High-income Americans rarely mix with poorer people. Restaurants like Applebee's and Olive Garden are the exception.

• Americans are even less likely to mix with people from different socio-economic classes than pre-pandemic.  
• We're working remotely and shopping online more, and venturing outside of our own neighborhoods less. 
• Recent research shows that affordable, chain restaurants are the exception.

If you want to meet someone making a lot more — or a lot less — money than you, try your local full-service chain.