Well, this area (Northern Virginia) is supposedly a very expensive place in the US....little dinky apartments go for $1000 a month o_O;; So you can imagine how much houses cost around here...people around here just have a higher standard of living so that's probably why the karaoke is so expensive. That, or the Koreans (who own most of the Asian karaoke places) like to suck money out of us. o_O;;
I can't wait until I get to Japan and get to sing for less than 1000 yen!