Newsweek
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2nd December 2021
Woman in rural Alaska reveals shocking prices of grocery items in video viewed 2M times
An Alaska-based TikToker left viewers stunned after revealing the exorbitant prices of everyday goods in the state's rural areas. Emily, known on the app as @emilyinalaska_, shared the video late last month, and it has since accumulated 2.3 million views, over 258,000 likes, and 6,500 comments.
Because it is so remote, Alaska can be an expensive state to live in. According to the website PayScale, the overall cost of living in Anchorage, Alaska is 28 percent higher than the national average. Fo