Actually, Wasilla is about fifty miles noth of Anchorage. It's a fair commute by car, and pretty tough in winter.
Actually when you live in a big states like Alaska or Texas, 50 miles still qualifies as suburbs. From her house on Lucille lake it is 44 miles to her Anchorage office, about the same distance as my house to downtown Houston. I live in the suburbs of Houston.
Since her everyday office is in Anchorage, I think I believe my original comments are accurate.