So scenic!
Nuiqsut, about 30 miles from the site.
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Don’t let Lennar Homes see that. “COMING SOON!”
Worth a thousand words.
I’ve been to both. Neither are travel destinations. Barrow may hold the distinction of having the world most expensive municipal water and sewage plants. Be much cheaper to condemn the entire site and disperse the “residents” to other places.
Almost no one related to oil goes to Barrow. Either the fly direct to the camp they are working, or they fly into Deadhorse (Prudhoe).
If you fly into the oil camps they don’t look near as depressing, as they are purpose built and only have worker residents.
The only exception are when the NOAA grip are staying in the oil camps, even though they are doing experiments at the former dew stations.