You know how you grab a sandwich from Tesco for a fiver? Well, in Knightsbridge, a similar-looking sandwich comes on a wooden board and costs £28. It comes with a side of micro-herbs and a story about where the chicken was raised.
The funny thing is, it still tastes exactly like a sad work lunch, but you eat it while making eye contact with a man wearing salmon-colored trousers. We’ve all been there, clutching a receipt that costs more than our weekly shop.
If Your Rent Was a Car
Imagine your monthly rent. Now, imagine it owning a small, used hatchback. In Knightsbridge, your rent is the car—a brand-new Porsche 911. You’d be handing over the keys to your landlord every single month, and asking politely if you can at least keep the floor mats.
For the price of a studio flat near Harrods, you could buy a cottage in the Cotswolds, a smaller cottage in Scotland, and still have enough left for a lifetime supply of biscuits. It’s the financial equivalent of ordering a starter that costs more than the main course.
