Who spends $10k - $20k annually on hobbies?!
I think the HN demographic of heavy six figure annual earnings has, uhm, lost sight of being an outlier and what’s ‘normal’ for the _vast_ majority of the population.
I think the HN demographic of heavy six figure annual earnings has, uhm, lost sight of being an outlier and what’s ‘normal’ for the _vast_ majority of the population.
(Yes I consider unhealthy consumption to be a hobby)
And also consider that Starbucks and doordash don't pay for themselves over 20-30 years like solar panels do and you don't get a 26% refund for them at the end of the year.
Google average American annual coffee expense. it is like 1800 for males and 2300 for females.
Say you get the average $5.13 hotdog and $6.87 beer and pay the average $35 for parking.
For 81 home games that's another $3,807.
If you want to share the experience with, say one family member that's $13,652
The average baseball fan is not buying a season ticket, partially because the cost is prohibitive to the average person. In fact, by definition, an extremely small proportion of baseball fans buy season tickets.
The average baseball fan is not buying season tickets. The average baseball fan cannot afford season tickets.
The average income in the US is $31,000. There is no way the average person is spending a third of their budget on "hobbies," especially when they're likely spending close to half of that on housing.
or even "the average person"
You are inventing your own goalposts here.
The fact is that there are an estimated 3.5 million MLB season ticket holders. These are people who are spending 10k on their hobbies. So it is reasonable for me to say "people spend 10k on hobbies"
There are people who spend 10K on hobbies seems much more reasonable.
But that is just my opinion.
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