Why Life Is Different In Alaska

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[SomethingDifferentFilms]

Thank you for watching my video on the livability of Alaska and it's biggest cities, if there are places that you would like to see me cover in future videos please let me know here in the comments.

[genericalaskanexplorer]

I live in Delta Junction. About 100 miles from Fairbanks. I will tell you this. The hardest thing about living in Alaska is convincing. A two-year-old that it is midnight in the middle of July. I have lost track of how many times they refused to go too bad because the light is still out, and therefore, it's morning.

[KentPetersonmoney]

Fun fact Rhode Island, which is the smallest state, has a larger population then Alaska which is the biggest state.

[meechieflow_]

As to someone who lived in North Mississippi until i was 24, i got out of college and received a job offer that i couldn't resist, so i made the decision to move to Fairbanks, Alaska. It definitely took some getting used to, but it was the best decision ive ever made. Its absolutely beautiful here. The people are kind, I love my job, in most cases, life is what you make it

[maryirons]

I was born in Anchorage, and lived there until I was 14. My childhood was AMAZING because of this, my father was an outdoorsman who took his kids out to experience the wilderness and learn to be self sufficient! I wish I hadn’t moved away in my teens. It seems like the crime rate has definitely gone up, I’m sure it wasn’t all roses when I was there but as a kid, I didn’t see any of it (or noticed VERY little) I was just constantly amazed by my surroundings lol and felt like I lived in paradise, ironically moving to a tropical zone has felt like literal hell to me 😂

[mvoutour]

Can only be reached by air, boat, or road. What other way would we reach it, teleportation?

[bug]

I personally was up here. If you stay out of the cities and stay in the countryside towns. You’re mostly gonna be fine most of people up here are good hearted. The two people who come up to Alaska or the Crazy or the other kind of crazy.

[raygalles]

Born there--finally visited it 6 years ago in August. I was in awe. The residents are truly a group apart.

[Lovinled]

As a lifelong Alaskan, I love hearing YouTubers “explain” my state to others 😂😂😂

[MrMoose-mfoy]

As a Canadian, I take comfort in knowing we are surrounded by the harsh Arctic and the States to protect us lol ❤️

[et.alaska]

I lived in Alaska almost 5 years 😍 Alaska beautiful state and clean state. You can see Aurora in the winter time Amazing Alaska

[CalvinHikes]

Anchorage is incredibly diverse. And the summer days are extraordinarily long. There is nothing like summer in Alaska.

[peterbutz]

As a Canadian that travel to Alaska There coast line is absolutely beautiful and I would consider moving there if I was 30 years younger People are friendly and seemed like going back in time 30 years when life wasn’t so rushed

[Stanf]

I was once stationed at Elmendorf AFB for a short months stay in the 90's. I finally returned in August 2022 as part of a cruise tour. We started in Fairbanks and worked south to Anchorage before joining our ship in Whitter. It was an amazing trip but I couldn't live there long term.

[vnvet]

Taught school in Tok, AK and worked in underground gold mines in YT and northern BC in the 70's through early 80's, so my perspective is that of small villages and, of course, mining camps. I loved the exotic wildlife, including humans within this category, as the far north tends to attract those who are kind of "different" - myself included. The hardest part were the long, dark winters. I would go underground in the dark, work in the dark, and emerge from the workings in the dark. And alcohol was a constant issue, especially among the miners. Perhaps my best experience was spending a summer with fellow geologists prospecting for gold by sailboat and float planes along the inside passage. I'm 73 now but have revisiting the north on my bucket list.

[susanapplegate]

My home, all my life. Glad to be in the Mat-Su Valley now. Mom is buried in Anchorage, Dad in Kodiak. I love life here, every year, always.

[sethlastname]

Fairbanks is actually over twice the size of Juneau population wise! Most people in Fairbanks live outside the city proper yet everyone in Juneau lives in the city, making both our cities around 30k. However the metro area of Fairbanks goes up to 100k. For example I grew up in Goldstream which is 15 mins from town but still considered Fairbanks.

[ridiculously_bubbly]

So cool! I’m at 1:53 and that’s the Alaska native medical health care campus. I can see the building I went to for vision and dental, the building I had my son in, the building I got stitches in, the roof of my PCP, the parking garage… so much more. I moved out of state two and a half years ago and got nostalgic seeing this.

[lulub]

I’m visiting and people are so nice, genuinely enjoy the simple things, and proud of their state. ❤Alaska

[b.s.adventures]

Born n raised up there.
Makes you strong.
Builds character.
Nothing you can’t handle after a childhood in a place that is constantly trying to kill you.