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Old 01-07-2011, 02:00 PM
 
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I might be getting relocated to Fort Wainwright for work. I work for the military but am NOT a soldier. So I need to really make sure this is a good move for me before I accept.

I currently live in New Jersey. The weather is not an issue and having it be dark all the time or light at certain points can be lived with.

I need to know cities and towns around and what they are like, Crime rates. Some good modern day apartment complexes you could recommend, Housing rate? Like how much house and how current can you get for say 180,000? When answering that I am willing to drive up to 30 minutes. Hospitals in the area for my wife.

I need to know EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING. Send me to any site with any information.

Please just tell me anything you can about the area. I have 48 hours to make the decision to get on the plane and go there for this job opportunity.
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Old 01-07-2011, 02:40 PM
 
Location: Dangling from a mooses antlers
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Fairbanks, North Pole are the two cities/towns. Hospital, Fairbanks Memorial. You might want to do your own Google research. This isn't some big metropolis like on the east coast.
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Old 01-07-2011, 03:30 PM
 
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Fairbanks, North Pole are the two cities/towns. Hospital, Fairbanks Memorial. You might want to do your own Google research. This isn't some big metropolis like on the east coast.

What could you say are the positive/ negatives about the area?

Like what kind of super markets do you have? Any malls? What can ya tell me.
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Old 01-07-2011, 03:50 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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I like Fairbanks. Only real negative like any other city is the traffic in the morning and at the evening rush hour.

Very great places to dine in the city and in the smaller communities.

One small mall.

Two Fred Meyer's.

A Walmart.

Explore Fairbanks, Alaska - Gateway to Denali, Interior and Arctic Alaska

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Old 01-07-2011, 03:53 PM
 
Location: Bethel, Alaska
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Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives: A North Pole Christmas : Diners, Drive-ins and Dives : Food Network
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Old 01-07-2011, 04:04 PM
 
Location: Dangling from a mooses antlers
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Negatives are the long cold winters, but the long summer days well make up for that. Plenty of stores in the area. You won't starve or have to go naked. If your looking for a place to live that has all the trappings of an urban, mundane lifestyle this probably isn't for you.
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:38 PM
 
Location: Bernalillo, NM
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I need to know EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING. Send me to any site with any information.
Quickest way to learn a lot is to search on "Fairbanks" on this forum and read all the threads that are returned. Most of your questions may have already been asked and answered.
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Old 01-07-2011, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Bernalillo, NM
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Also:
- Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - The voice of Interior Alaska since 1903
- http://www.wainwright.army.mil/sites/local/
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Old 01-07-2011, 07:12 PM
 
Location: Anchorage
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This is probably the best housing price that I know of in the area, from what I have heard. I don't know much about the apartment market but you could look on the Fairbanks Craigslist site.

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Old 01-07-2011, 09:15 PM
 
Location: Alaska 2001-2008
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I hate to be debbie downer, but this isn't the east coast or west coast or mainstream America. This is Alaska, it gets COLD here. Winters are LONG AND DARK. This is not a city where you can drive for hours on end to get to one side to the other. Google Fairbanks, you'll find lots of info. No huge malls or movie complexes. If you like big city life then you won't like it in Fairbanks. Trust me, it will be culture shock from what you are used to.
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