I Asked Alaskans if They Like Living in Alaska…

[caitlin]

“I’m risking a felony now by taking my underage coworker out” was crazed

[tw]

This video makes Alaska look crazy, like the northern version of Florida. Same people but just freezing. And kodiak and polar bears instead of gators.

[tkralva.]

It is not that Alaska has to be in poverty, it is just that it is the forgotten state of the United States. It would be better off either as an independent country or annexed with Canada.
But the USA would never relinquish due to natural resources, but the government doesn't really care about the people.
Yes, they, or some, get an allowance, but that allowance is barely enough to cover the inflated costs of living

[KIDKEEZZI]

my mom works at a homeless shelter in this exact same city, people die from fent or freezing. a kid was dropped off there and he/she/they were only 16 and the parents said they were "tired". anchorage Alaska is just sad and Alaska is the most dangerous state in us edit: a homeless woman dropped off a baby in the snow one night and neglected it making the baby freeze to death, that story was recent. i also donated alot of my clothes to the homeless and everyone loves my mom working there

[TheOGBasement]

“Give us a house and a Mansion” poor old lady saw an opportunity and didn’t hold back to take advantage LMAO

[brosephbroman]

Alcohol may make you feel warmer. But it is infact making you colder.
*The More You Know!* 🌠🌠🌠

[kellytrimble]

I had a friend back in 91, begging me to come up there & live with her in the dark weeks of winter 🥶 She was way the hell up there & I was considering it until she got to the part of no indoor plumbing & gotta remember to put the lock back on dumpster because of Polar Bears!🐻‍❄️ That was a deal breaker. 😂

[KliqqGT]

As an Alaskan, it’s not a hellscape and I love living here, I wouldn’t wanna live anywhere else

[guineanord]

It gets colder than -20°F in most of Alaska, it's just that's more of a regular winter day. It can easily get to -40°, sometimes even colder. I live in the Denile wilderness between Anchorage and Fairbanks. It can get much colder in northern Alaska.

[MachoLove]

I haven't seen my brother for about 10 years until I saw him on his video ☹️ brother if you see this message, get ur shit together. Bella needs you it's never too late to change ur life around

[coramcdonald]

When I first moved to Fairbanks it was -60. People freeze to death every winter. My partner had an acquaintance whom he went to the bar with in December.. They were messing around and the guy decided to get a cab and leave. My partner stayed and never saw the guy again. The guy's family were looking for him. The cops got involved. In April/May the snow started melting. There was a day care in the same plaza as the bar. The kids at the daycare were playing outside. They saw a person leaning against the fence. It was my partner's friend. He had passed out against the fence while he was waiting for the cab. He froze to death. It happens all the time.

[scarasara]

I took an Alaskan cruise. Seeing it that way was very beautiful. Idk if I could live there though I'm from Southern California and now live in Vegas so I'm used to 100 degree weather. The coldest it gets here is like 35, a few nights during the winter.

[Unknown_Random_Guy]

I love loving here in Alaska. It blows my mind to be in Anchorage in the winter in Negative temps with homeless begging on the street corner where all 4 stores on each corner has a HELP WANTED DESPERATELY signs in the window....

[rossbryan]

WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS WHEN ALASKA WAS GRANTED STATE HOOD AND FREE LAND WAS BEING GIVEN AWAY THE HOME STEAD LAWS!
SEVERAL OF MY FRIENDS WERE THINKING SERIOUSLY
OF GOING THERE!!
I STUDIED THE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR WINTER
AND FIGURED “NOT JUST NO, HELL NO!!”
I WILL CONSIDER IT, WHEN THEY MOVE ALASKA SOUTH AND ATTACH IT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!!

[just.keep.moving.]

I grew up in Alaska. Of course, weather is rough, but what do you expect? This short only portrays homeless people’s experience of living in Alaska which, if that is the goal then good job. My brother was an alcoholic so he ended up being homeless as well, but he was one of the toughest people I’ve ever met in terms of work ethic. I got to spend one summer with him out in the bush, and it helped him so much; he was joyful out there just living off the land away from alcohol. My experience? It is absolutely stunning in the winter time and absolutely stunning in the summer time.

[-BUGZ-]

Why did you do that old man dirty like that? I watched the whole video, we know what he really said and what he really meant. And you made him look awful. I gotta unsubscribe because that is scummy.

[sydneyelliott]

"reaching up to -30 degrees!" that's pretty normal to me as a Canadian 😂

[jsldj]

"Come and listen to my story 'Bout a man named Jed
A poor mountaineer,
Barely kept his family fed.
And then one day
He was shootin' at some food,
And up through the ground came a-bubblin' crude.
Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea.
Well the first thing you know
Ol' Jed's a millionaire,
Kinfolk said "Jed move away from there".
Said "California's the place you outta be".
So they loaded up the truck
And they moved to Beverly.
Hills that is, Swimming pools, movie stars."

[kitty]

Its the same here in canada. Always cold for months, close to the mountains and its beautiful but so many die freezing on the streets. Basically all of them are on opioids. The wind here brutal too regularlly get winds between 15 and 30 kn. Its a very sad situation. Winters jyst begun and its qlready a high of -12 today

[amileinmyshoes-]

I spent a week in Dead Horse, which is not far from Point Barrow, during a -60 degree stretch of weather. It was literally a frozen hellscape, with oil rigs and heavy machinery encased in a foot or more of sold ice and hoar frost. At night, you’re surrounded by hundreds of flare pads, burning off the natural gas that comes up with the oil.

Add to that, 😮that Dead Horse is a “dry camp” (i.e. no alcohol allowed), and I can safely say that it was the most dreary, desolate, and alien environment I have yet to experience in my 60 years.