B Vaughan wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:56:19 +0100, Martin wrote:
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> >On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:47:31 +0100, B Vaughan wrote:
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> >>On Fri, 24 Nov 2006 22:36:53 +0100, Magda wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>>Do people still reason "expensive=good"?
> >>
> >>Oh, yes, indeed!
> >
> >In Italy too?
>
> I think it's almost universal, although here in the country you don't
> meet many people with that mentality. Here people have the acceptable
> price of everything memorized, and usually won't pay a cent more.
> That's why gourmet restaurants can't take hold around here. But a new
> generation is coming along, and I foresee a change.
Italy has so many excellent inexpensive restaurants that it would be
hard to persuade people to pay many times more for something which
would be at best slightly better.
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