[Sister Havana]

I hear you about things being more expensive, especially food. I had an internship in NYC in 1994. Shortly after I moved into my apartment (in one of the NYU dorms), I went to the deli in my building to pick up some groceries. I left without buying anything and came back upstairs and said "I'm not buying stuff there. It's too expensive!" They laughed and told me that that's what the price of food was going to be anywhere I went. I did find a grocery store nearby where the prices were somewhat normal but still more expensive than out here.