It's an open secret that the economy isn't great right now. In fact, the buying power of that dollar in your pocket is pretty damn low.
But if you
traveled to the right place, how much could a dollar get you? Thanks to
Reddit, we've collected some downright shocking answers. Enjoy.
1
A thumbs up from a homeless person on the subway. -u/MamaOna
2
4 Moomin lollipops. -u/kvartzi
3
I would say just about anything at the Dollar Tree, but they just raised all their prices to $1.25. -u/deleted
4
Four ramen packs. -u/Personmanwomantv
5
A quick 30 seconds of being jostled around on the cheap Elmo ride at the mall. -u/rich_mula
6
Individually wrapped little candies from a gas station counter. Not a candy bar, it's not enough, but mints or a lollipop maybe. -u/stephowl
7
4 cheap croissants (no, I'm not French). -u/ChaoticFucker
8
Two tacos or a can of beer. -u/CptnStarkos
9
A weird look at the cash register. -u/IncomeNatural8178
10
1$ gets me 10,34 NOK. For 10 NOK I get about 0.4L of diesel or 0.35L of petrol. -u/Jungeltelegrafen
11
A cup of Vietnamese coffee. -u/Professional_Ad4764
12
A dollar is about INR 80. Street food in India starts at around INR 10. Water bottles and packaged snacks such as chips and cookies cost between INR 10 to 20. -u/sayfriend
13
Mugged by a crackhead. -u/AvianProtogen
14
Rent on a shopping trolley. -u/soloapeproject
15
Half a kilo of potatoes. It's depressing, prices have doubled in the blink of an eye. Netherlands, by the way. -u/JCXIII-R
16
Shout out to my boys at Arizona sweet tea keeping that sh*t 99 cents since day one. -u/Full_Consideration_4
17
Luckily dollar drink days are on at McDonald's so Iced Coffee (if you ignore the tax). Otherwise, not much. -u/CalgaryChris77
18
A chocolate bar at Dollorama. -u/TheClayroo
19
A packet of crisps. -u/Ondreas_
20
The best street food meal you can imagine. -u/blackheart_1708
21
NYC. I got a bag of Brussel sprouts for $1 last week. -u/018474826
22
A cup of coffee from the coffee machine at the hospital after receiving any medical treatment whatsoever for free. -u/upuprightstartdownbb
23
In Switzerland, $1 or ~1CHF gets you a glass of cheap jam, some 100g of butter maybe. -u/AhhCaffeine
24
2 cans of Faygo! -u/monkeyz_unkle
25
Vietnamese here. Broken rice with grilled pork chop and meatloaf (or a fried egg) along with soup and iced tea. -u/manz55
