Here in Romania, it’s a pretty gigantic price and standard of living difference between the cities and the countryside. I wonder if they took into account the price difference, or they just assigned a national average and compared that to their salaries.
Also, how would you even do this calculation for a family growing their own food and raising livestock in a village?
Yeah, if you live in the city you pretty much can afford to eat meat on a daily basis. Most people that live in the countryside grow their own chickens, pigs, and so on. They might not be able to buy meat every day based on their income, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t eating meat. They just aren’t buying it. Funnily enough, most Romanians eat meat on a daily basis. Romania has a comparable meat consumption per capita to Estonia, Belgium and Switzerland [1]
Here in Romania, it’s a pretty gigantic price and standard of living difference between the cities and the countryside. I wonder if they took into account the price difference, or they just assigned a national average and compared that to their salaries.
Also, how would you even do this calculation for a family growing their own food and raising livestock in a village?
Yeah, if you live in the city you pretty much can afford to eat meat on a daily basis. Most people that live in the countryside grow their own chickens, pigs, and so on. They might not be able to buy meat every day based on their income, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t eating meat. They just aren’t buying it. Funnily enough, most Romanians eat meat on a daily basis. Romania has a comparable meat consumption per capita to Estonia, Belgium and Switzerland [1]
1 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption