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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Given all the health messages to drink more water, I can see where it's coming from.
Now, my question is, why do people willingly spend $1-2 on a small bottle of "spring" water, when the stuff is available completely free? NYC has always had some of the best tap water anywhere, so why so many water bottles? And it's not like other cities have polluted water (except on some rare occassions). What's even more recockulous is that Dasani (and I think other products) are just city water (of the local bottling plant) which is filtered, purified, and then has a mineral/flavoring pack mixed in to give it a uniform national "taste." Folks, that's tap water.
Now, this doesn't say anything about the folks with the Nalgene bottles, or the few who refill their poland spring bottles from the tap. But $1 for water? What are people doing complaining about gas prices?
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It's because - and believe this if you want to - there's a difference in taste. Arrowhead and Aquafina are the worst. Aquafina has way too much chlorine, and Arrowhead tastes like it came out of my fish tank. Between the Big 2 (pepsi and coke bottlers) Dasani tastes a smidgen better - less chlorine less soapy. I'll spend the extra for Fiji (my favorite) or Evian - there's just a cleaner taste.
And I'm with you on the health messages re: drinking more water. Every single diet book, anti-aging book states in bold "and remember to drink plenty of water - 8 glasses a day" and then pee your guts out. Our doctor told us that you should be peeing about every hour - give or take. Too often, and you're depriving your body of essential minerals and electrolytes, too seldom, and you're clogging your kidneys with crap. I don't think there was as much emphasis on drinking water back in the 70's-80's. We all drank a lot of pop when we were thirsty.
