I’ve only recently been able to be picky about my clothes and now been trying to find a good pair of jeans that wont rip or tear.
I do a lot of labor so my jeans usually get pretty beat up, i don’t really expect a pair to last forever but i haven’t had a solid pair last more than a couple months without getting a tear. Every pair i have has both knees ripped open. I’ll fix them with a patch but they always rip in a different spot.
I’d spend $200 on a pair that’ll last at least year.
I’m still rocking 3 or 4 pairs of 10-15 year old Levis 501s. they’re faded and scuffed and a bit thinner now but they aren’t ripped (well one pair has a small hole from an accident with a poorly sunk nail) and they’re more comfortable now that they’re broken in. At ~$50 a pair, there still pretty cheap too.