Biggest thing is my costs are way down. NO TAXES at all, not even property taxes here, unorganized borough, no real govt or cops or regulations, permits, zoning, or comp planning, or cell towers, or places to spend all the money you won't have at. Cheapest place I have ever found and also gold in most our creeks. ounce a day with small dredge is average.
It's not how much you make, its how much you spend that matters.
I luv rural Alaska for it's freedom, space, and miles upon miles of open country without any people or congestion. I couldn't ever live back east in west Pa where I came from ever again. Heck I was spring duck hunting tonight, ducks by the hundreds. People live with the seasons up here and minus 60 is a small price to pay for peace of mind & happiness. Ring of fire? THis guy doesn't have a clue, more worried about big burns 30X40 miles across.
Shhh!
You are suppose to tell about the -65 temperatures and the 7 months of winter! Keep on talking about Alaska and even more refugees will try to drive here!
But realistically Alaska IS a safe if not the safest place in America to be should such events like Yellowstone erupting, illegal immigrant invasions, terrorism or political dangers.
The interior of Alaska nobody gives a dam about. But the natural resources are outrageously abundant, provided a person can live with that mindset.
No netflix, no cable TV, no phone lines, gas lines, hardly any real roads. Gun laws? Hardly any. Cost of living? Extremely high in the big city and living like you would in the lower 48,in the interior its a different story, chop down your own trees for a log house, mortar your own fireplace, harvest local game, grow foods VERY quickly and then you have this natural barrier against the outside of sheer distance and of course the weather and in most respects Alaska is a natural fortress.
Preach it brother! :-)