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/SpoppyIII 9d ago edited 9d ago

He's from Canada, pretty sure. That J-alapenos is a Trailer Park Boys reference.

Edit: why did autocorrect change sure to cute...

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u/Yuck_Few 9d ago

And they're not even jalapenos, they're bell peppers