SLIDE: Comment on the culture.
I took an hour walk around town this morning, making a point to walk down Main Street, past federal and state offices, the book store, newspaper office, K-12 school and several churches. Many flags on display. Mostly the Stars and Stripes but many Norwegian and plenty of Alaska state flags.
Not one single rainbow flag anywhere. Checking out the approximately 800 boats in the harbor found the same results. The wind has definitely turned in this small relatively isolated little town.
I also noted that the blue and yellow displays of solidarity with Ukraine have disappeared.
If Alaska wasn’t so cold and far away, and my mortal coil was younger, I’d like to move there.