“I’m spending more everywhere—groceries especially,” Elizabeth, of Virginia, said. “As far as spending is concerned, it’s changed for the worse but generally speaking, there hasn’t been a lot of change.”

Larry, of Staten Island, told Fox News he started a second job to cover extra expenses.

“That’s the way you got to be today,” Larry said. “You got to have more than one job to survive.”

“It is changing everybody’s life, especially people from the poorer suburbs,” he continued. “They are not making money to keep up with their expenses.”