alaska bound! (Juneau and, Palmer, Kiana: 2009, employment, moving to)

[anthony00]

hello everyone, my better half and i have been pondering moving to alaska for about five years. we finally decided to make it a reality and to hopefully move in april or may of 2009(in order to get all of our affairs in order).we are looking at the Juneau area of alaska.i am aware we need to find employment out there before we even think of packing. if you have any insight good or bad we would like to hear it.

[mal_flisk]

I'm a long ways off from Juneau and haven't a clue about employment opportunities.

[DreamChasers8]

Remove the fact that you are from Cali or you will run into some walls here . I too know nothing about Juneau. But good luck

[anthony00]

yeah i can't stand this state for the fact that most of the people here are ruthless and not what i want to raise my daughter around.

[stiffnecked]

Juneau in nice but like most southeast towns it's isolated. You might try to start off your search by reading the Juneau Empire their daily news. Try to plan on arriving in town with at least 10K in cash. You'll need it.

[anthony00]

does anyone know if there is anywhere in alaska that has the total or close to the total package(snow,forest,water ect.) just not the too city vibe to it but not toooo isolated

[warptman]

Kiana, Alaska

[Barkingowl]

Palmer, AK fits the bill too.

[onthamove]

hey bro jeanu isnt getting much snow on its 30yr averages try somewhere high up or something, experience alaskas heaven, dont go to a city and become a 9-5er and do the daily grind if your goin to AK, i would never stay put in alaska moving wise until i knew i was ready to depart from societal expectations and grind that make me pissed to think about, good luck brooo

[mal_flisk]

9-5 isn't a grind when you have a family, it's a necessity. Rug-rats and crumb-snatchers need to eat and be clothed on an every day basis. I've tried to get my kids to stop eating (I tell them it's a bad habit and they need to break it, but that hasn't worked so far).