# The price of a newspaper is now $2

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-a-newspaper-is-now-2/809446>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 24, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-a-newspaper-is-now-2/809446 "2018-02-24T03:38:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-a-newspaper-is-now-2/809446/21 "2018-02-27T20:31:36Z")

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> [@suranyi](#):
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> I’m 55 and still subscribe to a hard copy daily newspaper. Force of habit, I guess. I’ve subscribed all my life. I like it because with print I can see all the stories of the day without searching, even the tiny local stories that don’t appear on the front page of the newspaper web site.

Same here, I still prefer the printed paper. I also prefer printed books to ebooks, though electronic versions do have their place. OTOH, I have not been into a bank in years, don’t use checks, and shop online whenever possible. I rather enjoy being an enigma.

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**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-price-of-a-newspaper-is-now-2/809446/22 "2018-02-27T21:45:08Z")

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I stopped at a rest stop on I-95 late Saturday night on a long all-night drive from Jacksonville to DC. The only thing they had that was close to coffee was a Starbucks Frappuccino in a vending machine for $4. As I was pumping a heaping fistful of coins into the machine I couldn’t help but think of that scene in _The Running Man_ (1987) where Maria Conchita Alonso and her friend are trying to get a soda out of a vending machine and the blonde asks MCA if she has any more change, exclaiming “Six dollars, geez, this place!” Curiously, that movie was set in 2017-2019.

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