lol, if i lived in san diego, it would be coronado or encinitas...maybe get some cash and get into la jolla

[Edited on January 20, 2008 at 3:34 AM. Reason : well all those are uber expensive]

1/20/2008 3:33:36 AM

my mom grew up in san diego. and her brother still lives there. im trying to think of the city...

i think its la mesa, east side of san diego

ive been there supposedly twice, but only remember once where there was earthquake in LA, like 93 or 94. pretty fun adventure, since we were staying in Oceanside the morning it struck

[Edited on January 20, 2008 at 3:36 AM. Reason : d]

1/20/2008 3:34:19 AM

nice...i need to drive the 5 before i die

[Edited on January 20, 2008 at 3:36 AM. Reason : yea i love san diego]

1/20/2008 3:36:32 AM

want something different? move to the florida keys

1/20/2008 8:33:12 AM

back to the original question, yes I lived there for 3 years. There are many things that are different up there than in the "lower 48"

for example where we lived we got our nbc/cbs/abc out of denver, no idea why, but that's where they came from, so everything was 2 hours earlier, prime time started at 6PM. It does take things extra time to get up there, add about 2 days on average. Cost of living is much higher, but there is no sales tax and no income tax, and they cut you a check each year for dividends.

When we moved up there we drove, and took our time to get there, we took the ferry system up the panhandle/inner passage which was really neat. Anchorage is a cool ass city with a lot of flavor. I'm a sucker for the smaller towns up there. As for daylight/darkness during the summer months it is mostly daylight, but does get dark a little bit, the opposite is true for the winter, but it is very dependent on where you live.

As for 4wd, most people do have them, but it's a lot different up there, you can get around because the roads are plowed, ice is more of a problem and 4wd doesn't help that at all.

I loved living up there and would drop everything and go back in a heartbeat, and have been looking very hard at doing such.

1/20/2008 9:13:06 AM

I'd live in Hawaii if given the chance.

1/20/2008 10:39:03 AM

^^ interesting

1/20/2008 8:14:51 PM

PM me if you want to know specifics or whatever... I love Alaska with everything I have, it is an awesome place...

1/20/2008 10:02:51 PM

^so how do native alaskans act toward newcomers? are they pretty welcoming? alaska is my #1 state to visit right now, and if i like it as much as i think i will, i'm going to try to move there.

1/20/2008 10:11:48 PM

towards us honkey's huh... haha yeah they are pretty cool about stuff. You also have to realize that there's a difference between "natives" like the aleut indians and the such. They have a lot of rights that the gov't grants them. They are also very much like the native indians in the conus... as in high unemployment, low education, drug and alcohol problems and the like. As for tourists it's like anything else, it's a huge industry now up there.

Shoot I'm going back in Sept to be a tourist! Taking the wife up as she's never been further west of Ft. Wayne, IN!

AK is awesome, but it's either for you or not... there is no middle ground like there is here. My dad hated it up there, my mom and I loved it, it's just one of those things.

It's something that I will always have with me the experiences that I had up there. Granted I lived on an island, but still it had the potential of being very stressful and alcoholism and depression (including suicide) were very rampant... But you make it what you want it to be, there are LOADS of things to do to take your mind of the isolationism of the place. Anchorage is the exception it is like most other cities as far as amenities, and there is a huge AF base there so it's a good mix of people, native alaskans (not indians) and the like.

1/20/2008 10:51:33 PM

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1/20/2008 10:54:08 PM

i heard that in the interior parts, you have to keep your car running in the winter because it is so cold there.

1/20/2008 11:06:16 PM

engine block heaters FTW.... but yeah there are like engine blankets and stuff like that... just depends on what kind of ride you have... also heated garages are pretty common

1/21/2008 6:40:37 AM

Quote :

"raleigh is terrible. wake county as a whole is terrible."

this coming from someone who lives in greensboro, aka, the armpit of NC?

greensboro is horrible.

as for Alaska, that could be cool, but I imagine that the novelty of living there would eventually be what sucked about living there.

1/21/2008 9:29:09 AM

My aunt and uncle live in Petersburg, AK. They moved there in the 70's and they love it. They now own a bed and breakfast, and a whale-watching/fishing boat. When I was younger, they used to try to get me to come up there for the summer but at the time I wasn't into the isolation or having nothing to watch on tv. Now with internet and satellite tv, it seems they aren't as cut off. Also, I think that money that the state gives them each year paid for their 2 kids college tuition....

1/21/2008 10:35:35 AM

You get a check from the Federal Government for living there.

1/21/2008 10:42:13 AM

You can probably buy a cabin there cheap and just live in it a couple months out of the year. I couldn't do it year round and I don't think you could either JB. Bunch of PAC 10 fans up there.

1/21/2008 10:42:18 AM

true, not sure whats worse, Slavs and Polacks or Biffs and Blakes

1/21/2008 10:43:42 AM