The ugliest spot in Juneau...

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Actually, discounting the villages, my very unscientific, very anecdotal observation is that the obesity rate here is waaaay below the parts of the south that I have spent time in.

My preliminary observations have a high ratio of agreement with yours.

-Fox

 

[ppragman]

Stay for the winter.. the Juneau wonder will quickly fade.

As someone from Anchorage, I actually enjoyed the winters. South East is an amazing place to live in the winter.

 

[z987k]

Actually, discounting the villages, my very unscientific, very anecdotal observation is that the obesity rate here is waaaay below the parts of the south that I have spent time in.

You must not be far enough north.

 

[Deleted member 27505]

Walmart, the dump, the junkyard, the jail, and trailer parks...it's like a little slice of the South right here in paradise.

More and more, it's gettin' that the farther North one travels, the farther South one gets...

 

[Deleted member 27505]

As someone from Anchorage, I actually enjoyed the winters. South East is an amazing place to live in the winter.

Alaska winters got NOTHING on the Dakotas, Minnesota, or Northern Wisconsin. That's statistical and my personal experience.

 

[FloridaLarry]

fholbert said:

My wife was born in Juneau in 1956. Her birth certificate says The Territory of Alaska. Boy does that sound old or what?

Frank, a bit of advice from one whose wife has a slightly earlier number.

Never, ever use the word "old" and the word "wife" in the same sentence or paragraph!

 

[ppragman]

Alaska winters got NOTHING on the Dakotas, Minnesota, or Northern Wisconsin. That's statistical and my personal experience.

I beg to differ. Anchorage and South East and Out the Peninsula are pretty mild in terms of temperature, the interior is not.

 

[Roger Roger]

You must not be far enough north.

Maybe so, but I must say I don't feel that I'm missing anything not having spent significant time in Squarebanks or in the Big Village aka Los Anchorage.

 

[z987k]

Maybe so, but I must say I don't feel that I'm missing anything not having spent significant time in Squarebanks or in the Big Village aka Los Anchorage.

I mean the villages north of Squarebanks and such.

 

[Micah Hughes]

I've only been to Alaska once. But it is without question one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. That being said, I still don't think I'd have the guts to stay there over winter.

 

[z987k]

I've only been to Alaska once. But it is without question one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. That being said, I still don't think I'd have the guts to stay there over winter.

All the coastal areas are warmer than the central plains in the winter.

 

[Itchy]

Just saw this and thought of this thread. Beautiful scenery.

 

[alaskadrifter]

Stop talking Alaska up! We don't want this place overrun with yuppies!! Alaska is cold dark and dreary, its 40 below all winter, move along, nothing to see here.

 

[bustinminimums]

Winters are much more easier to bear in Juneau compared to Fairbanks. The cost for heating oil for the cave this winter almost gave me a heart attack.

 

[Roger Roger]

All the coastal areas are warmer than the central plains in the winter.

Yeah, instead of 40 below and clear or ice fog, you get 32 and sideways rain.

 

[Capt. Chaos]

Yeah, instead of 40 below and clear or ice fog, you get 32 and sideways rain.

Ha! And you are in the dry part part of SE.

 

[Roger Roger]

Ha! And you are in the dry part part of SE.

Yeah I still think you guys need an outboards to supplement the Garrett on those Ketchikan days when you can't quite tell if you're in the ocean or it's just raining really hard.

 

[z987k]

Yeah, instead of 40 below and clear or ice fog, you get 32 and sideways rain.

Aside from lots of snow the winter in anc was better than the one in IL where my parents live.

 

[alaskadrifter]

Aside from lots of snow the winter in anc was better than the one in IL where my parents live.

That was an anomaly. There were a number of days where it was colder here in Texas than it was back home.