Buck Sexton
Conservative radio and podcast host who covers politics, elections and the news of the day.
“If you have a Whole Foods, you're basically close to 50% more expensive than areas in your region with the same population density… Cheesecake Factory is almost 30% in the plus column, meaning you're at the higher end.”
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show · US Politics · October 2026
Context
Buck is going through an online data comparison that uses which chain stores are nearby as a proxy for how expensive a neighborhood is. It came up in a joking debate over whether Cheesecake Factory counts as high-end dining.
Transcript
You are again with people because it is super cool and it makes sense where like based on where the restaurants are is a proxy for how expensive it is to live in the neighborhoods basically is a simple way.
That's what the data is showing.
And if you have a Whole Foods, you're basically close to 50% more expensive than areas in your region with the same population density. So essentially, other parts of your suburb or other parts of your city, you're up 50% if you're near a Whole Foods. Cheesecake Factory is almost 30% in the plus column, meaning you're at the higher end.
And then you get– and by the way, I love this.
The ones that are in the middle, as in this is kind of people just like it and it doesn't– it's neither low-income or high-income coded are Dunkin' Donuts, Best Buy, Starbucks, and actually In-N-Out. So those are all– if you've got a Best Buy, you're in America. It doesn't mean that you're– it's…
Out of touch. Obama has lost his fastball.
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