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Originally Posted by yerself
I've always fancied a trip to Canada but after reading this article on the Beeb website the other day, there's no way I could afford.
BBC News - Who, What, Why: Why does a cabbage cost $28 in Canada?
Would you pay C$28 (US$27; £18) for a cabbage? $65 for a bag of chicken? $100 for 12 litres of water? That's not the cost of a meal at a world-class restaurant, but the price of basic foodstuffs at supermarkets in the territory of Nunavut, in northern Canada. |
But then it's unlikely that you would be travelling to Nunavut if you went to Canada.
If you live in a remote community you end up paying more for certain things - it was the same when we were in Greenland a few years ago. It's OK if yu stick to basic traditional foods but if you want something like a red pepper...
And I remember travelling in the Scottish islands in the early seventies and finding that bread and milk etc were far more expensive. It's still the case with some things today - fuel for instance costs more in remote parts of Scotland than elsewhere.