Fairbanks. The Next Hollywood Studios (Anchorage, Gustavus: extended stay, hotel, homes)

[cjg5]

And how many people in Hollywood do you recon would go for the subzero winters?

[YellowstoneDate]

New bread of Hollywood. Northern people at Fairbanks, Alaska could be the new work studios. I would say about 2,000 from California and 8,000 new developed Hollywood people from North United States.

[pch1013]

Hollywood tends to gravitate to where labor, rents, permits, etc., are cheap. Fairbanks is not such a place. Vancouver used to be, until the Canadian dollar got too strong -- then they promptly abandoned Vancouver.

Vancouver, Canada, sees sharp drop-off in movie, TV production - Los Angeles Times

The idea that they'd be willing to spend billions developing a film industry from scratch in a remote, expensive locale like Fairbanks is, to put it kindly, fanciful.

[Dakster]

Originally Posted by pch1013

Hollywood tends to gravitate to where labor, rents, permits, etc., are cheap. Fairbanks is not such a place. Vancouver used to be, until the Canadian dollar got too strong -- then they promptly abandoned Vancouver.

Vancouver, Canada, sees sharp drop-off in movie, TV production - Los Angeles Times

The idea that they'd be willing to spend billions developing a film industry from scratch in a remote, expensive locale like Fairbanks is, to put it kindly, fanciful.

And hear I thought they were scared of creating another Bieber...

[YellowstoneDate]

Russia is colder than Fairbanks. Russia has lots of buildings commercialized Moscow.

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by YellowstoneDate

Some real estate developers can work with the Hollywood Industry in California. The city of Fairbanks can open up more land and expand the city's ordinances. Metropolitan city can start building construction. Maybe Fairbanks can develop a china town at the same time.

YellowstoneDate, why don't you move to Alaska and run for governor.

You might even get a VP running mate selection out of it.

[Harrier]

Originally Posted by YellowstoneDate

Fairbanks has that charm. The curvature of the earth and the oil pipeline. And yes vast lands to build.

Uhhh ... isn't the curvature of the earth relatively uniform on all parts of the planet?

[mreece]

Originally Posted by Harrier

Uhhh ... isn't the curvature of the earth relatively uniform on all parts of the planet?

look at a globe, or any other sphere, for that matter. much different at 65 degrees north than at lower lattitudes.

[pch1013]

Originally Posted by mreece

look at a globe, or any other sphere, for that matter. much different at 65 degrees north than at lower lattitudes.

If you mean that the lines of longitude are closer together, then yes. But that has nothing to do with "the curvature of the earth" as commonly understood. Build a 10-mile-tall tower in Fairbanks and (on a clear day) you'd see precisely as much "curvature" from the top of it as you'd see from a similar tower in Ecuador.

[Naturen]

Not going to happen!

We will take up arms, sick the dog on the interlopers and have the moose, lynx, bears, blueberries, cranberries... also join in.

Even water dwellers will be involved - salmon, grayling and trout who will recruit other water dwellers such as pike, king crab, halibut ....

And lastly, the mosquitoes will multiply and plan their attack - Hollywood - fresh new blood.

Oh wait, Hollywood - the "wood" in the Holly will attract the birds such as woodpeckers... and the fungus that is now attacking the wild rose (rosehips) will find a new host.

Oh forgot, the -55 through 60s temperature - lines can magically snap at those temperatures. Must be a mad moose looking for some willow from its previously prolific patch that it has relied on for 11 years and the 4 now grown calves that have learned and use their home range to thwart that 50% plus mortality rate. Habitat and forage now gone and in its stead they found concrete, a tall structure and toxic fumes being released.