factory/the transportation system/etc?

Not that that I'm saying paying higher prices in the Bay Area is automatically a solution to anything (https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/business/direct-action-ev...).