Of course it depends where you are, and what you are having. Here in Wisconsin, we can still find draft beers for "as little as" $4-$5 at a lot of places, maybe $6 for the more expensive places. Meanwhile, just a few miles south in Chicago, I know the normal price is closer to $7-$9. When I fly out to California next week, I expect to pay that much or maybe even >$10 per pint. Cost of living crapola. This is why I never ever ever want to move away from the state of Wisconsin. Not only is it my one and only place I've called home since birth, but I know the cost of living is relatively very reasonable. My company wants everyone to move to Florida in the next couple years. Of the dozens of people I work with, I can think of zero who have actually agreed to move. The rest are leaving the company or finding other permanent plant positions here (like me, I have to change from Engineering to Chemistry department later this year -- I've been in Engineering for 24 years -- guess it's time for a change!).