[thackney]

One of the great things about Anchorage is that it less than an hour drive to Alaska.

[commonasdirt]

True....But the traffic sucks all the way to Palmer nowadays

[Chena]

"One of the great things about Anchorage is that it less than an hour drive to Alaska."

As an Alaskan, I completely agree with that statement! We like to say that the best thing about Anchorage is that it's close to Alaska. :)