A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
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A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
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#2I wouldn't mind living there. I've been dreaming about moving somewhere remote and just do freelance work. The only requirement is a good internet connection which sadly excludes a lot of cool places.
Re: A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
#3And I lived in a city with about 14 million people, where one building had about 3 thousand people living in it (it has its own zip code). So different it made me want to visit this town in Alaska.
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#4It would be interesting to see what these people do for a living. Why are they there? There are children, so there must be families who have decided to move there.
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#5I wouldn't mind living there. I've been dreaming about moving somewhere remote and just do freelance work. The only requirement is a good internet connection which sadly excludes a lot of cool places.
The thing is, this town is not only remote, but during the winter you have to pretty much dug in and stay inside. No going anywhere. It's not the same as just being somewhere isolated and remote, and you have to take that into consideration. Some people might enjoy it anyway.
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#6I googled the location, expecting it to be in the far north of Alaska, given the description. But it's just southeast of Anchorage. Is the weather really that much worse?
Re: A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
#7It would be interesting to see what these people do for a living. Why are they there? There are children, so there must be families who have decided to move there.
I imagine fishing, oil and gas, and Alaska's (edit) $2,000 stipend for residents is what keeps them there.
Re: A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
#8It would be interesting to see what these people do for a living. Why are they there? There are children, so there must be families who have decided to move there.
>In summer, cruise ships, charter boats, and commercial fishing vessels bring thousands of visitors to Whittier’s harbor on the west side of Prince William Sound.
Sounds like tourism is a large portion of income.
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#9Photographer has more photos here: http://reedyoung.com/project/whittier-alaska/r-young-whittie...
Also the full version of the article in OP's link
Re: A town of about 200 people, almost all of whom live in the same building
#10Funny how that works. I saw somebody mention this city in a thread on Reddit yesterday. He talked about visiting somebody there and having to wait 1.5 hours because the one-way-tunnel changes "direction" every 2 hours...