help please! (apartment, job market, safe area)

[blondedroid]

i am 23 single and have a indoor cat and a dog. i usually work call centers because its usually a very reliable industry meaning usually if you can find a call center(or contact center) you usually have a job and these days im willing to move to find work here where i am unemployment is high like almost 14% and you cant even get a job at mcdonalds even with formal education. what hope is there for us who didnt go to college..
i dont know what the weather is in alaska but we have 4 seasons and winter is so worth the spring and summer





coming from an area around chicago well not around exactly like 2 hrs west we
dont have very much traffic out by us
i am looking for some things like cost of living (currently researching)
i would like to be in a pretty safe area no guns going off around the corner (been there done that) looking for a place affordable by the mountains(not a neccasity) as long as i have internet and power i own dvds and cds
affordable vets and human doctors

i would love to be in colorado but alot of people from there say that there arent many jobs even though the employment rate is lower is this the case of alaska??

here in illinois the air quality isnt that great its not the worst either i do love the fields of corn and wheat.

basicly im looking to find a place where no one knows me and get an impression of the world for myself...
also insects here not so bad we do have ticks fleas tree eating beetles but all are pretty normal sized i went to flordia and had ot by a huge fly swater the ants were huge!!!!
also here we get what we call running of the frogs spring and early summer the roads are filled all you hear is crunch crunch as you drive
im gonna be haunted by frogs pretty soon here
umm what else
oh outdoors nothing here really peaks my interest camping is usually done up in wisconson or at rv/campground kinda place and to me thats not camping so i would like to be able to visit and hike pet friendly trails and stuff like that maybe learn whitewater rafting ive never done that but it would help me make a decision
uhh
local wildlife here we have
possumes racoons deer a few coyote but they are disappearing fast fox chicken hawks owls other hawks rabbits stray cats

[warptman]

We have the running of the tourists up here, it's worse than the animals...

[blondedroid]

ahh ok lol never heard it put that way where i live we dont get tourists only the one that get lost off the interstate

[siobhandem]

There is no manufacturing in Alaska. They have to transport all of the manufactured goods from the lower 48. As a result, everything costs more.

There are mosquitos and spiders, but not much of other insects. No reptiles since they would freeze to death.

[warptman]

No manufacturing?

Manufacturing Companies in Alaska (AK)

[Peregrine]

Originally Posted by warptman

No manufacturing?

Manufacturing Companies in Alaska (AK)

58 in a state the size of Alaska? ... yea, I'd say "No manufacturing" is a valid statement.

[tigre79]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

58 in a state the size of Alaska? ... yea, I'd say "No manufacturing" is a valid statement.

Um, the size of the population might be a better point of comparison than the size of the state.

[tigre79]

Originally Posted by siobhandem

There are mosquitos and spiders, but not much of other insects. No reptiles since they would freeze to death.

There are also ants, bees, wasps, flies, gnats, dragonflies, butterflies, moths, beetles (spruce beetles - grrr!), aphids, grasshoppers, crickets, and probably others I'm not aware of. No reptiles to speak of (though a few species of sea turtles have been seen in Alaskan waters), but wood frogs occur at least as far north as the Brooks Range and as far west as the base of the Alaska Peninsula, western toads are found as far north as Prince William Sound, and several other amphibian species, including two salamanders and a newt are known to inhabit Southeast AK.

[Barkingowl]

You may wind up spending quite a bit of money to travel all the way up with your pets, then decide you hate it & want to go back down south. I'd say that for the time being it would be better to move in with family & find a job that will let you save up for an apartment. Do some research & make some calls to prospective employers & try & get a realistic picture of the job market.

[gobrien]

I've seen this question on the Arkansas forum too, the cost of living is considerable cheaper down there.