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The Alaska Panhandle (the part of Alaska that extends down the west coast of BC) and the coast of BC are actually roughly equal length (BC's coast is slightly longer, I believe). You are probably looking at a Mercator projection which distorts sizes. Try looking at a more accurate map projection.
Its more that why does the panhandle exist at all, it should all be BC.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Alaska Panhandle (the part of Alaska that extends down the west coast of BC) and the coast of BC are actually roughly equal length (BC's coast is slightly longer, I believe). You are probably looking at a Mercator projection which distorts sizes. Try looking at a more accurate map projection.
Its more that why does the panhandle exist at all, it should all be BC.
Looking at the map I only just noticed how small the BC coastline is and how Alaska takes most of it. Looks like it goes back to agreement between England and Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint_Petersburg_(18... And there were never more than 700 Russians in Alaska. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_America#Sale_of_Alaska...
The Alaskan panhandle was the subject of a border dispute between Canada and the United States. The UK adjudicated and it was decided in favour of the US. It was a very unpopular decision in Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_boundary_dispute
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Uhm, The infra looks super depressing... https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Kitsault,+BC+V0J+3T0,+Canad...
Yeah read the blog post, that's by design--the town was abandoned in the 80s and has been maintained by a private owner. I think it would be kind of cool to live there as an escape from the hustle and bustle of cities. Like living in a shack in the woods, except the shack has most of the amenities of modern life (circa 1980).
I would totally move there assuming life support. Health, Food, Power, Heat, Water.
What do for work - and if trying to make a Hacker Commune, how structure (I actually lived on a commune and know how badly they are managed)
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Alaska Panhandle (the part of Alaska that extends down the west coast of BC) and the coast of BC are actually roughly equal length (BC's coast is slightly longer, I believe). You are probably looking at a Mercator projection which distorts sizes. Try looking at a more accurate map projection.
Its more that why does the panhandle exist at all, it should all be BC.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Alaska Panhandle (the part of Alaska that extends down the west coast of BC) and the coast of BC are actually roughly equal length (BC's coast is slightly longer, I believe). You are probably looking at a Mercator projection which distorts sizes. Try looking at a more accurate map projection.
Its more that why does the panhandle exist at all, it should all be BC.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah read the blog post, that's by design--the town was abandoned in the 80s and has been maintained by a private owner. I think it would be kind of cool to live there as an escape from the hustle and bustle of cities. Like living in a shack in the woods, except the shack has most of the amenities of modern life (circa 1980).
I agree! I would totally move there assuming life support. Health, Food, Power, Heat, Water. What do for work - and if trying to make a Hacker Commune, how structure (I actually lived on a commune and know how badly they are managed)
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The author even mentions driving in "Which means, for a fee, you can drive two hours down a barely passable road. The caretakers will open the locked gates"
Seems like a ferry would make sense to access it. BC already has a ton of those.