Making the move - help needed.

[warptman]

Originally Posted by rppearso

That and the weather can actually kill you up here if you find yourself on the street. I would not come up without a GOOD job lined up and a few thousand $$$ in a savings account in case you need to get out of here, its not unheard of for employers to hire someone and then fire them a month or 2 later, not because of any performance issues but just because they have such poor control of there accounting. Even companies that you would not expect to have thoes problems do so you may want to do some research on the company before you come up and make sure they are financailly stable and make sure you are not going to be laid off a month after you were hired.

The beer is expensive here, too. That's almost enough for me to say don't move up here!

[rppearso]

Originally Posted by warptman

The beer is expensive here, too. That's almost enough for me to say don't move up here!

Yea there is that too, but you can just not drink and other aspects of Alaska make it worth living here, of course you have to have a ton of $$$ to really enjoy the unique aspects of alaska (like a nice plane to enjoy the free air space or a snowmachine to get out and go riding out in the woods, even hunting you have to get your special permits, rifle, and a large rig and gas). If your income level restricts you to anchorage its really not worth it because even just to go out bowling or something is going to cost you twice as much as some of the cheaper places in the lower 48.

[warptman]

Originally Posted by rppearso

Yea there is that too, but you can just not drink and other aspects of Alaska make it worth living here, of course you have to have a ton of $$$ to really enjoy the unique aspects of alaska (like a nice plane to enjoy the free air space or a snowmachine to get out and go riding out in the woods, even hunting you have to get your special permits, rifle, and a large rig and gas). If your income level restricts you to anchorage its really not worth it because even just to go out bowling or something is going to cost you twice as much as some of the cheaper places in the lower 48.

Quit your whining and pack your bags and move south!

[rppearso]

Originally Posted by warptman

Quit your whining and pack your bags and move south!

No way I like to whine, unless I could move somewhere where the wages were high the prices low and the crowds non existant and my debt disappeared I like to whine.

[bortstc37]

Originally Posted by rppearso

Yea there is that too, but you can just not drink and other aspects of Alaska make it worth living here, of course you have to have a ton of $$$ to really enjoy the unique aspects of alaska (like a nice plane to enjoy the free air space or a snowmachine to get out and go riding out in the woods, even hunting you have to get your special permits, rifle, and a large rig and gas). If your income level restricts you to anchorage its really not worth it because even just to go out bowling or something is going to cost you twice as much as some of the cheaper places in the lower 48.

i don't take a rig and gas when i go hunting. i grab my rifle and start walking (with a backpack, that is). sometimes my wife walks with me (it helps in case there is lots to carry).
but then, not everybody is lucky enough to live in a place like this...

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by rppearso

No way I like to whine, unless I could move somewhere where the wages were high the prices low and the crowds non existant and my debt disappeared I like to whine.

Yea that is what most people want, good wages, low prices and non-existant crowds. Well good luck with that one! Let us know when you find your Utopia. Until then be thankful for what you do have; stop seeing the glass as half-empty and see it as half-full and I am "not" talking about beer in a glass!

[Metlakatla]

Originally Posted by rppearso

No way I like to whine, unless I could move somewhere where the wages were high the prices low and the crowds non existant and my debt disappeared I like to whine.

Here ya go, son; this might be just what you're looking for:

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[lyoness]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Here ya go, son; this might be just what you're looking for:

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[blueflames50]

Originally Posted by Metlakatla

Here ya go, son; this might be just what you're looking for:

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OMG!! now he'll complain he can't afford the ticket!! should we take up a collection and buy an one way???

[Alaskapat528]

Originally Posted by blueflames50

OMG!! now he'll complain he can't afford the ticket!! should we take up a collection and buy an one way???

Sorry, that's not on my donation list this year, next year, or the year after, or the year after.............