Why are you so determined to find a way to make an obvious exaggeration partially true?
Your local example failed, so you hand-waved at expensive areas. Someone points out that it's also false in an expensive area, and you say "no not that expensive area it doesn't count".
Why do you feel the need to defend the honor of the "Costs $68 to feed 3 at Popeye's" exaggeration?
Why are you so determined to find a way to make an obvious exaggeration partially true?
Your local example failed, so you hand-waved at expensive areas. Someone points out that it's also false in an expensive area, and you say "no not that expensive area it doesn't count".
Why do you feel the need to defend the honor of the "Costs $68 to feed 3 at Popeye's" exaggeration?