Just back from that Hellhole. I can see why. It runs on Federal handouts and Oil.
You fell through a wormhole to an alternate universe — one where Alaska is a hellhole, rather than the paradise it is in this universe.
AK is beautiful, but there are some places look like the poor parts of Appalachia or the rural South. The combination of its location and restrictions placed on developing its natural resources have made it more like a colony than a state.
Alaska has always been a welfare state.