[ycmbntrthrwaway]

The price there just reflects how much students are ready to pay. Cooking is actually cheaper when done en masse. Just look at how poor countries and army handles it.

[icebraining]

How do poor countries handle it?

[taneq]

With multitudinous small unregulated street vendors, mostly.

[synicalx]

Great way to squirt liquid from one or both ends of your digestive system.

[taneq]

I spent two months in Thailand living off street vendor food and never had any issues. Then again after a misunderstanding I spent three days drinking the tap water (which even the locals won't drink) before getting sick, so maybe I'm just robust.