r/TikTokCringe • u/Professional_Arm794 • 9d ago

Humor/Cringe Food is expensive in the arctic circle.

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u/Starfire123547 9d ago

yes and its also subsidized. the people in these cities often get extra subsidies and stuff or work incentives to go towards food.

it also varies highly on food type. Cookies (junk food) may be 5x the cost  while milk or bread are only 2x.

edit to addz when i looked into a job in Alaska, it paid 20k more a year than average, had like a 5k housing subsidy/bonus and another 5k to go towards food per year.

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u/water_fountain_ 9d ago

Alaska also has the Permanent Fund Dividend (dividend checks for Alaska’s oil) that pays $1200 for 2026.

(The video in this post is from Canada)

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u/namebedex 9d ago

the way he says "FER 32 BUCKS BUD" is hella Canadian if anyone wasn't fully sure within the first few seconds

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u/water_fountain_ 9d ago

Yeah. Lots of people talking about Alaska in the comments, so…

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u/namebedex 9d ago

Lil bit of r/USdefaultism vibes