“Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600 apartments & $20 full tanks”

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.

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Entry from April 18, 2023

“Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600 apartments & $20 full tanks”

Inflation (in food, rent and gas) has many people nostalgic. This was posted on Twitter by Maxmillion (the screen name was changed to “poverty baby”) on August 16, 2021, and received over 456,800 likes:

“Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600 apartments & $20 full tanks.”

Twitter
poverty baby
@Maxamill94
Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600 apartments & $20 full tanks
7:41 PM · Aug 16, 2021

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womenlivelifeoneasymode
18 aug 2021
Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600 apartments & $20 full tanks

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1 jan 2022
Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600 apartments & $20 full tanks

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itBOY
@wnemanarmyyyy
Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600 apartments & $20 full tanks
10:33 AM · Feb 22, 2022

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cringy_meme
19 jun 2022
Bring back $10 Chinese food. $600 apartments & $20 full tanks tike that’s ever qnnna hannen

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April 18, 2023 at 11:00 AM ·
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Bring back $10 Chinese food, $600
apartments & $20 full tanks

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