Avoid Alaska if You Can't Handle These EIGHT Negative Aspects of Living in Alaska! 

Very true

And nobody just "stops by".

😂😂 this have me sold for sure..... ha ha ha

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YES! Cross-country skiing, snow machining, ice climbing, skijoing, etc. Hawaii is a 5 hour flight for a winter break.

Cabin fever is bad. I use to play BINGO in the winter.

@@cathynavarrette6568 I hand load for my big game rifles in the winter, tie flies, cross country ski, woodworking, split wood for our 2 wood stoves up here in interior Alaska.

@@RetrieverTrainingAlone I use to do to those things with my dad when I was younger.

That makes me wonder how people in Alaska coped during Covid. I thought it was bad here (most places other than Hawaii, the deep South and West Coast get cold and dark during the winter months), but it must have been hell in Alaska.

You know that's a good point

Good time to hibernate because your doing activities like a mad person when its nice lol.

You are right. You can not see an aurora in Anchorage because its ALWAYS CLOUDY. ALWAYS> !!! I live here, it rains all summer and fall, and Winter is a relief from the rain. ALso the coldest it got in Anchorage in 2022 was lessthan -21F downtown and at the Merill Feilds Airport.

@@DumpTrump4TRE45ON dang that's crazy. Do you know by chance how many inches of rain/snow you get in Anchorage? Also how many days it is overcast/cloudy? Don't know if it's crazy as Fairbanks.

What you think about living in Fairbanks

haha! I'm going to steal that

It all comes down to what you're used to!

It's getting worse in all aspects, homelessness, drugs, crime, overdoses, housing problems, and everything is more expensive due to having to ship most everything in by barge and that's b4 inflation... I've live here my whole life! Still love it but we have all the same issues as the lower 48 :-(

@@benjamint.6797 overall crime is down but violent crimes are up pretty significantly in Alaska in the last year or so.

Just an FYI, born & raised in AK. Airline pilot, I go everywhere. Probably biased but I feel safe at home vs most every place I fly to for work. Basically crime is everywhere. I’ve had more issues abroad than at home.

You just dress for the weather. My BF said to plan for 100° in the summer and -100° in the winter, we would be fine. The dark winters I could deal with but that 24hr daylight that is worse for keeping you up at night.

The darkness in winter truly sux my friend. Don’t underestimate how much it can affect you.

Yeah not much happening there my guy! lol

Thank you!

I've never heard of that one before. Thanks for sharing!

We definitely struggle to get a good variety of items on the peninsula. We have to travel to get many things.

@@rockstarofredondo People we know on the pennensula will make monthly trips to costco in Anchorage (or every 3 months in the winter). I would think Kenai would have just as good of delivery as Anchorage though when it came to packages?

I need this. I know this is unusual but, I get summertime depression really bad. I hate the Heat & the Sun. What you have said sounds like a real Dream to me. Winter & Autumn are My Favourite seasons as well.🤘

@@Lady_MooncakeI mostly agree with you! Central California summers get in my nerves pretty quick. Dismal clouds with drizzle suits me better.

haha! Yes, it's a sad fact that some Alaskans will complain about it non-stop, and yet they never move. Actions speak louder than words.

@@alaska_realtor I was searching the Alaska subreddit for cost of living information and people were saying some outlandish stuff. The worst offender is someone said their take-home pay is $200k yearly, but they "Feel poor" because Alaska is so expensive.... Most of the others were saying things like "You need at least $90k a year to not be living in poverty, and anything below $60k a year means you won't be "food secure" and you'll go hungry sometimes from living paycheck to paycheck"

@@secretnewmeta1981 kind of true. In Anchorage or anywhere else in the valley things are pretty good. If you are talking things that expensive then you might be thinking of Trapper Creek, Fairbanks, and Seward. That is because of how nice it is out there and all that. It could also be because of what power you run on. If you have your own generator in a cabin then it gets expensive and it is not worth it. You also get a PFD if you live in Alaska for 2 years or longer.

@@secretnewmeta1981 Alaska is a great place personally.

@@secretnewmeta1981 that's fairly accurate in a lot of places. Anchorage is a huge city, therefore not much different from living in a large city down south, but if you're way interior, or out on a tiny island....I've paid $20 for a can of Copenhagen before, $10 for a package of Oreos, $30 for 2 pathetic frozen steaks...it goes on

That's disappointing from the AK design work side but fingers crossed for the other folks. Landing that would be a big help.

You're one of the few people I've talked to with such a controversial opinion! lol

@@alaska_realtor I am aware. I don't know why but I definitely am an odd duck. 🙃

I miss the stars. We can't see the planetary alignments and miss out on meteor showers. :( But I

I loved the Alaskan summers.

Nah, nah fam I'm good lol

Cabin fever- get outside. It's just snow,

@@thumpymorrill8001 it’s not about that. It has to do with the darkness. Sunlight is essential for optimal vitamin D levels and melatonin production. There is no denying it affects people greatly, though it seems the entire state is in denial about it. People get weird as soon as fall hits.

I’ve seen ZZ Top (am I dating myself?) Aerosmith, Metallica and more…….

That's funny. I'm from Miami and I've been wanting to live in AK.

Do it! Bring your sense of adventure.

What happens to the homeless during winter?

Lucky!

That's a term people have been using for decades.

It's on the Anchorage Police Department website. Just go there and search for "Crime Map"

You know, I believe that it's doable but as a rule I would always have about 3-6 months of expenses worth of savings after you've paid for the move. If it costs $10k to move the family and you have $10k, you have zero. What's your skillset? If you have hard skills, your odds of finding work is ridiculous.

So I'm not from AK but I believe crime in some of the bigger cities is above the US average, according to all the articles/videos I've read and watched. I don't think it's nearly as bad as NY or Chicago because of the high gun ownership in Alaska, Alaskans "pack heat" after all. And for coffee, I was told that Alaskans LOVE their coffee, so there are definitely coffee shops. Also, for political spectrum, its a blue state but if I recall correctly uts because the population is so low and that Juneau, the Capital is more liberal. So with the low population and capital, obviously most people likely going to be there. Otherwise, all the stuff I've seen, Alaskans are very red.

@@lonepaladinzero Alaska has some of the highest crime rates in the country. I believe it also the most violent as well. New York City is actually one of the Safest cities around.

We live 3 hrs from Anchorage. Alaska is big. Best thing "fewer people ". And people don't just stop by. Run from California as fast as you can

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I'm from California, never going back there, we've have been here just under a year. We are moving out as soon as spring to Idaho, Montana, Texas or anywhere away from here. Your questions, Not a lot of violence, No coffee shops, if your looking for a local coffee shop to sit down and drink a cup amongst the regulars this state doesn't have that. Blue or Red, YES. There are almost as many coffee huts as there are pot shops, but you can open carry a loaded fire arm on your hip. My daughter is absolutely horrified with the all the racist slurs' used by students in Soldotna High School. The kids think their shit doesn't stink. They have an oversized ego in a small pond of schools but their sports are a joke compared to anywhere in the lower 48. What we have here is poor white trash that docent realize they are poor white trash. They are absolutely a product of their environment at home and the state they live in. She hate going to school. We are looking to ship her down to one of her sisters to live and go to school until we can make the move My wife is working at one of the local schools and is stunned at what passes as the acceptable SOP of the schools. Children are missing out on a half decent education. Labeling of special needs is handed out for convenience for a teacher to git rid of a problem. Forget a nice night out at a restaurant. The level of service and food prep is vastly lower than that of the lower 48. Bottom line the food sucks but people here don't just know any better. The State Troupers operate like a corrupt stereotypical southern county sheriffs department. They installed traffic circles here in town but I haven't seen a single driver that knows what to do with one when they approach one. For the most part they act like they're stop signs. Its absolutely comical to see four cars come to a complete stop at a traffic circle just and stare at each other trying g to figure out what to do. I've even had a Soldotna Police car nearly hit me entering the traffic circle after I'm already in it making a left turn in the circle with my blinker on. He gave me a WTH look then followed me for two miles looking to write me up for something because he must have felt emasculated. Which brings me to the local gov who thought this was a good idea to install traffic circles in a town with PWT as is predominate. Want to open a restaurant, better hope is isn't a direct competition to one owned by one of the local families that control things because it will not get approved. Basically, don't move the Kenai Peninsula. Anchorage, crime, epidemic homelessness like California. Fairbanks crime. Take a cruise but don't move here.

Nah, I get the same. It's the lack of sleep from all the sunlight.

Same here, but more like seasonal anger because between the 100° heat in new England and the constant sweating I kinda just lose it. Especially working in a kitchen, summer is awful here so alaska here I come lmao

I'm happier in fall and spring. Overcast weather is calming to me.

@@codyjacques2089 In Australia they've done studies that showed crime rate goes up during heat waves. I hate heat with a passion too but I fortunately live in northern Europe where the climate is similar to Alaska.

Same for me I have reverse SAD which is a lot more rare than winter depression. In the winter I'm much happier I feel free and at peace, I love snow and I hate sunlight, that's why I'd like to move to AK but a safer part of it. I've never understood people who love sun and heat bc it drains me and makes me depressed and I develop a bunch of issues with peers and myself.

What changed?

Exactly.

Well he does sell real estate in Alaska so it's in his interest to play down the crime rate.

You will need a passport. Back in the 70s, I don't believe you needed it but that's changed since then.

​@@alaska_realtorYou can thank 9/11 for that. Government wanted to show it was "doing something" about terrorism. Of course they can probably find out as much about you from.a drivers license as a passport.

Yes.

Certainly. Reach out on my website and I'll be happy to help.

Hopefully not many other people know about your new found wealth or you would have many vultures trying to get their hands on it.

Family would be coming out of the woodworks if I came into some money. Lol or old past lost friends.......ha ha ha.......

is that supposed to be something you’re proud of?

Of course and there is the Bering Sea between us. It may as well be an entire continent.

See I didn't know that till it pulled up on my feed on here so I watched it and it was very interesting

Hey Vanoti, feel free to register to at my website (jgoecker.kw.com) and I'll send that over to you.

I know I'll come off as an old fashion English teacher, but it you'd be easier to understand you if you write in sentences and avoid the continuous run on sentence. But maybe you were never taught to write in clear sentences.

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That's like saying Dallas winters are more mild than Minneapolis, well no duh. Alaska is huge.

It’s the darkness that’s the problem, not the weather.

Only the very coastal parts are warmer than Chicago in the winter.

Anti white racism is everywhere in America and the world

I hope you never come back here. Leave your misery in the Lower 48.

Racism against whites?

jamin_goecker 😀