Atkins may be gone but the diet isn't. A new federal survey reports that New Yorkers spend more on steak than residents of any other city in the country. They also spend less on entertainment and the most on clothes. San Franciscans spend the most on alcohol and books. This seems a bit counterintuitive to me as most of the San Franciscans I know are too busy playing Everquest to read anything. (I'm also pretty sure 99% of my disposal income goes to "alcohol and books," but I'm not going to tell you what the ratio is.)
New York pays for the steak; Boston the cigar [NYT]