There actually is flying cars being made in progress. We will also be landing on Mars pretty soon. Also I know you were just joking. Just try to use logic next time.
@@sherlockholmes9585 Getting a little presumptuous aren't you? Poster said nothing of the current state of flying cars, or traveling to the moon. We get you want to post but stay relavent plz! thx!!!!
Phoenix Rayne note to self you guys should learn to hunt I know how to though if you guys move to Alaska learn how to hunt and fish I don’t live I. Alaska but my family watches a lot of hunting shows
@Yuck Foutube you must be thinking of those Mega churches with it's thousands of mindless followers. Most little churches really try to help the community.
i'm 42 and have lived around Alaska my entire life. bethel is a remote village and that is why it is so expensive to buy things there cause it costs alot to get everything there then it's supply and demand that kicks in. I've lived in a small town, and I currently live in a big city, the prices are nowhere this bad that people are shocked by. it's only like this in the most remote of places here. on average everything is roughly around 1-2 dollars more expensive here than in the lower 48 states. but then again we have no sales tax either. so that is figured into the price. don't think just because this video shows how bad the prices are in bethel, that they are like this everywhere.
@The Duck Pooped In My Sardine Smoothie yeah no sales tax and no state tax at all. only tax you need to deal with is the normal federal income tax. I remember when I lived in kenosha wisconsin for a little bit, I went to a 99 cent store and wanted to buy a candy bar while waiting for the bus, I had exactly 1 dollar left in my wallet, so figured i could get it. imagine my surprise that when I went to go check out, I was told I owed like 1.08 or 1.12 i forgot what it was. but ultimately I was told I couldn't get it as I didn't have enough for the transaction. lol I was so ticked off. lol
@@seanarmstrong7767 no problem Sean, I was shocked by the prices shown in this video myself. in actuality some stores have the same prices here as it was in the lower 48. walmart and fred meyer (kroger) reflects the same prices I remember that I payed at places in the lower 48 as well like piggly wiggly. a loaf of typically ordinary white bread is around 1.35-1.50 here, whereas I remember paying only around 99 cents at the piggly wiggly.
I'm glad I kept scrolling and saw your comment because I was trying to figure out how people can afford to shop in Alaska occasionally, let alone exclusively.
Makes me appreciate our prices a little more... paying those prices you'd have to be very careful not to waste anything.. They had good variety and choices for the customers!
Jane Vedell I assume the states has the same kind of program, but in the northern parts of Canada people get like 2 grand a month from the government, which usually just goes to subsidizing grocery bills.
I live in anchorage, the biggest city, the prices really aren’t that bad or anywhere near what these prices are. To me they’re pretty typical in comparison to the lower 48.
Alex Tenney No, we get the PFD every year which is like 1000 to 2000, but that is due to oil royalties that we receive. It’s confusing but ya... free money LOL
Omg those prices are insane! That 24 case of Niagara water is $2.50 in Texas! The bananas are .49 cents a lbs. Do the jobs pay fairly decent in Alaska. Sorry I’m new to this. Pardon my lack of knowledge.
@@omarescolero I'll never complain about HEB jacking the price up five cents on a few products here and there again. 8 bucks for milk? 20 for chicken? Those people have to be making a significant amount of money, otherwise they're starving or living off the land.
I spent 4 weeks in Alaska in 2012. Dont go up there thinking it's easy or you can get over, 👎. It is ROUGH. Snow, rain, wind, no one around. No police, fire 🚒🚑🚔. Stray dogs wander around openly.
Jimmy Dean sausage price I nearly had a small heart attack 🦋💜 If I lived there I would have to push through my Fibromyalgia and make my bread, buns, muffins, whatever people from scratch. Raise my own chickens pigs and buy beef from the 4-H kids at the fair.
Holy moly! That is incredible. I had no idea the prices were so steep there. The ground beef, and grapes may be the most rationally priced products in the store. You can get two large pizzas from a pizzeria here in Pennsylvania for what you’d pay for a frozen pizza. Thanks for sharing!
First time viewer. I'm in an emptier portion of Minnesota where prices are high comparative to where I grew up. I'm mind blown at that cost. Can't wait to watch more!
Melanie Jolly did you see that cheese for almost $8. For just kraft singles. I would just buy fancy cheese at that point 😭 never complaining about shopping in Michigan again.
OMG Bert I literally got anxiety seeing those prices on so many items I could of feinted if I shopped in a Commercial store!! I'm in the poor category I panic if tide is even $5. I'm just............. that's it! LOL. That's wonderful of you to take it to a local church there! People like you and your family are rare. You all are God sent to this life. God Bless All of You! I love you guys!!!!
Wow some of those prices are outrageous!!!!!! I thought Ontario Canada was getting horrible. My heart breaks for families out North. How can you give your children fresh produce !?! How can you have a healthy lifestyle on a budget? It hurts my heart.. I can appreciate and understand costs to ship out to remote areas.. I cant UNDERSTAND companies and corporations that make millions and billions of dollars that can rack up costs so high though.... it just boggles my brain... sending love from 💋🇨🇦
My parents live in bethel. They've lived in aniak before that so they enjoy the prices their. It's always a crazy conversation when we talk about groceries bcuz i live in Oregon. An our prices are very cheap compared to any store in alaska
Wow this reminds of the prices we were paying in Skagway Alaska last summer when we visited in our RV. It totally blew me away that it was 60.00 for a watermellon in Skagway and there was only one store with a limited selection.
Amazing! Those prices are at least triple what we pay in central Indiana for most things. Beef prices were actually better than chicken prices, which surprised me a little. Water prices would convince me to order a special water purifying bottle from somewhere.
HOLY MOLY 😱😱😱 I was completely flabbergasted at most all the prices but the price of the cake mixes...takes the cake!! Lol 😆 Here in Western NC, the regular price is $1.49ish and sale price is around .99!!
Every time he showed a price I thought I was looking at foreign currency prices and then I remember he's in Alaska! I'll never complain about prices again. lol
I'm in Australia and thinking the $US v $AU and still its way way way more expensive!!! The only thing that was around the same prices we pay here was the produce from what I could tell. What a lovely gesture of you to donate to the church. We need more people like you in our world!
Oh my word! Now, I understand so much more why y'all "get paid" to live there! Some of them prices are crazy. BTW, congrats on 51,000 subscriber's!!!!💜🎉🎉🎉 Over $18 for ramen noodles!? Insane!lol it's like $3 for the same thing here in Indiana at Walmart...
Ive worked for the second biggest chain in Canada for twenty years now, and I'm 40. It's the only thing I know. So this video blows my mind. Can't believe the prices. Can't believe it. Thanks for sharing this tour!
Reading through the comments about the prices and wages. When I lived there and I assume it is still the same if you worked for the govt. You got a cost of living that was really very good. Of course if you lived in Bethel or Yakutat or any of the other places in the bush country you had to fly out for everything. I flew to Juneau to see a doctor while expecting number one child but ended up flying to the lower 48 to have him and be with family. But not everyone could do that. Like I said below famlies did garden when they could and if you lived where you could yes you could try to raise stock. My ex just went hunting and fishing it was easier besides we didn't live where we could garden, it was govt housing. You do what you have to do just like if you homestead say in Mt or if you live in Canada. One thing I found everywhere we lived was the closeness of friends had a lot to do with few had family close by so you helped each other I still have friends from that time and I would never trade those years for anything. Sharon.
Some of those items are similar to what we pay here in Canada, but others are quite higher! We also freeze our bread at $6 a loaf, but we eat gluten free so when it's on sale, we stock up, haha. Thanks for sharing!
My kids love to watch these kind of videos. I’m so glad you went back to show the price of the hot pockets because that is what they really wanted to know!! Thanks for sharing!
Hey there happy people!! Lord have mercy!! How do people survive there?? 30 for hot pockets, $10 for Doritos, $15 for cereal. I guess I'd starve there. We pay $10 for a 24 roll pack of tissues here. Doritos are usually 2for $6 at our store. 12 pack of soda are 3 for $9. Wow that's crazy.
Valerie Knauber in the big cities in Alaska it is slightly above your prices you mentioned with a $11+ minimum wage in the secluded small towns and villages, you better know how to fish and filter water correctly
Doritos at the grocery store cost $3.49. My kids and I love Doritos but we rarely get them cause they’re expensive. I can’t imagine paying $18.00 bucks for them. Probably would never buy.
Ok What are your wages like up there? HOW DO YOU PAY FOR ALL OF THAT??!!?? I'm in Logistics and Freight, and I get the by weight thing but Lord have mercy! I'd be putting in a green house, hydroponics, have two freezers, dehydrate and can like crazy.
I was shocked at the toaster strudel price, almost $10! It's $2 where I am in Virginia. Also, the bananas and apples, they're priced at 79 cents to 99 cents a pound here!
This is really interesting to see. I live in a small town in BC, Canada. Some of the prices arent that far off honestly. A lot of the frozen foods were much more but lots of the fresh produce prices were similar. I went to buy a head of cauliflower the other day and it was $6.99/head....no thanks.
I did something similar in the Abaco Islands at Marsh Harbour Bahamas. $60 for a ham, $50 for a turkey, $14 for a watermelon, $13 for a grilled chicken etc. My suggestion...make sure you hug your grocer tomorrow.
I’m sorry did I read correctly? 10 bucks for Doritos and 14 bucks for cereal!? I’ll never complain about prices again because if we lived there we would live on ramen noodles and have dirty clothes
Chicken and ground beef weren't bad at all in comparison. The texas toast was $5 where normally its like $2-3. Chicken was like $6/lb and beef too. But random stuff was 3-4x more expensive. Wonder why.
I lived there from 1988 to 2016. Now I remember I retired elsewhere. Bethel is a good town with a lot of good people and a few bad but other than the prices, I would still live there.
The worst part is that some of those prices are similar to the prices in Denmark. $11 for 12 cans of soda is normal, possibly even "cheap" in Denmark. But 90% of the stuff is just crazy. I had to look up Bethel on a map, to realize how far away from everything it is. It's quite insane that things actually can run around like this, there gotta be some valuable raw materials in the area. But just looking at nearby cities as well, there's way more than I expected.
