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Old 08-11-2008, 03:37 AM
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Hasn't this been the coldest summer on record?
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Old 08-11-2008, 10:43 AM
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Hehehehe... its funny considering I hear that property taxes are killer in Alaska... and Alaska isn't exactly New York City or Los Angeles... it isn't even close... I suppose for those that enjoy the cold, they will love it... Its not very accessible to the rest of the U.S.... I can't imagine the prices to fly to the rest of the U.S. or somewhere else for vacation... in the end run, it costs more just to have this piece of land then to pay for a piece of land somewhere else in the U.S.... but to each their own... if someone really likes Alaska, it is a good deal... for the rest of us... its a bad deal...
Property taxes? I ain't got no stinking property taxes. And I hope AK never becomes like New York or LA.
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Old 08-11-2008, 10:50 AM
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Property taxes? I ain't got no stinking property taxes. And I hope AK never becomes like New York or LA.
Anchorage has very high property taxes. The Mat-Su Valley also has property taxes.
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Old 08-11-2008, 01:06 PM
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Anchorage has very high property taxes. The Mat-Su Valley also has property taxes.
Yeah, they do have high taxes there. But evilnewbie said Alaska (implying the entire state) has high taxes, which isn't true, as a pretty big portion has none...
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Old 08-11-2008, 01:36 PM
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Yeah, they do have high taxes there. But evilnewbie said Alaska (implying the entire state) has high taxes, which isn't true, as a pretty big portion has none...
Well, technically that's true, depending on what you consider as being taxed. However, if you look at ALL state taxes, Alaska ranks right up there with the best of the socialists.

This from todays news:

"Windfall profits tax analysts look to Alaska's experience. In an overview story on the presidential race and Barack Obama's proposed windfall profits tax on oil companies, the Seattle Times illustrates how the tax works by reporting on Alaska's windfall of $6 billion after it adjusted taxes on oil revenue in the state."

Alaska Newsreader: Alaska Newsreader | adn.com

Alaska is now being used as a model for Obama's / Democrat's Tax scheme. I think that says it all. Very Sad...
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Well, technically that's true, depending on what you consider as being taxed. However, if you look at ALL state taxes, Alaska ranks right up there with the best of the socialists.

This from todays news:

"Windfall profits tax analysts look to Alaska's experience. In an overview story on the presidential race and Barack Obama's proposed windfall profits tax on oil companies, the Seattle Times illustrates how the tax works by reporting on Alaska's windfall of $6 billion after it adjusted taxes on oil revenue in the state."

Alaska Newsreader: Alaska Newsreader | adn.com

Alaska is now being used as a model for Obama's / Democrat's Tax scheme. I think that says it all. Very Sad...
Perhaps, but I consider property taxes the worst kind of tax. There's also no personal income tax or state sales tax. The state does hit businesses/industries much harder than individuals with taxes. They'll nail me my first year with those non-resident hunting/trapping/fishing license fees though...
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Old 08-14-2008, 08:21 PM
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Would be nice to check the soils, to make sure we are not paying for waste dumps.
Nope, good gravel and good well water is only a few feet down, the trees were burnt off a few years back when some kids started a fire. The city took the land when they thought the Clear AFB Radar site was going to be switched over to the Reserve, so they made the housing sites and jacked the prices up because of the perceived housing shortage in the area. The contractors went to the unveiling and saw the prices and told the city to take a hike.

After a few years of empty land, the local kids came up with the idea of giving the land away to get families to move there so they would have enough kids in the school to keep it open... don't recall a lot of people building there yet, and some of the property may be back on the "Free Market" shortly when they don't do anything with the land.

Unless you are retired, work for the school or can get a job on the AFB, you are going to be pretty hard pressed to find work that will pay much.... Or plan on a 90 mile drive to Fairbanks to work one way... The town has only a few hundred people there and most are retired from the AFB and their kids have grown and gone.

There is some "Food Stamp" pioneers still out in the sticks around the area. They were on welfare and got free land to build on while they still got welfare and food stamps... thus the name.

You can buy land for a thousand an acre in the area, have privacy and not have people bothering you next door. You can look in the Alaska Real estate sections on Yahoo and find almost anything you want.

www.AlaskaRealEstate.com - Statewide MLS system - Homes, Land, Commercial, Businesses

Oh, I live in the area, but not in Anderson and there is a lot of nice folks there but hard to make a living.

There is Satellite TV available though either Dish or Direct TV, you buy the system from the national INTERNET site and they have an installer come to your home and install the system (Direct TV is much better, I had both).

High speed INTERNET can be had anywhere in the State by satellite also. The company that has the Hughesnet system is in Fairbanks and one of his installers lives in the Anderson area. The Company is called Alaska Satellite Internet Systems and can be contacted at 1-907-451-0088 or 1-907-543-0753.

Anyway, maybe that will give you guys a better shot at your dream... But the winters are as cold as on the Northern Arctic Coast during winter, -50 for weeks at a time are not uncommon. Most summers are in the high 70's to 80's except for this year, lots of rain and a lot of 50's temps... Appears that Gobal warming has fizzled...
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Nope, good gravel and good well water is only a few feet down, the trees were burnt off a few years back when some kids started a fire. The city took the land when they thought the Clear AFB Radar site was going to be switched over to the Reserve, so they made the housing sites and jacked the prices up because of the perceived housing shortage in the area. The contractors went to the unveiling and saw the prices and told the city to take a hike.

After a few years of empty land, the local kids came up with the idea of giving the land away to get families to move there so they would have enough kids in the school to keep it open... don't recall a lot of people building there yet, and some of the property may be back on the "Free Market" shortly when they don't do anything with the land.

Unless you are retired, work for the school or can get a job on the AFB, you are going to be pretty hard pressed to find work that will pay much.... Or plan on a 90 mile drive to Fairbanks to work one way... The town has only a few hundred people there and most are retired from the AFB and their kids have grown and gone.

There is some "Food Stamp" pioneers still out in the sticks around the area. They were on welfare and got free land to build on while they still got welfare and food stamps... thus the name.

You can buy land for a thousand an acre in the area, have privacy and not have people bothering you next door. You can look in the Alaska Real estate sections on Yahoo and find almost anything you want.

www.AlaskaRealEstate.com - Statewide MLS system - Homes, Land, Commercial, Businesses

Oh, I live in the area, but not in Anderson and there is a lot of nice folks there but hard to make a living.

There is Satellite TV available though either Dish or Direct TV, you buy the system from the national INTERNET site and they have an installer come to your home and install the system (Direct TV is much better, I had both).

High speed INTERNET can be had anywhere in the State by satellite also. The company that has the Hughesnet system is in Fairbanks and one of his installers lives in the Anderson area. The Company is called Alaska Satellite Internet Systems and can be contacted at 1-907-451-0088 or 1-907-543-0753.

Anyway, maybe that will give you guys a better shot at your dream... But the winters are as cold as on the Northern Arctic Coast during winter, -50 for weeks at a time are not uncommon. Most summers are in the high 70's to 80's except for this year, lots of rain and a lot of 50's temps... Appears that Gobal warming has fizzled...
Hey Starlite how is the fishing in the slough there?
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Old 08-15-2008, 07:13 AM
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Hey Starlite how is the fishing in the slough there?
No slough next to Anderson, the Nenana River is just West of town by a few hundred yards past the "Fair Ground" over the levy.

Closest "Slough" where there is good fishing is Clear Creek, about half way to Nenana and a tad bit of a hike nowdays to get back to it from over the RR tracks at Herman Shores. Wear Boots...
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I am from grant county wa and am wanting to move to alaska and would like to know more and how to apply.

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FOXNews.com - Alaska Town Giving Away Free Land - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News

Alaska Town Giving Away Free Land
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ADVERTISEMENTANCHORAGE, Alaska —

Anderson, a little town in Alaska's interior, has no gas station, no grocery store and no traffic lights, but it does have plenty of woodsy land — and it's free to anyone willing to put down roots in the often-frozen ground.Moderator cut: copyright
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