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Blue_In_AK

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6. We have these same issues in Western Alaska Native villages.

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 04:26 AM

Jun 2012

The costs for food and energy out there are horrendous. It's bad in Alaska in general, but at least here on the road system we can manage. Out there people have to travel many miles sometimes to the nearest grocery store by snowmachine in the winter (at subzero) and then pay $10 for a gallon of milk or a dozen eggs. And the gasoline costs over $10 a gallon in some places. It's really an awful situation.

ed. Not to mention the cost of fuel oil to heat their homes.

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We have these same issues in Western Alaska Native villages. Blue_In_AK Jun 2012 #6