But a surfeit of taxis does not mean that transportation is affordable, either. A ride in town costs $5 per person, no matter how short the trip. A ride to the airport, or to the suburbs, costs $7. A stop en-route costs $1, plus $1 per minute after three minutes. That starts to add up in a town where 23 percent of the population is below the poverty line.

This is madness. I want to move to Alaska but this is a scary thought. Though I know the towns I want to live in are nothing like this. Just shows how different things are for Alaskans though. Its like a whole different world up there sometimes.