Your very own Alaska thread (so you can stop de-railing others)

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toj-Grey said:
I just found out about this, sadly fairbanks' GS is not in on this and the closest one that is is at Anchorage.
That is at least three hours away too late for me.
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That's right, all the cool kids are down in Anchorage. :p
 
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Move here if you like dull towns, cool Universities, harsh winters and harsh summers, and living by a) "that EVE guy" in Anchorage or b) "those three brothers" in Fairbanks. Working on recruiting more local believers though come next month. Go flyers go!

Oh, and the PFD. Every family member gets about 1.3k last year for living here. :/
 
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Keero said:
Move here if you like dull towns, cool Universities, harsh winters and harsh summers, and living by a) "that EVE guy" in Anchorage or b) "those three brothers" in Fairbanks. Working on recruiting more local believers though come next month. Go flyers go!
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Beats living by...

Oh wait. I live by no one. :/
 
I don't think you can lay claim to 'Harsh Summers' Keero.
Harsh winters, yes. But highs of around 80F do not constitute harsh summers. :D
(and for the record, Anchorage tends to have much milder weather due to proximity to ocean than Fairbanks... If you move up, here's a good starting place. ;))


And uh, what's this Dragon Quest people keep talking about?
*runs and hides*
 
And winters with absurdly high pay. Would be a great job except for the dying in under 5 minutes part if out in the open. :p
 
Yay, our very own Alaska thread. XD

I love how people call the mountains around Anchorage 'hills'. As in "now drive halfway up the hill until you find..." I know hills. Missouri/Arkansas have hills. These are not them.

And I'm pretty sure the old people around here could totally own me in a fight. Got some hardcore old people around here, not like the soft fragile old people that seem to mob into Branson every year. O.o
 
Have you tried the McDonald's McKinley-Mac? I hear it's bigger than a Big Mac. >_>

And old people all carry guns. Don't you dare try stealing their prescriptions.

Fairbanks is relatively flat, but the further you go, the more rugged it becomes. O.o I hate rugged. T_T
 
Keero said:
Have you tried the McDonald's McKinley-Mac? I hear it's bigger than a Big Mac. >_>
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I haven't been to a McDonalds yet. Now I gotta go find one because that just sounds awesome. Apparently there's also a place down on 6th avenue that has Halibut Tacos. Gotta try that too...

I had an 'Only in Alaska' moment when I walked into a WalMart and there was a sign at the back of the store that said: "Bush mail deliveries here". Gotta hand it to Wally World on that one, those guys know what's up. Though it seems everyone buys everything at Costco or Sam's Club in ridiculous bulk. It's like they don't plan on being back in town for months -oh wait, they probably don't. O.o

Oh, and I totally love rugged. Apparently I moved to the right place...
 
That's double true come winters. We never get snow days, even when it's 40 below with pure ice on the road and heavy storms. Sliding public buses ftw! If there was a drop of snow in Texas every school closed for a week. -_- Only got a Sam's Club up here, always wanted to shop at a Costco since I hear great things about it. We try to shop for about 2-3 weeks at a time.

There's a lot of Dry Cabins (no electric/running water) too, thus the weird water containers in the back of pick-up trucks. About three months back some driver sped up too fast at a traffic light which caused her 200 (I think?) gallons of water container to slide out of the truck and spill onto the intersection. xD
 
Hate to break in but have to say drove to Alaska in '73, over the Chilkoot after a blizzard in September. Wonderful trip even if I did sleep in the car and wake up with ice on the sleeping back. Was stationed at Ft Wainwright in Fairbanks. The day we had -60 with no wind chill factor was really different. And plugging in the battery and engine overnight was weird to get used to.
 
Radiant Heated garages are fairly popular I hear. My dad worked construction up here once and fell in love with the idea. When we built our house in Missouri we used it to heat the house. Cement guys thought we were crazy having all that piping in the floor...

Indoor garages aren't a luxury, they're a necessity. :p

I totally want to take the drive down to Washington. Everyone says it is an absolutely gorgeous trip.
 
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