It's possible this question won't sit well with some people, but I have to ask...
Am I the only one who doesn't want people to move up here?
Anchorage has become "Little Seattle," the Valley has become infested with fly-ins, Homer has turned into an artsy fartsy town that becomes one giant mob every summer.
I just want Alaska to be LEFT ALONE.
Even though I work for the oil companies, part of me hoped Ballot Measure 1 had passed back in August just so that a nice chunk of the people in this state would leave.
The reason true Alaskans love it up here is because it's isolated, and you DON'T have to deal with people like you do Outside. But every year it seems like there's a new influx of immigrants.
The granola crunching yuppies who flock to REI and then think they're Mr. or Mrs. (or sometimes both or neither??) Mountain Climber.
The idiots who move up full of **** and vinegar and something to prove. You know the ones, the attitude like "Oh I'm a big man, I can go live in Alaska too where there's bears and moose and I'll be a real badass. I'll show them!"
Everybody ruining the Russian, Kenai, Mat-Su, and Copper Rivers. It's a truly depressing sight.
The idiots who jam up the highway out of Anchorage, parking on the side of the road for miles doing their God-damned sight seeing. Honestly, how stupid can they get? It's because of the moron tourists that that highway is labelled as one of the most dangerous roads in America.
Then the freaks who have the "Get nAKed" stickers on their trucks? Really??
What happened to the times when men were MEN?? THAT passes as "cool"?? Give me a break.
There's a reason that the joke goes "Welcome to Alaska! Please enjoy your visist, and PLEASE don't move here!"
I've often said that I'd love nothing more than to see the population of Alaska go from 500,000 to 5,000. Today, it's more like 600,000 to 6,000.
Anybody else frustrated by all of this?
Am I the only one who doesn't want people to move up here?
Anchorage has become "Little Seattle," the Valley has become infested with fly-ins, Homer has turned into an artsy fartsy town that becomes one giant mob every summer.
I just want Alaska to be LEFT ALONE.
Even though I work for the oil companies, part of me hoped Ballot Measure 1 had passed back in August just so that a nice chunk of the people in this state would leave.
The reason true Alaskans love it up here is because it's isolated, and you DON'T have to deal with people like you do Outside. But every year it seems like there's a new influx of immigrants.
The granola crunching yuppies who flock to REI and then think they're Mr. or Mrs. (or sometimes both or neither??) Mountain Climber.
The idiots who move up full of **** and vinegar and something to prove. You know the ones, the attitude like "Oh I'm a big man, I can go live in Alaska too where there's bears and moose and I'll be a real badass. I'll show them!"
Everybody ruining the Russian, Kenai, Mat-Su, and Copper Rivers. It's a truly depressing sight.
The idiots who jam up the highway out of Anchorage, parking on the side of the road for miles doing their God-damned sight seeing. Honestly, how stupid can they get? It's because of the moron tourists that that highway is labelled as one of the most dangerous roads in America.
Then the freaks who have the "Get nAKed" stickers on their trucks? Really??
What happened to the times when men were MEN?? THAT passes as "cool"?? Give me a break.
There's a reason that the joke goes "Welcome to Alaska! Please enjoy your visist, and PLEASE don't move here!"
I've often said that I'd love nothing more than to see the population of Alaska go from 500,000 to 5,000. Today, it's more like 600,000 to 6,000.
Anybody else frustrated by all of this?