Info on Alaskan Cities (house, buying, school)

[Metlakatla]

Half the population doesn't deal with the distances that we do or with the winter darkness either.

[Arcticthaw]

Originally Posted by Xa'at

(servers too busy? Gosh, did someone manage to take a picture of me and post it? )

If that was the case the entire CD website would go down for the demand on the download of the photo! The US Government would think there was a nation wide denial of service attack as the internet would come to a stand still for the want of just one photo!

[warptman]

It gets dark here?

[neighborly1]

Originally Posted by Rance

Nearly half the population does not have moose on their highways like we do! This is no joke. And in winter they tend to hang out on the roads as the snow get's deeper in the woods and ditches. They stand very tall and the front end of vehicles takes their legs out from under them. So they land perfectly on the hood or in the windshield. At 55 mph they will and do kill people. Not to mention the vehicle damage.

What does conservative and what does liberal mean? Your gonna have to work with me. I'm politicaly challenged. And does it matter? I'm sure all of my neighbors each have their own views on politics. It's none of my concern and I could really care less as long as they are good neighbors.

I know what you mean about the moose situation, we have the same situation with elk in the high country here. I have had the elk walk right out in front of me during drives up there during the summer. I could imagine how dangerous it is on snow and ice when they do that.

As far as liberal and conservative, first of all the difference:
Liberal:
Anti-Gun
Big Goverment
High Taxes
Anti-Business
Pro-Abortion
Pro-Illegal Immigrant (A very big deal here in Arizona and a big reason for the move)
Anti-School Choice
Weak on Natioonal Defense
Anti-Religion
Boardering on Socialism

Conservative:
Pro-Second Amendment
Small Government
Lower Taxes
Pro-Business
Pro-Life
Strong on National Defense
Anti-Illegal Immigration
Pro-School Choice
Pro-Religion

This list is by no means exhaustive. Let's be clear this is not the differnce between Democrats and Republicans. There is not much differnce between those two.

As far as if it matters and what your neighbors believe, it matters very much what your neighbors and those in your state believe. Your neighbors vote in the people that will make the laws under which you live. Local officials obviously do not make much differnce in the abortion area. But they can tax you, take away your guns, and like in the Phoenix Metropolitan area they can turn a blind eye to the invasion from the south and be a "sancutary city" for illegals. On a state level they can either let your 13 year old daughter get an abortion without having to inform you (a parent who must be informed if she is given an asprin at school) or make sure that you are informed about your daughter taking a life, they can deny you the right to carry a gun, they can raise all sorts of taxes on you. They can force you to put your kids in the school they want based on where you live.

This is just scratching the surface on what it matters. It should be your concern, because your neighbors have the power to turn your state into a Massachusetts type state where people are fleeing to New Hampshire because of the laws and taxes the people they voted in are destroying their state. Or they can turn your state into a Montana type state where people from California are flocking to because, again, the people Californians voted in are destroying their state.

So that being said, would you consider Alaska conservative or liberal and what area would you consider to be the best to raise a family where there are private schools?

Thanks for any help and your patience with me.

[allforcats]

Originally Posted by neighborly1

As far as liberal and conservative, first of all the difference:
Liberal:
Anti-Gun
Big Goverment
High Taxes
Anti-Business
Pro-Abortion
Pro-Illegal Immigrant
Anti-School Choice
Weak on Natioonal Defense
Anti-Religion
Boardering [sic] on Socialism

Conservative:
Pro-Second Amendment
Small Government
Lower Taxes
Pro-Business
Pro-Life
Strong on National Defense
Anti-Illegal Immigration
Pro-School Choice
Pro-Religion

Didn't Alaska pass legislation a long time ago preventing children from entering the state unaccompanied by an adult?

[Rance]

I don't believe in this state they ever will take our guns. I'm fairly rural, schools are limited, and I'm not aware of any "private" schools. I'm seriously not into politics, do not vote, and seriously could care less who my neighbors vote for. I have a total of 6 neighbors and although we get along just fine we mind our own business, yet would help each other out at the drop of a hat. After reading your descriptions...I consider the state to be a mixture of the two and more. The best area to raise kids? I cannot make that call. The regulars here come from all over the state and each one of us swear our area is the best! The size of the state taken into consideration it's like somebody in Texas compared to Washington or Maine claiming their state is the best place to live. It's what you believe in your own mind as to the best place to live here I think. Although Bethel seems pretty popular this week!

[allforcats]

Rance, you are a better person than I. Cheers to you.

[earls]

The folks in Palmer become professionals after three winters or three replaced cars !

[Xa'at]

Originally Posted by neighborly1

As far as liberal and conservative, first of all the difference:
Liberal:
Anti-Gun
Big Goverment
High Taxes
Anti-Business
Pro-Abortion
Pro-Illegal Immigrant (A very big deal here in Arizona and a big reason for the move)
Anti-School Choice
Weak on Natioonal Defense
Anti-Religion
Boardering on Socialism

Conservative:
Pro-Second Amendment
Small Government
Lower Taxes
Pro-Business
Pro-Life
Strong on National Defense
Anti-Illegal Immigration
Pro-School Choice
Pro-Religion

This is actually kind of funny. Do I sense some bias? I do hope that people do not read this and think "Oh my, look at those liberals and their high taxes..." Let's break this down piece by piece...
Anti-Gun
Nope. Liberals often call for reform on the process through which one acquires guns, and why not? We're talking about devices that are designed to kill things. Doesn't it make sense that there should at least be some requirements for getting one?
Big Goverment
I prefer the term "responsible government". Liberals believe that our government has the obligation to help take care of those of us who are in a position that we cannot do it ourselves.
High Taxes
Hah.
Anti-Business
Not at all. We simply believe that our government should not be run by business.
Pro-Abortion
Can we at least try to be PC here? It's "pro-choice". My views on this are complicated... While I would never, ever, get an abortion and I do believe that we should take responsibility for our actions, that is just me. I believe that abortions (with the exceptions of the really late ones) should absolutely be legal, because last I checked we are supposed live in a free country, not one where part of the country's ethics are imposed upon another.
Pro-Illegal Immigrant
Yep, we stand there at the boarder and offer them little American flags when they emerge from under the fence. Liberals simply realize that whether we like it or not, illegal immigrants are here en force and they do much of the work that fully fledged Americans would rather not. More personally, I think people sometimes need a reminder that the declaration of Independence says "All men are created equal". It doesn't say "All Americans are created equal" or "All men are created equal" with footnote "Offer invalid outside the US, Canada, or Puerto Rico." Despite the fact that they happened to be born outside the US, these people are not in anyway less deserving of a chance for a better life.
Anti-School Choice
I don't even know what that means. Whatever.
Weak on Natioonal Defense
Nooo... We support national defense, we do not support the sending of thousands of our people to death in an oil conquest thinly veiled as a justified war. There is a difference.
Anti-Religion
Wrong again. Liberalism has no problem with religion, we just don't believe that religion has a place in government. I believe that bit was in the constitution...
Boardering on Socialism
Yep, and proud of it!

There 'ya have it...

[Marty Van Diest]

Xa'at...on religion and government. The constitution actually says the opposite I think. That government has no place in religion.

All your points aside. Alaska is a pretty tolerant place. I would say it leans toward the conservative side, but not by a lot.

You will never have to worry about gun rights here if that is big for you.

We have everything and everyone here and although we do fight politically, we generally get along personally.