You can definitely spend $40 on pizza in NYC, once you add some toppings, delivery fees, and a tip. For me, ordering pizza is a "special treat" because it's so expensive.
You could make pizza at home from scratch for only a few dollars, and it would be even fresher than anything delivered.
Oh I do. The point of ordering food is that you have been working on something for 20 hours and do not feel like cooking.
Nobody is surprised by the fact that cooking at home is cheaper than ordering food. I don't know why you think you need to point it out.
At least one "Gourmet" pizza place I know of (Ann Arbor, MI) has a load of $46 to $54 pizzas on their menu.
It's not bad pizza...but when I could have a 14oz. NY strip and drink at a very classy old local restaurant for less? "Sorry, not interested."