[af_vet_rr]

Why? Opportunities & low cost of living.

Felt a lot colder and a lot more isolated in North Dakota. Maybe it was just the wind and flatness overall but it was not that enjoyable.

[Freedom56v2]

We lived in Fargo, so maybe the slightest bit less flat than western part of state.

The people there that made it special as much or more than the jobs that both my husband and I obtained. Folks there were just wonderful.

My son just went there—got full ride to grad school, so North Dakota has been good to us.

Seems Alaska is so far from the lower 48, would be hard to get back to family if I lived there. That said we are looking at possible retirement to Ketchikan because it is far from lower 48....

Have you spent any time there?

[Skooz]

My dad was stationed at Minot when I was 7 - 11 years old.

Excellent place to be a kid. I loved it.

When we moved, I actually cried and vowed to myself that one day I would go back, even just to visit.

Now, almost 40 years later, I have planned the trip and, Lord willing, will be there, just to visit, in mid-October.