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As a european, fast food is just like a category of food, and more of an occasional treat for me. Normally, I just eat my own homemade food, which is even cheaper. So I guess I see it a little differently, and fast food is allowed to be not cheap if it's "good".
For many Americans it's just lunch. If McD's costs $5 they're buying. If it costs $15 they're packing.
"Fast and cheap" as in cheaper than buying precooked food somewhere else. Of course stuff you make at home will be cheaper.
Was not my experience in the US. $1 fast food meals were a thing in 2016. A disgusting one.
The thing is that at least in my corner of Europe, fast food costs about the same as a filling meal in a sit down restaurant that doesn't deep fry or microwave everything.
There is an exception but they only have 3 locations in one single town. They've barely raised their prices in the last decade, they're actually pretty fast, and there's nearly always a bunch of people queued up.
True, McDonald's is so expensive now that for 15€ I can go to Mc or I can go to a bib Gourmand restaurant for lunch (dinner is more expensive)
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