Ok, I gotta know!!! (Anchorage: car, dinner, hottest)

[hinna]

I saw that show and I disagree with A LOT of it. There are too many women from my point of view!!! o.k., seriously, comparing Anchorage to Wasilla: Wasilla has more females while Anchorage has more males. No idea why, but again, I get pissed off at those movie/show producers who make Alaska seem like such a 'living in the boonies' type of place. We have many large cities and a lot of small ones. I've never been to any smaller than Homer, and I lived there from 1 years old until I turned 17.

[ladyeclectic79]

So I googled and found this thread, whose title was simply too irresistable. I've been interested in moving to Alaska forever, but just lately I'm really wanting to get a fresh start. I'd always been told it's so rustic, there's few real cities there, etc, and that kind of freaked me out. Not necessarily the rustic part because, heck, I love and have lived rustic - but I've got things like school loans and other sundry bills to pay and need to have a decent-paying job (nursing is sometimes so hit and miss).

And yes, some of my information came from shows like Northern Exposure and Men In Trees. I am ashamed. I've really been looking into it lately, even went so far as to book myself a cruise up there for next year. I don't know, it just sounds like such an awesome place to live. I think as long as I can be at least within an hour or two of a big city, I'd be more than close enough to put my mind at ease. Plus, nurses seem a needed commodity in some rural parts, or so I've heard.

I also know reviving this thread is like necromancy, but please forgive a board newb. *toodles off to peruse other threads*

[Xa'at]

So what's your question? I think it was answered pretty thoroughly in the thread...

[ladyeclectic79]

Originally Posted by Xa'at

So what's your question? I think it was answered pretty thoroughly in the thread...

No question. Just saying hiya.

[Liz montano]

Hello Rainy, I have alwaysed dreamt of living in rural Alaska and after a 30 year marriage I wonder if it is still possible. I have read of the hardship of the winter but I like snow and think it must be the most romantic place in the world but that is just my dream. I have a brother who goes every year for a job we do up there and I have begged to do it but he loves it so much he wont give it up even though it is only for a week it is in the winter and he never seems to be bothered by the cold. I love people who are real and honest and people seem to like me I am a simple person but eberyone needs friends... I always hear the ratio thing but I never hear about the people in general... How does one survive the first year without knowing anyone.
Liz.

Originally Posted by Rainy

Well...not to discourage anyone, but there is another side to the coin that any single women thinking about coming up here looking for a man really need to know.

First of all, put Men in Trees back in the squawk box where it belongs. This ain't no tv show here.

Second of all--they are human beings too (men). Don't come up here and get yourself one if you're just going to wimp out in January and go crying back to the lower 48. Been on a few ferries and airplanes where I've met up with several women whining up a storm about how happily ever in the cabin in the woods wasn't supposed to include any sort of hardship. I've tended bar in enough parts of rural Alaska to have seen a few too many times the results of the old " she just couldn't take the winters here " syndrome.

Live up here for a year in all seasons for it's own sake before you get too involved with anyone, and don't harbor any fantasies about dragging your catch back to the lower 48 when and if you bag him.

Those single females among you might google Talkeetna Bachelor's Society---they put out a catalogue of available men and have an auction every year, though from what I've heard it's winding down. They auction off the guys and afterwards you get a drink and a dance with the one you buy, anything more is by mutual consent, and the proceeds go to a battered women's shelter in Palmer. There's also the Alaska Men magazine but that seems to have gotten really commercial over the years.

By the way, I'm female and have all my teeth.

[MilanoCookie]

I've always thought about Alaska, but as my life goes, that's not very long. I'm hoping to get up there next year, for college, or just a visit. I think it's so beautiful.
I only recently heard about the guy to girl ratios and this forum made me laugh, thinking, 'why would a girl move to a place like Alaska just for the guys?' That's outrageous.
I am a newb of course. I only join to talk to you guys on this forum and learn more about such a beautiful place.
Also I would just like to put in, If I found a guy I was willing to Marry. I sure wouldn't leave him because of a long cold dark winter. Those girls who do should have thought about that before marriage.

[Metlakatla]

quick question, does anyone know how a seventeen year old can get out there for a visit while in high school, during a break or something eithout really knowing anyone and on limited funds?

Yes, I do. Have your parents take you on a trip instead of posing this question to strangers on the internet.

[Barkingowl]

Aren't most of the men in Alaska gay?

[MilanoCookie]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Yes, I do. Have your parents take you on a trip instead of posing this question to strangers on the internet.

good point. guess I'll figure it out on my own.

[Rance]

Originally Posted by hinna

I saw that show and I disagree with A LOT of it. There are too many women from my point of view!!! o.k., seriously, comparing Anchorage to Wasilla: Wasilla has more females while Anchorage has more males. No idea why, but again, I get pissed off at those movie/show producers who make Alaska seem like such a 'living in the boonies' type of place. We have many large cities and a lot of small ones. I've never been to any smaller than Homer, and I lived there from 1 years old until I turned 17.

We have many large cities? And alot of small ones? I must have blinked and drove right past all of them. I still call Anchorage "town"!