It was like that in the late '80’s and early 90’s – the last time I lived in NYC. But about a year ago I was reading in the NY Times about places that are really taking off in certain sections of the city (Manhatten is all that was mentioned) doing 99 cent slices. One guy did it as a promotion in opening and it just grew from there. Obviously you get what you pay for (and the article pointed that out). Anyway, you could search for it in the Times if interested. It would be interesting to see if those places survived. BTW, I’m not a proponent of 99 cent slices; just letting you know about an article I read. Sorry about the digression. An interesting correlation. That said, I’d be more upset about paying $2.50 for a subway ride than for a slice of pizza!