2006-10-23 11:25:24 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It's true ..cause i was watching Oprah and there was a lady from Alaska and she was telling us that 4 ears of corn cost $12.00. The cost of living is high cause they have to ship food there and sometimes it's so cold it's like -130!
2006-10-23 11:33:27 · update #1
Those extreme exaggerations.... Prices do run higher in some of the more remote areas, but they are NOT all that extreme.
2006-10-23 12:17:00 · answer #1 · answered by More Lies & More Smoke Screens 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems like an exageration to me. I lived in Juneau for a number of years and prices are not much worse than the Chicagoland area I live in now. People might pay that much for a gallon of milk out in remote areas where powdered milk is the norm, but this is an exception, not the norm.
Also, nowhere in the US has it hit -130F. Here is a list of record cold days as found on USAToday (sorry about the bad format):
State by state low temperature records
State Temp. Date Station Elevation (F) (feet)
Alabama -27 Jan. 30, 1966 New Market 760
Alaska -80 Jan. 23, 1971 Prospect Creek 1,100
Arizona -40 Jan. 7, 1971 Hawley Lake 8,180
Arkansas -29 Feb. 13, 1905 Pond 1,250
California -45 Jan. 20, 1937 Boca 5,532
Colorado -61 Feb. 1, 1985 Maybell 5,920
Connecticut -32 Feb. 16, 1943 Falls Village 585
Delaware -17 Jan. 17, 1893 Millsboro 20
Florida - 2 Feb. 13, 1899 Tallahassee 193
Georgia -17 Jan. 27, 1940 N. Floyd County 1,000
Hawaii 12 May 17, 1979 Mauna Kea 13,770
Idaho -60 Jan. 18, 1943 Island Park Dam 6,285
Illinois -36 Jan. 5, 1999 Congerville 722
Indiana -36 Jan. 19, 1994 New Whiteland 785
Iowa -47 Feb. 3, 1996* Elkader 770
Kansas -40 Feb. 13, 1905 Lebanon 1,812
Kentucky -37 Jan. 19, 1994 Shelbyville 730
Louisiana -16 Feb. 13, 1899 Minden 194
Maine -48 Jan. 19, 1925 Van Buren 458
Maryland -40 Jan. 13, 1912 Oakland 2,461
Massachusetts -35 Jan. 12, 1981 Chester 640
Michigan -51 Feb. 9, 1934 Vanderbilt 785
Minnesota -60 Feb. 2, 1996 Tower 1,430
Mississippi -19 Jan. 30, 1966 Corinth 420
Missouri -40 Feb. 13, 1905 Warsaw 700
Montana -70 Jan. 20, 1954 Rogers Pass 5,470
Nebraska -47 Feb. 12, 1899 Camp Clarke 3,700
Nevada -50 Jan. 8, 1937 San Jacinto 5,200
New Hampshire -47 Jan. 29, 1934 Mt. Washington 6,288
New Jersey -34 Jan. 5, 1904 River Vale 70
New Mexico -50 Feb. 1, 1951 Gavilan 7,350
New York -52 Feb. 18, 1979* Old Forge 1,720
North Carolina -34 Jan. 21, 1985 Mt. Mitchell 6,525
North Dakota -60 Feb. 15, 1936 Parshall 1,929
Ohio -39 Feb. 10, 1899 Milligan 800
Oklahoma -27 Jan. 18, 1930 Watts 958
Oregon -54 Feb. 10, 1933* Seneca 4,700
Pennsylvania -42 Jan. 5, 1904 Smethport est. 1,500
Rhode Island -25 Feb. 5, 1996 Greene 425
South Carolina -19 Jan. 21, 1985 Caesars Head 3,100
South Dakota -58 Feb. 17, 1936 McIntosh 2,277
Tennessee -32 Dec. 30, 1917 Mountain City 2,471
Texas -23 Feb. 8, 1933* Seminole 3,275
Utah -69 Feb. 1, 1985 Peter's Sink 8,092
Vermont -50 Dec. 30, 1933 Bloomfield 915
Virginia -30 Jan. 22, 1985 Mountain Lake 3,870
Washington -48 Dec. 30, 1968 Mazama 2,120
Winthrop 1,755
West Virginia -37 Dec. 30, 1917 Lewisburg 2,200
Wisconsin -55 Feb.4, 1996 Couderay 1,300
Wyoming -66 Feb. 9, 1933 Riverside 6,650
Kind of a cool article:
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wcstates.htm
2006-10-24 05:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by Slider728 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the time of year and where you live. In southeast Alaska milk only costs around $5 per gallon. Fresh bread is pricey. Fruits and vegetables can be expensive and of questionable quality a lot of the time. In late winter, if the weather is bad enough to keep the grocery barge from getting in or planes from landing, sometimes we get no produce at all. Its different from living in the lower 48, but its well worth it to be living in the upper 1.
2006-10-23 23:12:41 · answer #3 · answered by Carole 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whoa! well my family would go poor, we go through about tw gallons of milk a week. It's probably so expensive because cows can't survive up there during the winter, and so they have to get it from somewhere else.
2006-10-23 11:30:42 · answer #4 · answered by Delia 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOAH...I would never be able to eat cereal!
I guess I'll stop complaining about the cost of gas in San Diego haha
2006-10-23 11:29:06 · answer #5 · answered by cutiewithabooooty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow! Did you know that human beings are the only animals on the planet who drink milk from another animal?
2006-10-23 11:35:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I live in alaska...I buy a gallon of milk for about $2.99!
2006-10-26 12:18:58 · answer #7 · answered by Akida 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow....that's crazy. Someone should do something about that.
2006-10-23 11:33:10 · answer #8 · answered by *~The Lovely Me~* 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No I didn't know that but now I now
2006-10-23 15:45:20 · answer #9 · answered by short stuff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya but there wages are higher
2006-10-23 11:31:59 · answer #10 · answered by amberharris20022000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋