if you're relying on the city transit. you're pretty much limited to Anchorage and Fairbanks. Also Alaska is a red state, so if you're a bit more left leaning.. just be aware...
It’s a totally red state if you’re in places like Chugiak or Peter’s Creek, the Mat-Su Valley or towns like Glennallen and the surrounding area or anywhere off the Parks Hwy north of Wasilla all the way up to Fairbanks. Many of the people are gritty and suspicious of those that aren’t vocal Trump supporters. Anchorage, Eagle River, and Fairbanks are a grey area with the military, many Pacific Islanders and Alaska Natives trying to make a decent living, and many yuppie professionals.
@@moreayf2319 it makes sense. Few people in the bush are non-native unless they work in education, healthcare, or law enforcement. And southeast Alaska is basically an extension of western Washington.
@@alaska_realtor I have been watching your channel for a while.,, I'm a truck driver.,,what about a job for us as a truck driver., I'm also a custom house painter-carpenter-finisher.,,how about those jobs .,is it hard to get a job like that?
Finally! Someone willing to call it out...soo many bs "off grid home steaders"... As an Alaskan myself, im real worried what will come of this "influence".
Living off the land is extremely hard work if you want to live well. You won’t be sitting next to a nice birch or cottonwood fire most of the time just reading a book or enjoying a nice hot beverage. A dry cabin means not only no running water in the wintertime, but also what do do with anything coming out of your body without making a mess everywhere.
As a kid, I can remember living off grid and I had a blast. It lasted for about six months although I had my father, who was the one that took care of me so as a child, I did not worry very much.
Come with money...lots of money. Then stick with Anchorage if you want access to medical and other services and providers. I spent time in Juneau and it was way too limited in services and very closed minded.
I'm interested in going to Alaska for college, but I'm not sure how I'd deal with the cold weather, however the natural beauty, giant national parks, volcanoes, mountains, are all huge draws to me as well lol, so I'm definitely conflicted.
I like it when it gets cold here, but cold for Hawaii is also like 70 degrees as well, so again, not too sure how I'd handle below freezing temperatures lol
That's me. I'm from the deep south where we can hunt barefoot. We have a lot of hurricanes and tornadoes. We have Gator's and snakes year round. We don't have winter clothes. Cold in Alaska is something I have no clue about. I'd like to go hunt but I donno about staying. I'm gritty but I don't know if I'm Alaska gritty.
Anchorage itself is quite mild as to weather. Fairbanks and the interior is where it's cold. I'm originally from Minnesota and have lots of relatives there and the Twin Cities occasionally gets colder than Anchorage. One thing though is that winter is pretty long. Also it can be helpful to take extra vitamin D3 and maybe try a full spectrum light (SAD light) I'd be willing to bet that more people take antidepressants in winter also. Another thing is that Ak has seriously high rates of substance abuse. Alcohol of course and drugs are getting worse and worse.
Please don't come if you have racist views etc , you will get checked super fast and kicked out by people.....I saw it myself happened at Golden Corral in Midtown
I got stuck in Alaska after a divorce and a baby. 18 years later, I'm happy and looking forward to moving out, I get horrible S.A.D. It is REAL and debilitating. The only reason I stayed so long is that I had to provide for my child. Most people here are grumpy during the winter months. I take vitamin D, but it does not help.
Have you tried mega dosing? Tons of eggs because the vit d is absorbed better? Tried UV lamp therapy? I had messed up vit d levels even living in the tropics! I ate 6 eggs a day and mega dosed at 10,000IU of d3 and some k2 for a month. Fixed it right up.
@@florencia2771 Congrats! Me and my wife are finalizing our move into Alaska. Got a job driving trucks on the haul road with a friend of mine. We have been living in the Philippines for the last 6 years, but looking forward to living in a place with more freedom. I dont want to bore you, but living in a country with almost zero human rights during c-19 was rough. Even if the winters are tough having the freedom to homeschool, build what I want, and own a firearm are worth it.
@@secretnewmeta1981 Of course. There are great opportunities in Alaska. It's much better if you come with your family. I got a job here which would have been impossible in another state since I started with zero experience, so definitely there are great opportunities. My comment reflects that every person has their own priorities and personality, therefore everyone will find the right place for them. Best wishes to you.
@@florencia2771What you are going to find where ever you are moving is a lot worse than what you have there, and we throw in Grumpy people for free here.
I’ve lived in NC for about 12/13 years est, I live about 3 hours away from the coast and 2 hours away from mountains. I’m really sick of such mediocre weather… it’s usually 90 degrees in the summer and averages in the 40s for the winter -occasionally- 30s. The most excitement we get in the winter is a frozen bird bath 🙄😂 and 1 to 2 in of sleet (which is no fun plus we have to wait for the roads to be salted.) There’s certainly amazing scenery in North Carolina, but I have to travel for it. Weather and scenery are very mediocre where I live. There’s nothing like North Carolina humidity I’ll tell you that!! I want something new, I want real weather and real scenery…Alaska seems so amazing!
Good information, totally agree with you. I have been in Alaska three times in past 2 years and absolutely love it. Will be moving there soon and I know jobs are not any problem in medical fields.
From my book: MAKE ALASKA GREAT AGAIN by a native born Alaskan that fished king crab 22 years and salmon 74 years. Oil tanker ballast water taken from foreign ports brought foreign bacteria, nematodes and algae that can double in 12 hours destroyed a billion dollar a year shrimp and crab fishery in Kodiak and Cook Inlet that went into the private sector. It took twenty years to destroy the crab and shrimp fisheries. Twenty years of dumping toxic waste plus the city of Anchorage dumping another, ten-millions of gallons of sewage a day into upper Cook Inlet and twenty years of offshore oil wells dumping radioactive drill tailing and drilling mud, the shrimp, crab and clams were exterminated. When I was a young man living in Seldovia I could walk down any beach in the bay wearing hip-boots. There were so many clams that your pants would get wet from them squirting water three feet in the air. You could look down the beach into the sun and see continuous water jets spouting like a fountain. The clams were so big and healthy that they couldn’t close their shells. Now there is nothing. It’s a sad state of affairs when you can’t trust your government to take care of your resources! Shrimp, crab and clams are bivalves. After their eggs hatch the spat must swim to the surface in the spring to feed on the first plankton bloom. When the ecosystem had been altered by contaminates such as bacteria and algae that suck up all the oxygen the plankton dies. The entire ecosystem is poisoned by chemicals, plastics and heavy metals in solution. Add to this a layer of oil on the surface that suffocates zooplankton and you have a recipe for disaster. I believe our food supply was purposely poisoned for the purpose of getting rid of most commercial fishermen so there would be less opposition to future offshore drilling. Practically all the shrimp and crab were exterminated. To add insult to injury the state blamed the depletion of the resource on the fishermen. Many fishermen like myself, lost their boats, wives, houses and everything. My loss totals several million. The state also wanted to get rid of commercial fisherman so they could sell billions of dollars in oil leases in lower Cook Inlet south of Kaligan Island and in Kachemak Bay. They had visions of grandeur making it look like the Gulf of Mexico will oil rigs in every direction from horizon to horizon. The oil companies weren’t interested in dealing with Alaska’s bureaucracy so very few oil leases were sold. Due to state greed the people living in the cities of Homer and Seldovia were cheated out of their livelihood. I was forced to fish further west out of Kodiak and King Cove in order to earn enough to support my family. Being away from home for months at a time and the stress of trying to make a living with an old 70-foot boat Mary M built in 1929 resulted in my divorce. I lost everything, my boat, three-hundred crab pots worth $600 apiece and my house in Halibut Cove. If the State had not destroyed the crab fisheries you would not be reading this right now. When the forty+-year-old pipeline starts springing leaks, the carpet beggars who came here to get rich will scurry away likes rats leaving a singing ship to go back to the hell holes they came out of. People coming to Alaska with the idea of making a living off the land have no idea how hard it is to survive her let alone make a living fishing, trapping and hunting. It takes a mindset that most people would consider insane. Greetings’ fellow enemy Combatants. We have gold in the hills but the government bureaucrats won’t let you mine it. We had clams on the beaches but the government allowed big corporations to kill them with pollution. We had shrimp and crab but government bureaucrats allowed two oil tankers a day for twenty-five years to dump 20-million gallons of ballast water taken from Honolulu, Hawaii, Korea, Japan, and California into Cook Inlet containing bacteria and killer algae that can double in numbers every twelve hours. The tanker ballast water also contained nematodes that eat the inside of crab and shrimp eggs. From, 1960 to 1985 Trillions of different species of bacteria were brought to Alaska that having no natural enemies infected and replaced the natural food chain. All during the 1960’s and 1970’s oil tankers used the same tanks to carry ballast water so there was a foot or more of crude oil or more in the bottom of the ballast tanks. Much oil was dumped into Cook Inlet because powerful pumps loose suction when there is a foot of crude left in the bottom of the tanks. We lost a billion-dollar a year shrimp and crab fishery. Then there was a total of eight oil well blowout in Cook Inlet. One blew natural gas and oil 1,200 feet into the air for one week and simmered down to 500-feet above the rig tower for over a month. Commercial fishermen lost a billion-dollars-a-year shrimp and crab fishery because the government cannot manage the resources. We had trees in the forest but government bureaucrats would rather burn the forests than allow the private sector to cut down a tree. We have to buy all our building material from Canada and other states. They won’t let you build houses and turn trees into lumber. Now the forests are burned and have deep ash pits that are still on fire. We used to have clean air to breathe but government bureaucrats tasked with managing forests allow more than 2000 square miles of forest to burn up each year. Now more than 600 personnel are working on the Swan Lake fire that covers an area of over 264 square miles. The cost of putting out fires in Alaska will be more than 60-million dollars this year. We have to beg some bureaucrat sitting behind a desk for a permit to cut firewood. Then you have to have another government worker come into your home to inspect you stove to see if it meets air quality specifications including particulates that might affect your own health and welfare-this, when the air outside you home is unfit to breathe. Our own government has declared war upon us. Bureaucrats sitting behind desks are not free. They have to sit there for twenty years to get a pension and they hate the private sector because we are free! They relish the power they have over us and want you to grovel at their feet begging for a permit to cut firewood to stay warm in the cold Alaska winter. They don’t want you to grow your own food, raise animals because it might make you less dependent on the government. They sit there for year dreaming up ways to tax or license every human activity. We cannot remain free when there are no more resources left to be harvested. Now the only resource we have left is salmon and that may be gone soon because water from planes and helicopters mixed with fertilizer was sprayed on the 260-square-mile Swan lake fire. When the fall rains come much of that fertilizer will be washed into the Kenai and Skilak Lakes a long with tons of alkali wood ash and carbon. This will raise the PH of the water so that natural foods the young salmon eat may not grow in abundance and foreign algae blooms may take the place of natural foods. On top of that State Fish and Game let an additional million salmon up the Kenai River. What few salmon survive their average weight will be less than five pounds. It’s doubtful that we will have a salmon run ten years from now. What will we do when all the natural resources are gone? Ancient Greece fell when 16% of the population started working for government and there weren’t enough people making and growing things to support the government. Government workers don’t contribute to society they tax and restrict society by creating laws and regulations. Ancient Rome fell when 18% of the population became civil service workers. Constant wars and overspending had significantly lightened imperial coffers, and oppressive taxation and inflation had widened the gap between rich and poor. One in three families in Alaska is receiving a government paycheck from State and Federal agencies and there are too few producers. We now have so many laws and regulations that put people in jail and restrict their activities that government has to fall. The same thing is paying out on a federal level. The Hill: “After eight years of reckless expansion of the federal workforce under Barack Obama, Donald Trump vowed to downsize the wildly growing bureaucracy of Washington. In 2016, he promised to “cut so much your head will spin.” However, during the first two years of his presidency, there has been no significant effort to reduce the bloated federal payrolls. In fact, the federal government is the largest employer in the nation.” The sheer size of our government workforce is alarming …The Hill.. Apr 14, 2019 - The federal government employs nearly 9.1 million workers, comprising nearly 6 percent of total employment in the United States. More people are in prison in the United States per capita than any other nation. It cost money to keep people in prison. www.HankKroll.com
is anchorage the best job market and the easiest place to find work? i like your videos. im seriously thinking of moving threre. i've been in the heat and humidity all my life and most recently for 9 years and still here in thailand and i'm sick of it. any thoughts u have i would appreciate it. thx, pat.
I did live off grid (not the glamorous YT kind) in Edna Bay, and it is work. Constantly maintaining a pair of honda generators, getting water because no catchment system is efficient enough, working on the cabin, and failing miserably to keep marten from breaking in and ransacking the kitchen. And if none of those things, constantly gathering firewood. Theres nothing glamorous about it, don't believe YT or the history channel. And all that while cutting timber for a nearby logging camp. And that didn't even touch on cabin maintenance or hauling out trash. So if you can be 3 places at once, off grid can be an attainable dream 😂
What is it like for black people because I'll be moving there soon. I've purchased 600 acres of land and I don't eat meat and also will be growing my own vegetables and fruits.
I don’t live in Alaska but I’m just gonna guess it matters what type of business. Will the people in Alaska spend money on your product or skill? Will it benefit them if they use or buy whatever your business is about?
I came with a good attitude and enjoy the scenery as well as winter activities even though I hail from the subtropics. I have given it a shot. Truth be told, some Alaskans want to be misanthropic introverts and don’t go out of their way to be friendly and helpful. They will dig you out of a snow ditch but they won’t help you out much more than that. Ugh. Don’t move here if you are prone to mood disorders or depression. There is not much help or support. Don’t move here if you are happy in a crowd.
Off-grid......lol Anyhow, thanks for the great videos. I'm sick of Florida, but I think Alaska maybe too cold. Native Ohioan, so I know cold and snow, but not sure about Alaska cold.
Pretty sure a lot of the utoob "off gridders" live on the hwy system and just shut the lights off......most of these people are fakes! Pay attention to the background in their videos people.
I endure overcast, gloomy Vermont winters, so I can't imagine an Alaska winter; it has zero appeal. Maybe a vacation to see Mt. McKinley from a distance, but New England is as far north on the continent as I'd venture. I can always visit nearby Maine on the cheap, "the poor man's Alaska" as some say. But cheers to all the hardy Alaskans!
I tell you, all the titles about not coming too Alaska etc. is not fitting of trying to actually get people to come to Alaska. I subscribe to you because I love Alaska and plan to buy there, I am not so sure you messages are the way.
Thank you for sharing, Shane, but the reason that I do that is because I want to be able to present a balanced perspective to people prior to them coming up. I have a very low rate of being moving to AK and then moving within a year, and I'd like to think it's partly due to my presenting all the negatives upfront so they're not surprised.
@@alaska_realtor I see your point and I meant no offense. I thought you may want a wider audience and more subs, or are you just making these for people seriously moving within a year? Keep in mind I am only talking about your Titles, not the actual content.
@@cynshane None taken! The channel is really for a more narrow niche, but I can see your point in making the titles more positive to attract more viewers :)
If you hate the term off grid, maybe you shouldn't be a realtor in Alaska. Who do you think is your customers? People coming from the lower 48 are moving their to be self sufficient and off the grid.
@@jasonbourne1596 For a lifestyle that’s more outdoors oriented, with great views and an active lifestyle. There’s a small minority who will move here to be “off grid”, but it’s a sloppy, imprecise term that most people use. What they usually mean is more privacy, more freedom with their lots, and easier access to the outdoors. Very few people are trying to go full Mountain Man lol
@@alaska_realtor You can get all that you mentioned in the lower 48. Sure the privacy is better, but that would actually require you to live a more self sufficient off grid type lifestyle, I mean you aren't getting more privacy in Juno for example, that's for sure. There is a couple of counties near by me where you can build what you want with no permit or nothing just like in Alaska. Really you can live an outdoor lifestyle almost anywhere. But if you've asked your buyers why, and that's big if, and those are theirs reasons, then I wonder where they lived before coming there.
@@jasonbourne1596most anyone who watched some "off grid" influencer and thinks they're moving here to replicate that, is gonna be found froze to death in their cabin come spring time. 99% of that stuff is BS to get you to give them views. Fact is, everyone needs supplies and such, and they cost, so unless you're independently wealthy, you're gonna need employment, which means being close to civilization.
Dude, I just watched two of your videos. I like your attitude, and I think you’re a good content provider. But it sounds to me like anybody who learned something from this video that wasn’t already common sense to them has no Earthly business in Alaska anyway. Of course you need a vehicle. Of course you have to work. Of course you have to have a good attitude going into anything. These are just obvious statements. Are there really people that stupid out there? Oh, wait… 🤦♂️
@@moreayf2319Anchorage is too conservative. Social conservatism is fine but I have a huge issue with Protestant extremism which is a huge problem in Alaska even in Anchorage.
if you're relying on the city transit. you're pretty much limited to Anchorage and Fairbanks. Also Alaska is a red state, so if you're a bit more left leaning.. just be aware...
Agreed, public transit is pretty limiting!
Aren't most alaskans libertarian?
It’s a totally red state if you’re in places like Chugiak or Peter’s Creek, the Mat-Su Valley or towns like Glennallen and the surrounding area or anywhere off the Parks Hwy north of Wasilla all the way up to Fairbanks. Many of the people are gritty and suspicious of those that aren’t vocal Trump supporters. Anchorage, Eagle River, and Fairbanks are a grey area with the military, many Pacific Islanders and Alaska Natives trying to make a decent living, and many yuppie professionals.
@@moreayf2319 it makes sense. Few people in the bush are non-native unless they work in education, healthcare, or law enforcement. And southeast Alaska is basically an extension of western Washington.
@@Vvvg-n5qlibertarian is really a Republican that won't admit being an evil Nazi is all .
I was in Alaska in the 50sloved it. Stationed in Galena by Campion AFB then to NekNek . 87 now so too old to move. Enjoyed your video
Wow, I'm completely different from all those six types, Alaska! Hold on, because you're now my new life goal
Yes!! Me Too😊
So how it's going?
I am a lifelong Alaskan and you nailed it! Great video!
Thank you! :)
@@alaska_realtor I have been watching your channel for a while.,, I'm a truck driver.,,what about a job for us as a truck driver., I'm also a custom house painter-carpenter-finisher.,,how about those jobs .,is it hard to get a job like that?
You know it’s funny I had no doubts in my mind about whether or not I’d be fine bc my friends already live there, but I had to come see this.
One tip of advice, show pictures, scenery and examples based on your story.
Born and raised in Eagle River I live in Washington and I am moving back up in about 6 months😊
Don't forget crazy high prices. 🤠
There's something for that, but for a lot of people AK is actually cheaper compared to where they're coming from =:()
Number 4 is spot on! Don't believe all the videos of folks "living off the land."
YT is soooo saturated with it right now!
@@alaska_realtor TRUE THAT!
Finally! Someone willing to call it out...soo many bs "off grid home steaders"...
As an Alaskan myself, im real worried what will come of this "influence".
Living off the land is extremely hard work if you want to live well. You won’t be sitting next to a nice birch or cottonwood fire most of the time just reading a book or enjoying a nice hot beverage. A dry cabin means not only no running water in the wintertime, but also what do do with anything coming out of your body without making a mess everywhere.
As a kid, I can remember living off grid and I had a blast. It lasted for about six months although I had my father, who was the one that took care of me so as a child, I did not worry very much.
If you dont like being hustled in a captive market and paying WAY more for literally anything.
Come with money...lots of money. Then stick with Anchorage if you want access to medical and other services and providers. I spent time in Juneau and it was way too limited in services and very closed minded.
I should not. But would love to visit.
That's good to know, but visit often!
I'm interested in going to Alaska for college, but I'm not sure how I'd deal with the cold weather, however the natural beauty, giant national parks, volcanoes, mountains, are all huge draws to me as well lol, so I'm definitely conflicted.
I like it when it gets cold here, but cold for Hawaii is also like 70 degrees as well, so again, not too sure how I'd handle below freezing temperatures lol
That's me. I'm from the deep south where we can hunt barefoot. We have a lot of hurricanes and tornadoes. We have Gator's and snakes year round. We don't have winter clothes. Cold in Alaska is something I have no clue about. I'd like to go hunt but I donno about staying. I'm gritty but I don't know if I'm Alaska gritty.
It's not only bitterly cold in winter, there's also under six hours of dim sunlight in Anchorage during the day, even less further north.
You will have a hard time getting there
Anchorage itself is quite mild as to weather. Fairbanks and the interior is where it's cold. I'm originally from Minnesota and have lots of relatives there and the Twin Cities occasionally gets colder than Anchorage. One thing though is that winter is pretty long. Also it can be helpful to take extra vitamin D3 and maybe try a full spectrum light (SAD light) I'd be willing to bet that more people take antidepressants in winter also. Another thing is that Ak has seriously high rates of substance abuse. Alcohol of course and drugs are getting worse and worse.
Dont forget, even a beater with a heater is gonna cost you 5k.
Oh and dont forget the bugs!!
So my dream is over about me having my own cabin in Alaska haha
i plan on working there hunting and fishing too.
Lol a lot of people are going to be shocked!!!!! Lower 48 is crazy 🤣
Where can I get your relocation guide ,,, planning to move up there in 2024
Subscribed as you take some words right outta my mouth! I swear if i hear off grid one more time!
Please don't come if you have racist views etc , you will get checked super fast and kicked out by people.....I saw it myself happened at Golden Corral in Midtown
Racist how? Can I be proud to be white or should I have shame and self-hatred?🙄
I got stuck in Alaska after a divorce and a baby. 18 years later, I'm happy and looking forward to moving out, I get horrible S.A.D. It is REAL and debilitating. The only reason I stayed so long is that I had to provide for my child. Most people here are grumpy during the winter months. I take vitamin D, but it does not help.
Have you tried mega dosing? Tons of eggs because the vit d is absorbed better? Tried UV lamp therapy?
I had messed up vit d levels even living in the tropics! I ate 6 eggs a day and mega dosed at 10,000IU of d3 and some k2 for a month. Fixed it right up.
@@secretnewmeta1981 oh wow. I will be ok, I’m moving out of Alaska in 3 weeks 😃
@@florencia2771 Congrats! Me and my wife are finalizing our move into Alaska. Got a job driving trucks on the haul road with a friend of mine. We have been living in the Philippines for the last 6 years, but looking forward to living in a place with more freedom. I dont want to bore you, but living in a country with almost zero human rights during c-19 was rough. Even if the winters are tough having the freedom to homeschool, build what I want, and own a firearm are worth it.
@@secretnewmeta1981 Of course. There are great opportunities in Alaska. It's much better if you come with your family. I got a job here which would have been impossible in another state since I started with zero experience, so definitely there are great opportunities. My comment reflects that every person has their own priorities and personality, therefore everyone will find the right place for them. Best wishes to you.
@@florencia2771What you are going to find where ever you are moving is a lot worse than what you have there, and we throw in Grumpy people for free here.
I’ve lived in NC for about 12/13 years est, I live about 3 hours away from the coast and 2 hours away from mountains. I’m really sick of such mediocre weather… it’s usually 90 degrees in the summer and averages in the 40s for the winter -occasionally- 30s. The most excitement we get in the winter is a frozen bird bath 🙄😂 and 1 to 2 in of sleet (which is no fun plus we have to wait for the roads to be salted.) There’s certainly amazing scenery in North Carolina, but I have to travel for it. Weather and scenery are very mediocre where I live. There’s nothing like North Carolina humidity I’ll tell you that!! I want something new, I want real weather and real scenery…Alaska seems so amazing!
You must love winter. Alaska is beautiful. But, is very cold.
Good information, totally agree with you.
I have been in Alaska three times in past 2 years and absolutely love it. Will be moving there soon and I know jobs are not any problem in medical fields.
That's awesome! And if you have a job in the medical field, you won't have any trouble finding work! :)
From my book: MAKE ALASKA GREAT AGAIN by a native born Alaskan that fished king crab 22 years and salmon 74 years.
Oil tanker ballast water taken from foreign ports brought foreign bacteria, nematodes and algae that can double in 12 hours destroyed a billion dollar a year shrimp and crab fishery in Kodiak and Cook Inlet that went into the private sector.
It took twenty years to destroy the crab and shrimp fisheries. Twenty years of dumping toxic waste plus the city of Anchorage dumping another, ten-millions of gallons of sewage a day into upper Cook Inlet and twenty years of offshore oil wells dumping radioactive drill tailing and drilling mud, the shrimp, crab and clams were exterminated. When I was a young man living in Seldovia I could walk down any beach in the bay wearing hip-boots. There were so many clams that your pants would get wet from them squirting water three feet in the air. You could look down the beach into the sun and see continuous water jets spouting like a fountain. The clams were so big and healthy that they couldn’t close their shells. Now there is nothing. It’s a sad state of affairs when you can’t trust your government to take care of your resources!
Shrimp, crab and clams are bivalves. After their eggs hatch the spat must swim to the surface in the spring to feed on the first plankton bloom. When the ecosystem had been altered by contaminates such as bacteria and algae that suck up all the oxygen the plankton dies. The entire ecosystem is poisoned by chemicals, plastics and heavy metals in solution. Add to this a layer of oil on the surface that suffocates zooplankton and you have a recipe for disaster. I believe our food supply was purposely poisoned for the purpose of getting rid of most commercial fishermen so there would be less opposition to future offshore drilling. Practically all the shrimp and crab were exterminated. To add insult to injury the state blamed the depletion of the resource on the fishermen. Many fishermen like myself, lost their boats, wives, houses and everything. My loss totals several million.
The state also wanted to get rid of commercial fisherman so they could sell billions of dollars in oil leases in lower Cook Inlet south of Kaligan Island and in Kachemak Bay. They had visions of grandeur making it look like the Gulf of Mexico will oil rigs in every direction from horizon to horizon. The oil companies weren’t interested in dealing with Alaska’s bureaucracy so very few oil leases were sold.
Due to state greed the people living in the cities of Homer and Seldovia were cheated out of their livelihood. I was forced to fish further west out of Kodiak and King Cove in order to earn enough to support my family. Being away from home for months at a time and the stress of trying to make a living with an old 70-foot boat Mary M built in 1929 resulted in my divorce. I lost everything, my boat, three-hundred crab pots worth $600 apiece and my house in Halibut Cove.
If the State had not destroyed the crab fisheries you would not be reading this right now. When the forty+-year-old pipeline starts springing leaks, the carpet beggars who came here to get rich will scurry away likes rats leaving a singing ship to go back to the hell holes they came out of.
People coming to Alaska with the idea of making a living off the land have no idea how hard it is to survive her let alone make a living fishing, trapping and hunting. It takes a mindset that most people would consider insane.
Greetings’ fellow enemy Combatants.
We have gold in the hills but the government bureaucrats won’t let you mine it. We had clams on the beaches but the government allowed big corporations to kill them with pollution. We had shrimp and crab but government bureaucrats allowed two oil tankers a day for twenty-five years to dump 20-million gallons of ballast water taken from Honolulu, Hawaii, Korea, Japan, and California into Cook Inlet containing bacteria and killer algae that can double in numbers every twelve hours. The tanker ballast water also contained nematodes that eat the inside of crab and shrimp eggs. From, 1960 to 1985 Trillions of different species of bacteria were brought to Alaska that having no natural enemies infected and replaced the natural food chain.
All during the 1960’s and 1970’s oil tankers used the same tanks to carry ballast water so there was a foot or more of crude oil or more in the bottom of the ballast tanks. Much oil was dumped into Cook Inlet because powerful pumps loose suction when there is a foot of crude left in the bottom of the tanks. We lost a billion-dollar a year shrimp and crab fishery.
Then there was a total of eight oil well blowout in Cook Inlet. One blew natural gas and oil 1,200 feet into the air for one week and simmered down to 500-feet above the rig tower for over a month. Commercial fishermen lost a billion-dollars-a-year shrimp and crab fishery because the government cannot manage the resources.
We had trees in the forest but government bureaucrats would rather burn the forests than allow the private sector to cut down a tree. We have to buy all our building material from Canada and other states. They won’t let you build houses and turn trees into lumber. Now the forests are burned and have deep ash pits that are still on fire.
We used to have clean air to breathe but government bureaucrats tasked with managing forests allow more than 2000 square miles of forest to burn up each year. Now more than 600 personnel are working on the Swan Lake fire that covers an area of over 264 square miles. The cost of putting out fires in Alaska will be more than 60-million dollars this year.
We have to beg some bureaucrat sitting behind a desk for a permit to cut firewood. Then you have to have another government worker come into your home to inspect you stove to see if it meets air quality specifications including particulates that might affect your own health and welfare-this, when the air outside you home is unfit to breathe. Our own government has declared war upon us.
Bureaucrats sitting behind desks are not free. They have to sit there for twenty years to get a pension and they hate the private sector because we are free! They relish the power they have over us and want you to grovel at their feet begging for a permit to cut firewood to stay warm in the cold Alaska winter. They don’t want you to grow your own food, raise animals because it might make you less dependent on the government. They sit there for year dreaming up ways to tax or license every human activity. We cannot remain free when there are no more resources left to be harvested.
Now the only resource we have left is salmon and that may be gone soon because water from planes and helicopters mixed with fertilizer was sprayed on the 260-square-mile Swan lake fire. When the fall rains come much of that fertilizer will be washed into the Kenai and Skilak Lakes a long with tons of alkali wood ash and carbon. This will raise the PH of the water so that natural foods the young salmon eat may not grow in abundance and foreign algae blooms may take the place of natural foods. On top of that State Fish and Game let an additional million salmon up the Kenai River. What few salmon survive their average weight will be less than five pounds. It’s doubtful that we will have a salmon run ten years from now. What will we do when all the natural resources are gone?
Ancient Greece fell when 16% of the population started working for government and there weren’t enough people making and growing things to support the government. Government workers don’t contribute to society they tax and restrict society by creating laws and regulations.
Ancient Rome fell when 18% of the population became civil service workers. Constant wars and overspending had significantly lightened imperial coffers, and oppressive taxation and inflation had widened the gap between rich and poor. One in three families in Alaska is receiving a government paycheck from State and Federal agencies and there are too few producers. We now have so many laws and regulations that put people in jail and restrict their activities that government has to fall.
The same thing is paying out on a federal level.
The Hill: “After eight years of reckless expansion of the federal workforce under Barack Obama, Donald Trump vowed to downsize the wildly growing bureaucracy of Washington. In 2016, he promised to “cut so much your head will spin.” However, during the first two years of his presidency, there has been no significant effort to reduce the bloated federal payrolls. In fact, the federal government is the largest employer in the nation.”
The sheer size of our government workforce is alarming …The Hill..
Apr 14, 2019 - The federal government employs nearly 9.1 million workers, comprising nearly 6 percent of total employment in the United States. More people are in prison in the United States per capita than any other nation. It cost money to keep people in prison.
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My dream is to move to Alaska and build my own house. But ik the challenges and ik I’ll still need to work
I wanna move up there and work hard but be able to hunt and fish to my hearts content. Do you think I should make the move?
It all depends on where you want to move and how what lifestyle you want, but yes.
is anchorage the best job market and the easiest place to find work? i like your videos. im seriously thinking of moving threre. i've been in the heat and humidity all my life and most recently for 9 years and still here in thailand and i'm sick of it. any thoughts u have i would appreciate it. thx, pat.
I would also add people who are susceptible to depression
I did live off grid (not the glamorous YT kind) in Edna Bay, and it is work. Constantly maintaining a pair of honda generators, getting water because no catchment system is efficient enough, working on the cabin, and failing miserably to keep marten from breaking in and ransacking the kitchen. And if none of those things, constantly gathering firewood. Theres nothing glamorous about it, don't believe YT or the history channel. And all that while cutting timber for a nearby logging camp. And that didn't even touch on cabin maintenance or hauling out trash. So if you can be 3 places at once, off grid can be an attainable dream 😂
Wow, that sounds way more stressful than it's advertised!
What is it like for black people because I'll be moving there soon. I've purchased 600 acres of land and I don't eat meat and also will be growing my own vegetables and fruits.
You better have a lot of money or be as tough as iron or it will break you.
@@TrixBlowhard-jt3qvCan you expand on this? Tough as iron to deal with racism or with the weather and cost of living?
Holy CRAP 6:48 a load Bass thump occurred. Scared the crap out of me. What I get for wearing headset.
What if I go to Alaska for business like if I want to create my own company. Should I do it or shouldn't I????
I don’t live in Alaska but I’m just gonna guess it matters what type of business. Will the people in Alaska spend money on your product or skill? Will it benefit them if they use or buy whatever your business is about?
I came with a good attitude and enjoy the scenery as well as winter activities even though I hail from the subtropics. I have given it a shot. Truth be told, some Alaskans want to be misanthropic introverts and don’t go out of their way to be friendly and helpful. They will dig you out of a snow ditch but they won’t help you out much more than that. Ugh. Don’t move here if you are prone to mood disorders or depression. There is not much help or support. Don’t move here if you are happy in a crowd.
“Off grid” just means you are off of the power grid
should u get a car or a truck?
I hate to work people and the sun I must go to Alaska baby
Transportation is only necessary in the bigger cities. In the bush, no
Hey, AR --- you've got grizzlies & serial killers! What not to like?
Funny episode made me giggle
Senior aots. In Alaska
Off-grid......lol Anyhow, thanks for the great videos. I'm sick of Florida, but I think Alaska maybe too cold. Native Ohioan, so I know cold and snow, but not sure about Alaska cold.
😂 this was a funny episode 💪 CULTURE 🤣
It can really make or break an area! :)
I’m none of these people I think I need to move
Well if you are the junkie type heroin meth then you would fit right in on park avenue in Ketchikan Alaska
“Off grid”
The biggest air quotes you can use lol
Pretty sure a lot of the utoob "off gridders" live on the hwy system and just shut the lights off......most of these people are fakes! Pay attention to the background in their videos people.
Almost Amish??? Mostly medieval??? Nearly nowhere???
gussuk knows who should be on our land, who'd've thunk it
Drugs, alcohol, big time recreation.
To cut to the chase,
P u s s i e s! 😂
I endure overcast, gloomy Vermont winters, so I can't imagine an Alaska winter; it has zero appeal. Maybe a vacation to see Mt. McKinley from a distance, but New England is as far north on the continent as I'd venture. I can always visit nearby Maine on the cheap, "the poor man's Alaska" as some say. But cheers to all the hardy Alaskans!
Don't move here if you're bald. There's no Hair Club for Men.
I tell you, all the titles about not coming too Alaska etc. is not fitting of trying to actually get people to come to Alaska. I subscribe to you because I love Alaska and plan to buy there, I am not so sure you messages are the way.
Thank you for sharing, Shane, but the reason that I do that is because I want to be able to present a balanced perspective to people prior to them coming up. I have a very low rate of being moving to AK and then moving within a year, and I'd like to think it's partly due to my presenting all the negatives upfront so they're not surprised.
@@alaska_realtor I see your point and I meant no offense. I thought you may want a wider audience and more subs, or are you just making these for people seriously moving within a year? Keep in mind I am only talking about your Titles, not the actual content.
@@cynshane None taken! The channel is really for a more narrow niche, but I can see your point in making the titles more positive to attract more viewers :)
Damn . Man I want alaska to help with some money cuz I wanna live there for real 😩
#2 So Leftist dont need to move there!
If you hate the term off grid, maybe you shouldn't be a realtor in Alaska. Who do you think is your customers? People coming from the lower 48 are moving their to be self sufficient and off the grid.
No, the vast majority are not moving to AK to live off grid.
@@alaska_realtor Why are they moving there then?
@@jasonbourne1596 For a lifestyle that’s more outdoors oriented, with great views and an active lifestyle. There’s a small minority who will move here to be “off grid”, but it’s a sloppy, imprecise term that most people use. What they usually mean is more privacy, more freedom with their lots, and easier access to the outdoors. Very few people are trying to go full Mountain Man lol
@@alaska_realtor You can get all that you mentioned in the lower 48. Sure the privacy is better, but that would actually require you to live a more self sufficient off grid type lifestyle, I mean you aren't getting more privacy in Juno for example, that's for sure.
There is a couple of counties near by me where you can build what you want with no permit or nothing just like in Alaska.
Really you can live an outdoor lifestyle almost anywhere.
But if you've asked your buyers why, and that's big if, and those are theirs reasons, then I wonder where they lived before coming there.
@@jasonbourne1596most anyone who watched some "off grid" influencer and thinks they're moving here to replicate that, is gonna be found froze to death in their cabin come spring time. 99% of that stuff is BS to get you to give them views. Fact is, everyone needs supplies and such, and they cost, so unless you're independently wealthy, you're gonna need employment, which means being close to civilization.
Dude, I just watched two of your videos. I like your attitude, and I think you’re a good content provider. But it sounds to me like anybody who learned something from this video that wasn’t already common sense to them has no Earthly business in Alaska anyway. Of course you need a vehicle. Of course you have to work. Of course you have to have a good attitude going into anything. These are just obvious statements. Are there really people that stupid out there? Oh, wait… 🤦♂️
Alaska is too small and conservative.
Too small? Take a long look at a map.😂
Alaska is the biggest state in the entire freaking country. It's scaled down to fit on a map but is actually more than twice the size of Texas.
@@vickimeyers2672 In terms of population
@@arturohull14161That's the whole point. How many idiots do you need around you? Stay in the city.
@@moreayf2319Anchorage is too conservative. Social conservatism is fine but I have a huge issue with Protestant extremism which is a huge problem in Alaska even in Anchorage.
this guy is so passive-aggressive, condescending. like its not a flex to have 9 months of winter, or to be able to deal with it