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    Paper Airplane Good lord, I love Ed Norton.

    Holy shit... 3 months ago

    My dad might be moving there (albeit temporarily)! Instant trip to AK!



    Paper Airplane Good lord, I love Ed Norton.

    I'm both. 4 months ago

    Alaska’s unemployment rate, which fell to 8% in April, might not suggest that the state has a great job market. But the state’s urban employers are hungry for educated, skilled workers. Alaska’s tourism industry has been hit but its military bases, hospitals, and oil industry have stayed strong.

    “The probability of getting a job, depending on your qualifications, is probably relatively high here,” says Scott Goldsmith, professor of economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage. “We haven’t been negatively impacted as much as the rest of the country.”

    Goldsmith said it’s possible that out-of-work Californians who have come to Alaska looking for opportunities might be responsible for pushing up the unemployment rate a bit.

    “In some sense, it’s the end of the road,” Goldsmith said. “You tend to get two kinds of people [moving to Alaska]: people running away from something or people looking for something. That ‘something’ historically has been opportunity—and there’s still some of it here.”

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    Live in AK 7 months ago

    My husband and I visited for the first time 9 years ago. Now we live here due to Military purposes. We love it here and so do the kids. It’s a great place to visit. Hope you do too someday!



    Flirt is loving all this PURPLE!!! wonders if there's any purple chocolate?

    Ketchikan, on Revillagigedo Island, is stunningly beautiful 7 months ago

    even on a cloudy, rainy/snowy day. Which is a good thing, since it’s a rain forest and they average more than 150 inches of rain a year there.

    My brother is a great tour guide,

    so we ate at all the best places,

    shopped in the finest stores

    listened to the grooviest music

    talked to lots of fascinating people

    and saw the awesomest of sights.

    Ketchikan is the salmon capital of the world. The Salmon weren’t running in January, but I did manage a sighting (and a taste) of the famous fish.

    The people in Ketchikan are warm (at heart) and friendly

    and I can’t wait to visit again. Though next time, I think I’ll plan my visit for summer.



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    Untitled 8 months ago

    I saw it all.



    Flirt is loving all this PURPLE!!! wonders if there's any purple chocolate?

    Destination: Ketchikan 10 months ago

    My goal (besides visiting my brother), is to see a moose for MOOSE.



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    An awe inspiring spectacle of nature 10 months ago

    My younger brother had visited Alaska when he was in the Navy and he told me if I was going to visit one place, it should be Alaska. So off I went on a cruise from Vancouver, Canada through the Inside Passage visiting Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway.

    Extraordinary people and breathtaking scenery. Killer whales, bald eagles, grizzly bears and sea lions are all in sensational abundance and almost close enough to touch. Majestic mountains tower over the landscape while magnificent glaciers send ice mountains toppling into the sea.

    If I had seen nothing else, the railway trip I took from Skagway to White Pass (the main mountain pass for the Klondike Gold Rush) was worth the trip.

    I feel like I just scratched the surface of this gorgeous area. In due time, I must go back.



    Paper Airplane Good lord, I love Ed Norton.

    Uh oh.... 13 months ago

    I hate Sarah Palin.



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    I've always wanted to go to Alaska 14 months ago

    My aunt and uncle are there on a cruise, RIGHT NOW as I type this! I hope they are having a good time.



    Untitled 15 months ago

    Oh it was an amazing week. Surrounded by absolutely amazing scenery and it wasn’t 100 degrees out either! Very great place.



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