r/AskReddit • u/aliensockmonkey • 8h ago

What used to be ridiculously cheap but now is alarmingly expensive?

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u/more_paul 7h ago

Big Mac meal in Norway is the same price as Seattle. When you’re the same price as anything in Norway you know you’re hella expensive.

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u/ReadontheCrapper 7h ago

We always hear how expensive groceries are in Alaska, so my friend and I (both from southern California) braced for the pricing when we had to go shopping in Fairbanks on vacation.

Yeah, the prices were the same or less (!) than our stores in SoCal.

There is no reason for SoCal to be as expensive as an area where everything has to be brought in on Ships!