I do not live in Lakewood so I don’t know about all stores but I do occasionally visit. I have noticed that while I can often find some good deals on food in all the other major US east coast chariedi communities (Brooklyn, Monsey, 5 Towns etc.) it has been more rare to find good specials in Lakewood.
I assume babysitters is all based on a viscous cycle that as materialism goes up everyone needs to increase costs to keep up.