I've been to all 50. 49 in the same car. Alaska was the last state. In 89 I drove there from PA in a 79 Mustang Hatchback with 255k miles on it. Spent 3.5 weeks wandering around up there. Even got to see Mount McKinley under the light of a full moon. Good times.
@@sapphirelane1714 The trip or the post? The post was written because he noted that only 2% of people travel to all 50 states. I wonder how many drive to the Continental 49 in the same car? The trip, because I was a traveler and really enjoyed driving that car.
I heard someone from one of those Alaska TV shows say “they’re all there cause they’re not all there.” I thought that was hilarious (and largely true).
Hi Nick, i’m Alaska Native. Alaska is a very very special place. Thank you for documenting your stay here. Bringing the homelessness crisis to the forefront. these people are suffering major in this state
Somedays, I forget how wacky it really is here. There's a smoldering volcano outside my kitchen window. I fly to and from work. There's an adult brown bear just walking down the road. I've driven a bus on the ocean. I've nearly been hit by a C-17 and a boat. So many wacky situations that I don't fully appreciate in the moment.
@AlexandertheGreat99 I work at a fuel terminal on the Aleutian chain. No roads to get there. 2 weeks on/off. Lot of jobs are like that since there aren't enough locals to do it.
As an Englishman working the Alaska season as videographer in 2006 and for Princess Cruises, I fell in love with this state. I grew to love cloud and drizzle, salmon bakes and chicks urinating outdoors. One stand out memory of my contract happened every two weeks of cruising…. When our ship docked in Whittier and we spent an over night at a rag tag, rough and ready Anchor Inn run by a rough n tough landlady called Bev. Besides being in one of the weirdest towns I’ve ever visited, it remains one of the most memorable. Everyone seems to reside in one huge tower block and the port completely shuts down during the winter months as it’s shut off from the rest of the state. While I haven’t watched this video yet Nick I am hoping you visited. Here’s to the memories I have of Alaska, “mostly” good but not at all like the tv series Northern Exposure.
I mean, some of us were born here. And we love it here! Not much could make me leave this amazing state. Born and raised in Anchorage. You just have to know what areas to avoid. No different than any other state.
Hitchhiked to Alaska and back from Iowa, summer of 1973. Was on 6 month delay after high school before entering Marine Corps. Worked on a vegetable farm for Max and Dorothy Sherrod. Max had a 50 pound cabbage entered in the Alaska State Fair at Palmer. Could have been the winter caretaker while they spent the winter in Hawaii and then permanent employee, had I not been on 6 month delay, which I could have gotten out of. Wonder if I would have lived a different life? Flew to Alaska in 1991, to forest fires 90 miles north of Fairbanks. Stayed in Talkeetna 3 weeks on a month’s leave, 1979. Camped in the bush a mile out of town. A guy lent me a double barrel 12 gauge and had me practice unloading and reloading. It was May and the bears were lean and hungry, waiting for the fish. He told me to jump aside if charged and fire broadside. Smoked excellent Colombian Gold with a climber who had just spent 142 days alone on Mt. Hunter. Shortly after, he went solo to climb Denali, and was never seen again.
Hello Alaska! I came here via the US Army in 1978, divorced the Army in 1981, and stayed. My original home state was California, Los Angeles/Compton. Alaska is HOME for me. I have lived in Fairbanks, North Pole, Anchorage, Eagle River near Palmer, and now near Wasilla. I spent almost 13 years in the US government's control, the Army. I have met folks who left the State of Alaska for years but come right back; it is home for many folks.
I can't wait for this. I met a guy here in Georgia as a kid who owned a music store. He told me about his time living out in Alaska. It's been a dream to visit ever since. Feels like the type of place you're free from all the bullshit
@@life_so_hard_i_so_emo I’m sure the main cities are what make up the pollution, as it would with any big city. Alaskas nature looks absolutely stunning.
Alaska is a whole other wild world! It’s pretty amazing! Some hearty folks up there-loads of respect for the women we met along the way-they don’t eff around!❤
The law and justice system does not work in isolated communities. 11.26.20 my 15 year old son was murdered & North Slope Borough police tried to send home the killer same night with no charges. 2BA-20-00405CR Alaska justice system dropped the murder charge & 2 charges of assault with a deadly weapon for a manslaughter plea deal. I told the District Attorney not to do the plea deal multiple times. 3 boys told the killer to stop. The killer had unloaded a shotgun then reloaded it pointing at my sons head multiple times. I still have no closure or peace for the death of my son.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you can find closure somehow. I'm sure your son wouldn't have wanted you to be in pain for so long. The justice system is a joke in general, i lost my best friend, someone murdered him and got away with it as well. But i know he is one of my guardian angels now, i can feel he's at peace and that gives me peace as well.
The beauty of Alaska is it's land. Not the few cities it has. 2.5 times the size of Texas. Alaska has more glaciers than any other state or country in the world. I went to Kenai Fjords National Park to watch glacier calving on a tour boat out of Seward. Seward is beautiful. Also check out Denali National Park. Best wildlife in North America. Drove from Fairbanks along The Alaska Pipeline for 15 hours one way to Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay on The Beaufort Sea. Stopped along Yukon Crossing, The Arctic Circle, Coldfoot all the way to the Arctic Ocean. Alaksa was unforgettably beautiful.
Hey Nick and Kim. I love coming home from work and seeing you posting a new video! I grew up in Washington state and I don’t know much about Alaska. My brother ran a TV station there for a minute back in the 80s and I would record videos on VCR and edit the commercials out and mail him the videos so he could play them on that station. Fun nostalgic fact anyway you guys are awesome. Thank you for sharing the country with us. I really appreciate it. Can I please request that you go back to Washington state? I’d love your take. 🥰
I spent 6 summers in Alaska commercial fishing. Flew into anchorage on a big plane, then to king salmon on a smaller plane, then to pilot point on a bush plane. You wanna see a crazy town? Check out pilot point Alaska. They’re a “damp” county. Can’t sell alcohol, but can bring it in. The natives there will drink the entire handle. We fished out of the Ugashik river
Fun fact Seward Ak was named after William Seward who worked with Abraham Lincoln that signed the Emancipation Proclamation and was the reasoning for buying Alaska!
I lost an older sister he fell down Stone Cold drunk broke her hip. She died in her driveway. I lost a nephew and a snowmobile crash drunk as s***up there
Wow it’s spread even to Alaska!! Although it’s actually spread around the world now, the last 5 years it’s exploded!! Your intro music 😂 so 1970’s midday movie vibe 😂😂 Cheerz Nick & Kim ✌🏼✨🇦🇺
I have a cousin who lives in Alaska, he works at the University of Alaska as a professor of philosophy. And I have another cousin, who is his brother, who is a captain of a fishing boat.
I appreciate your video. I hope in a future video you will also focus on the stable, established, and beautiful areas. It is difficult to get rid of old cars and equipment so they pile up. Everywhere I’ve ever lived there are pockets large and small of poverty. Homelessness and drugs plague all our cities in the whole country. I, like many came here to get away from the hustle and bustle of the lower 48. This is a young state and the fight for the future has just begun. We like to be left alone. This is a place to get lost and to find yourself.
Nick, you're wrong about no pollution. All those broke down vehicles and garbage everywhere is plenty of pollution 😂 Can't wait to start watching you and Kim's Alaska adventures 😊
@@killian6901 I didn't know it was expensive or Alaska even had a homeless problem. How is that possible when unlike my home state Alaska is so desolate?
@@sarahs7489 AK grows the biggest Vegs in the world growing season is 3-4 months. Because of the rich dark volcanic soil and 24 hr day light. They also grow the best pot in the world
A friend of mine is Alaska born and raised, grew up out in the boonies so he knows how to operate every kind of heavy machinery etc. He's even inherited his father's big ol' place. He does NOT want to go back there. He likes California here very much and while he goes back to Alaska for family business from time to time he's told me point-blank that he really likes California.
Some jobs in Alaska are temporary, usually ice road trucking to get stuff between Fairbanks & Prudhoe Bay (ala Ice Road Truckers), or out fishing the Bering Strait (ala Deadliest Catch).
There is a year round gravel road between Fairbanks and Prudhoe. The only ice roads that are built are for oil exploration. Worked in Prudhoe and along the pipeline for 33 years. I’ve driven about 200,000 miles on the Dalton Highway over the years. I’ve also traveled all over the state working doing communications work for a contractor doing work for the FAA.
Wow.All 50 states.I love this channel.I like Nicks narrative skills and how he shows the other not so great side of places he visits.He’s just showing the real problems a lot of Americans are dealing with.Down to earth and real is how I personally would sum up this channel.With some undertones of sarcasm .Lol
Well Nick, you've got me missing The Last Frontier State Alaska already. Anchorage has the breathtaking Chugach Mountains right behind it. We hiked from Chugach State Forest near Eagle River all the way down and over the Ravens Glacier to Girdwood. Girdwood is a worthy destination for a day or two. Mount Alyeska is pretty nice. Alaska is still pretty awesome anyway you cut it. Can't wait to visit again.
alaska is beautiful. but after a while i got kind of numb to it and then the reality of the shitty weather, short (or long) days, cost of living and inconvenience really set in. i was ready to get out and not go back. and anchorage is a real shit hole full of crazy dirt balls.
Just like anywhere, there's some nice areas but some equally bad ones too. Its definitely gotten worse. Drugs have brought the Country to its knees. Thanks Nick
I visited Anchorage last summer, Alaska is a magnificent place, nobody can tell me any different after the things I got to see with my own eyes. Anchorage though is like any city, just keep your wits about you. Chugach range makes it a very pretty city though!!
Thank you, Nick, for your videos. I'm from Finland and I love to watch your fascinating videos from the US. America is such a fascinating country. Have you ever considered filming abroad e.g. in Europe or Asia?
I lived in AK from 2020 through 2023. You have not done it justice. Homeless encampments look the same in NY, Boston and all over the US in various locations. It's a shame you opted to prioritize this as well as other negatives. The AK land is stunning and there are many quaint little locations as well as beautiful homes with stunning views. Ketchikan, Homer, sections of Anchorage, Denali to start with. Eighteen hours of sunlight in the summer with blue skies and beautiful water.
We hardly had any mosquitoes this summer. I’ve been here 45 years and on,y a few times they were real bad. My wife and I haven’t seen anyone in the last 11 days as we are at our remote cabin.
It will break everyone's heart in Alaska to hear this, but Nick can't perform any of his smokin' hot Milli Vanilli remixes up there due to the fact it will melt the polar ice cap and create cataclysmic flooding worldwide.
My husband is a plumber by trade. We were lucky enough to go 2 times on off one on grid . Myers Chuck off grid. Damn what a tough way of living. My husband had to go across the oven in small bout to get a toilet. Their way of plumbing was way different. The hubby almost would do to his ethics. Ketchikan is ok if you go off season. Still it’s a city life that’s super $$$$ . Beautiful land I’ve ever seen. ✨✌️💜
Nick, did you make it up to Denali National Park on your way to Fairbanks? Mount Denali is the tallest in North America. Go on a Brown Bear watching tour. The Alaskan Moose is the largest animal in North America. Makes me want to visit up there again. Alaska is still pretty awesome despite it's few cities it has. Alaska is 2.5 the size of Texas.
Alaksa is okay if you follow the tourist areas but if you venture outside of it you begin to realize just how dirty, run down and over taken by homeless camps. We use to go up there all the time and follow my mom up to ak on her business trips. After the 3rd visit I saw how bad it was up there and wanted no part of it. It's probably no different than the down town area of seattle where the homless people have over taken the streets.
Alaska is a mirror image of scotlands cities, uncanny the similarity of both countires...the challenges are the same..the squalor, the low vibes, even the weather...mind you, i appreciate cold weather, in contrast to our hot fusion sun here in scotland, burning us...sun has changed in uk, also.. And poverty pervades throughout scotlands cities, and some towns, looking like more like a thrud world country...a real hades hell invested hole...do yourself a favour, before travelling here, like we did thinking it was Scotland of the past...nope. It isnt...research, research, research ...dont be hooked in by the holiday magazines, they used to say...we are researching to re locate to a safe beautiful haven.. Before the rioting uk and Scotland collapses...
I live on a island on the panhandle of Alaska. Petersburg is a awesome place to visit. We only have like 2 homeless people. The price of eggs here is 8.00 a dozen and 9.00 for a gallon of milk. We don't have large cruise ships thank God. The tourists destroy the soul of a communities.
Thank you Nick!🌺 I was in Anchorage year 2012. I had a fantastic vacation and I had smoked salmon bagel with cream cheese sooo deli🤤😋 thank you for sharing your adventure in Alaska🤗🌺💐 Stay blessed🙏🙏🌺
It's really sad none of the things u see today was happening in the 70's. I gave birth to my son in Anchorage Alaska I 17 years old and it was during the Viet Nam war. I really never seen any homeless growing up.
Alaska will indeed chew you up, but not in any of the ways you’ll expect. You come in thinking you’ll nearly freeze to death or get attacked by a moose or a bear, but instead you get rained on almost 24/7, nearly get pushed off a mountain, get your tent flooded and filled with slugs, get annoyed by tons of magpies, and become so constipated that you have to literally have to pull feces out of your butthole. And yet, you will still have a (mostly) good time hiking and camping, going down to see the mudflats, making snowballs in the summer. Yes, all of this happened to me last time I was in Alaska.
I have a male cousin from South Carolina who married a military career woman in Alaska, he divorced her after 7 months of marriage because he couldn't deal with the long, cold and dark winters. Even after 10 years, I still tease him about it. LOL. I do plan to visit sometime in the future.
Love the video ❤. My best friend brothers and their families live in Alaska. I was just a little confused when you used the word "Alaskan native." I thought you meant the several indigenous Alaskans .
Love the videos you put out to show how things really are. I bet seeing all these different places and people has formed your reality of how crooked politicians can be.
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I've been to all 50. 49 in the same car. Alaska was the last state. In 89 I drove there from PA in a 79 Mustang Hatchback with 255k miles on it. Spent 3.5 weeks wandering around up there. Even got to see Mount McKinley under the light of a full moon. Good times.
That's awesome.
What was the point in all that?
That must have epic! Imagine how much people spend on high end sprinters to do what you did in an old car. Says a lot.
@@sapphirelane1714 The trip or the post? The post was written because he noted that only 2% of people travel to all 50 states. I wonder how many drive to the Continental 49 in the same car? The trip, because I was a traveler and really enjoyed driving that car.
Wow you were a risk taker to drive an old high mileage car up into some serious rural area.
I heard someone from one of those Alaska TV shows say “they’re all there cause they’re not all there.” I thought that was hilarious (and largely true).
Hi Nick, i’m Alaska Native. Alaska is a very very special place. Thank you for documenting your stay here. Bringing the homelessness crisis to the forefront. these people are suffering major in this state
It’s EveryWhere Now.
В России было лучше! Даже в царской.
Right and right!
It's like this In every major city in the U.S. Especially democratic ones.
Somedays, I forget how wacky it really is here. There's a smoldering volcano outside my kitchen window. I fly to and from work. There's an adult brown bear just walking down the road. I've driven a bus on the ocean. I've nearly been hit by a C-17 and a boat. So many wacky situations that I don't fully appreciate in the moment.
Why do you fly to work? What do you do for a living?
@AlexandertheGreat99 I work at a fuel terminal on the Aleutian chain. No roads to get there. 2 weeks on/off. Lot of jobs are like that since there aren't enough locals to do it.
@@michaelearlgrey Interesting. Thx for your reply!
@@michaelearlgrey good money??? Hiring?? I'm sick of the lower 48
@@yppakcaasi5396 You're welcome.
As an Englishman working the Alaska season as videographer in 2006 and for Princess Cruises, I fell in love with this state. I grew to love cloud and drizzle, salmon bakes and chicks urinating outdoors. One stand out memory of my contract happened every two weeks of cruising…. When our ship docked in Whittier and we spent an over night at a rag tag, rough and ready Anchor Inn run by a rough n tough landlady called Bev. Besides being in one of the weirdest towns I’ve ever visited, it remains one of the most memorable. Everyone seems to reside in one huge tower block and the port completely shuts down during the winter months as it’s shut off from the rest of the state. While I haven’t watched this video yet Nick I am hoping you visited. Here’s to the memories I have of Alaska, “mostly” good but not at all like the tv series Northern Exposure.
You know I saw Whittier!
I mean, some of us were born here. And we love it here! Not much could make me leave this amazing state. Born and raised in Anchorage. You just have to know what areas to avoid. No different than any other state.
Hitchhiked to Alaska and back from Iowa, summer of 1973. Was on 6 month delay after high school before entering Marine Corps. Worked on a vegetable farm for Max and Dorothy Sherrod. Max had a 50 pound cabbage entered in the Alaska State Fair at Palmer. Could have been the winter caretaker while they spent the winter in Hawaii and then permanent employee, had I not been on 6 month delay, which I could have gotten out of. Wonder if I would have lived a different life? Flew to Alaska in 1991, to forest fires 90 miles north of Fairbanks. Stayed in Talkeetna 3 weeks on a month’s leave, 1979. Camped in the bush a mile out of town. A guy lent me a double barrel 12 gauge and had me practice unloading and reloading. It was May and the bears were lean and hungry, waiting for the fish. He told me to jump aside if charged and fire broadside. Smoked excellent Colombian Gold with a climber who had just spent 142 days alone on Mt. Hunter. Shortly after, he went solo to climb Denali, and was never seen again.
Enjoyed the read.
@@werquantum Be careful or you can become a bear fart.
@@scootertrash911 That’s been my credo for years.
Cool you went to Canada but weren't a draft dodger. I bet it was easy without strict border and visa requirements then.
Your life sounds fascinating my friend - why would you want to live another ?
Hello Alaska! I came here via the US Army in 1978, divorced the Army in 1981, and stayed. My original home state was California, Los Angeles/Compton. Alaska is HOME for me. I have lived in Fairbanks, North Pole, Anchorage, Eagle River near Palmer, and now near Wasilla.
I spent almost 13 years in the US government's control, the Army. I have met folks who left the State of Alaska for years but come right back; it is home for many folks.
I can't wait for this. I met a guy here in Georgia as a kid who owned a music store. He told me about his time living out in Alaska. It's been a dream to visit ever since. Feels like the type of place you're free from all the bullshit
Even Alaska!? 😩😭 I always thought Alaska was flawless... pollution free... fresh & clean... pristine...
That sounds more like Montana.
99.9% of Alaska IS flawless and pollution free. Trust.
@@life_so_hard_i_so_emo I’m sure the main cities are what make up the pollution, as it would with any big city. Alaskas nature looks absolutely stunning.
@@danielschmaderer😂😂😂 montana is full of people who live in filthy squalor
99.8% is.
Alaska is a whole other wild world! It’s pretty amazing! Some hearty folks up there-loads of respect for the women we met along the way-they don’t eff around!❤
I love that Alaska is an American state it holds America's beauty better than a lot of other states
@jarenhart1404 Wasn’t it Russian or something originally?
@@ChelseaChfy-ex1po yes but America purchased it in 1867
The law and justice system does not work in isolated communities.
11.26.20 my 15 year old son was murdered & North Slope Borough police tried to send home the killer same night with no charges.
2BA-20-00405CR Alaska justice system dropped the murder charge & 2 charges of assault with a deadly weapon for a manslaughter plea deal. I told the District Attorney not to do the plea deal multiple times. 3 boys told the killer to stop. The killer had unloaded a shotgun then reloaded it pointing at my sons head multiple times.
I still have no closure or peace for the death of my son.
🙏
Sorry for your loss 😢
Heartbreaking 💔 😢
That's Awful.
My Condolences to you and your Family.
A Heart Felt Best Wishes from Montana! M.H.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope you can find closure somehow. I'm sure your son wouldn't have wanted you to be in pain for so long. The justice system is a joke in general, i lost my best friend, someone murdered him and got away with it as well. But i know he is one of my guardian angels now, i can feel he's at peace and that gives me peace as well.
I've been watching your videos forever you've come a long way Nick. Congrats on your success.
Aww thanks for following along! ❤️❤️
Nick you are the Travel Rockstar !
Thank you for all your informational and entertaining content. Love it ❤❤❤
It's like one of those places that's great for about a week before the depression sets in and you want to leave.
Hawaii is that way, too
That’s pretty much most of the US you described lol
@@AKDaHooper-qq9sq I'd rather have the Californian style of depression than the Alaskan one.
This thread is hilarious.
Chicago depression is pretty shitty too
As an Alaskan, yes we're weird and do whatever.
I respect that a lot.
But we love y'all up there wish y'all loved us back down here
As someone who lives in wasilla I love meth
@Human_81 I'm from Wasilla also. And yes, we know you love meth. As long as you keep it to your dry cabin on Pittman no one cares.
I like beer! 😅
Nick, congrats on making it to all fifty states! That is quite the accomplishment!!
The beauty of Alaska is it's land. Not the few cities it has. 2.5 times the size of Texas. Alaska has more glaciers than any other state or country in the world. I went to Kenai Fjords National Park to watch glacier calving on a tour boat out of Seward. Seward is beautiful. Also check out Denali National Park. Best wildlife in North America. Drove from Fairbanks along The Alaska Pipeline for 15 hours one way to Deadhorse/Prudhoe Bay on The Beaufort Sea. Stopped along Yukon Crossing, The Arctic Circle, Coldfoot all the way to the Arctic Ocean. Alaksa was unforgettably beautiful.
I moved from Anchorage in 2022 after 43 1/2 years...I miss it. I go back to visit in the summer, it will always be home.
this is very sad bc it’s such a beautiful state
Whole planet is beautiful without the people.
Nick -vs- the Zombie Apocalypse
Drone shots are awesome. Amazing camera sooooo clear.
Hey Nick and Kim. I love coming home from work and seeing you posting a new video! I grew up in Washington state and I don’t know much about Alaska. My brother ran a TV station there for a minute back in the 80s and I would record videos on VCR and edit the commercials out and mail him the videos so he could play them on that station. Fun nostalgic fact anyway you guys are awesome. Thank you for sharing the country with us. I really appreciate it. Can I please request that you go back to Washington state? I’d love your take. 🥰
We will one day for sure!
Anchorage- Suburb of Seattle.
I've lived in alaska for 3 years. I don't think I'm ever gonna get as close to nature anywhere else.
I’m an Alaskan and what you said was true, but you showed the worst of its neighbors. Which, is very interesting but not the majority.
Alaskan here, too. You're correct, he did show the worst.
I spent 6 summers in Alaska commercial fishing. Flew into anchorage on a big plane, then to king salmon on a smaller plane, then to pilot point on a bush plane. You wanna see a crazy town? Check out pilot point Alaska. They’re a “damp” county. Can’t sell alcohol, but can bring it in. The natives there will drink the entire handle. We fished out of the Ugashik river
Thank you for covering Alaska. I currently live in a remote village in Alaska, and, well, it’s just as you described it plus more. 🤨
Fun fact Seward Ak was named after William Seward who worked with Abraham Lincoln that signed the Emancipation Proclamation and was the reasoning for buying Alaska!
Awesome trailer! I'm looking forward to the this one. Keep up the good work. Thanks from a pacific island
Such a beautiful state! My bucket list still has visiting Alaska on it.
🌈❤️❤️❤️ I freaking love your drone shots Nick 🙏🏼
You should get one they're fun Katie!
I lost an older sister he fell down Stone Cold drunk broke her hip. She died in her driveway. I lost a nephew and a snowmobile crash drunk as s***up there
Wow it’s spread even to Alaska!! Although it’s actually spread around the world now, the last 5 years it’s exploded!! Your intro music 😂 so 1970’s midday movie vibe 😂😂
Cheerz Nick & Kim ✌🏼✨🇦🇺
I have a cousin who lives in Alaska, he works at the University of Alaska as a professor of philosophy. And I have another cousin, who is his brother, who is a captain of a fishing boat.
Out of all the states, I would’ve never pictured Alaska looking like this
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Awesome preview of what is to come for this Alaska Odyssey!
Glad you enjoyed it! And sorry about the trolls last week - the little kids are gone now.
@@NickJohnson Thank God!
I think Alaska, is the most interesting state in the US, to learn about, and see.
As with Western Canada-!!!😉.
I appreciate your video. I hope in a future video you will also focus on the stable, established, and beautiful areas. It is difficult to get rid of old cars and equipment so they pile up. Everywhere I’ve ever lived there are pockets large and small of poverty. Homelessness and drugs plague all our cities in the whole country. I, like many came here to get away from the hustle and bustle of the lower 48. This is a young state and the fight for the future has just begun. We like to be left alone. This is a place to get lost and to find yourself.
🌴🌴🌴 Thank you Nick
I’m looking forward to watching a lot more of Alaska. Blessings,Carlos ✝️🙏❤️😊🇺🇸
Paso!
Crazy to see this in Alaska! Thank you for sharing
End of August is the perfect time to be there. End of tourist season and the beginning of winter,
Breaks my heart to see such a beautiful place runned down like this.
Aside from all of the negative aspects mentioned- it sure is a Beautiful State!
Nick, you're wrong about no pollution. All those broke down vehicles and garbage everywhere is plenty of pollution 😂
Can't wait to start watching you and Kim's Alaska adventures 😊
As a Hawaii citizen we share something in common with these people. We are outcasts to the mainland.
But that's it.
Looks dangerous.
You also share the horrid homeless problem and ridiculous pricing of necessities
@@killian6901 I didn't know it was expensive or Alaska even had a homeless problem. How is that possible when unlike my home state Alaska is so desolate?
We still love y'all on the mainland
Alaska is either feast or famine. Once you get out of Skangorage, you can live cheap. hunt, fish, and grow you own
Some parts of the state look so barren. How do you all grow crops out there? Heated green houses?
@@sarahs7489 AK grows the biggest Vegs in the world growing season is 3-4 months. Because of the rich dark volcanic soil and 24 hr day light. They also grow the best pot in the world
A friend of mine is Alaska born and raised, grew up out in the boonies so he knows how to operate every kind of heavy machinery etc. He's even inherited his father's big ol' place. He does NOT want to go back there. He likes California here very much and while he goes back to Alaska for family business from time to time he's told me point-blank that he really likes California.
Some jobs in Alaska are temporary, usually ice road trucking to get stuff between Fairbanks & Prudhoe Bay (ala Ice Road Truckers), or out fishing the Bering Strait (ala Deadliest Catch).
There is a year round gravel road between Fairbanks and Prudhoe. The only ice roads that are built are for oil exploration. Worked in Prudhoe and along the pipeline for 33 years. I’ve driven about 200,000 miles on the Dalton Highway over the years. I’ve also traveled all over the state working doing communications work for a contractor doing work for the FAA.
Wow.All 50 states.I love this channel.I like Nicks narrative skills and how he shows the other not so great side of places he visits.He’s just showing the real problems a lot of Americans are dealing with.Down to earth and real is how I personally would sum up this channel.With some undertones of sarcasm .Lol
Landscape just reminds me so much of the highlands of Scotland. So similar. I love Alaska, named my cat Alaska 😂
Well Nick, you've got me missing The Last Frontier State Alaska already. Anchorage has the breathtaking Chugach Mountains right behind it. We hiked from Chugach State Forest near Eagle River all the way down and over the Ravens Glacier to Girdwood. Girdwood is a worthy destination for a day or two. Mount Alyeska is pretty nice. Alaska is still pretty awesome anyway you cut it. Can't wait to visit again.
alaska is beautiful. but after a while i got kind of numb to it and then the reality of the shitty weather, short (or long) days, cost of living and inconvenience really set in. i was ready to get out and not go back. and anchorage is a real shit hole full of crazy dirt balls.
Just like anywhere, there's some nice areas but some equally bad ones too. Its definitely gotten worse. Drugs have brought the Country to its knees. Thanks Nick
I visited Anchorage last summer, Alaska is a magnificent place, nobody can tell me any different after the things I got to see with my own eyes. Anchorage though is like any city, just keep your wits about you. Chugach range makes it a very pretty city though!!
Thank you, Nick, for your videos. I'm from Finland and I love to watch your fascinating videos from the US. America is such a fascinating country. Have you ever considered filming abroad e.g. in Europe or Asia?
This to me leaves very little doubt, This is a real Gem Nick
Thanks Paul! And for being a member!
All that trash must atract bears
If you like hunting deer and fishing and a cold béer, you will love Alaska. 😅
Drop ur beer in the river it'll be ice cold in 5 mins
Nick "This place is F'ing wrecked"😂❤
Nick has an awesome way with words!
Nick, I wouldn't live in Alaska unless I was offered a great and majestic house with hundreds of acres of woods and a beautiful wife in it.
Why?
Get the house, skip the wife.
What the hell you want a wife for? Life is too short to deal with crap like that.
@@ItalNico 😂
The homeless would invade your property and settle down in tents
Probably why Jesse Pinkman wanted to move there
Living his new life in Haines.
Another excellent start to a series. So of course I’ll be watching!
Bill yessir!
Nick has such a way w/words!!😂
It’s those long, cold, lonely winters that drive a person to drink.
I live in Worcester, UK but Ive always had a complete fascination with Alaska. Maybe because Im a little weird. ❤
Even with all its issues I still wanna go! The last real frontier ❤
I lived in AK from 2020 through 2023. You have not done it justice. Homeless encampments look the same in NY, Boston and all over the US in various locations. It's a shame you opted to prioritize this as well as other negatives. The AK land is stunning and there are many quaint little locations as well as beautiful homes with stunning views. Ketchikan, Homer, sections of Anchorage, Denali to start with. Eighteen hours of sunlight in the summer with blue skies and beautiful water.
Reeeeeeeeee! Sounds personal miss karen portland
Alaska sounds like the perfect weather for me!🤠 The only problem I’d have there would be The Huge Mosquitoes 🦟! That would be a deal breaker for me!!💯
Plus, it’s too expensive there.
The mosquitoes weren't bad at all actually!
@@NickJohnson That’s super cool! Maybe it’s just in certain parts.
We hardly had any mosquitoes this summer. I’ve been here 45 years and on,y a few times they were real bad. My wife and I haven’t seen anyone in the last 11 days as we are at our remote cabin.
As always, a very well made viddy.
It will break everyone's heart in Alaska to hear this, but Nick can't perform any of his smokin' hot Milli Vanilli remixes up there due to the fact it will melt the polar ice cap and create cataclysmic flooding worldwide.
My husband is a plumber by trade. We were lucky enough to go 2 times on off one on grid . Myers Chuck off grid. Damn what a tough way of living. My husband had to go across the oven in small bout to get a toilet. Their way of plumbing was way different. The hubby almost would do to his ethics. Ketchikan is ok if you go off season. Still it’s a city life that’s super $$$$ . Beautiful land I’ve ever seen. ✨✌️💜
Nick, did you make it up to Denali National Park on your way to Fairbanks? Mount Denali is the tallest in North America. Go on a Brown Bear watching tour. The Alaskan Moose is the largest animal in North America. Makes me want to visit up there again. Alaska is still pretty awesome despite it's few cities it has. Alaska is 2.5 the size of Texas.
I hear it’s breathtaking. I’d LOVE to visit one day.
Just wanted to say Tthank You Nick. Your outlook and your honesty are very refreshing in a PC saturated society.
Yay!
I would have loved to hear the Alaskan natives speak. Beautiful footage! 🏔️ 😍
Oh you will!
Alaksa is okay if you follow the tourist areas but if you venture outside of it you begin to realize just how dirty, run down and over taken by homeless camps. We use to go up there all the time and follow my mom up to ak on her business trips. After the 3rd visit I saw how bad it was up there and wanted no part of it. It's probably no different than the down town area of seattle where the homless people have over taken the streets.
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Love this video. I had a different experience, but its nice to see different perspectives.
Alaska is on my bucket list. It looks so beautiful.
Great vacation adventure Nick, your always fair on your broad cast of places. thanks
Alaska is a mirror image of scotlands cities, uncanny the similarity of both countires...the challenges are the same..the squalor, the low vibes, even the weather...mind you, i appreciate cold weather, in contrast to our hot fusion sun here in scotland, burning us...sun has changed in uk, also..
And poverty pervades throughout scotlands cities, and some towns, looking like more like a thrud world country...a real hades hell invested hole...do yourself a favour, before travelling here, like we did thinking it was Scotland of the past...nope.
It isnt...research, research, research ...dont be hooked in by the holiday magazines, they used to say...we are researching to re locate to a safe beautiful haven..
Before the rioting uk and Scotland collapses...
I live on a island on the panhandle of Alaska. Petersburg is a awesome place to visit. We only have like 2 homeless people. The price of eggs here is 8.00 a dozen and 9.00 for a gallon of milk. We don't have large cruise ships thank God. The tourists destroy the soul of a communities.
Thank you Nick!🌺
I was in Anchorage year 2012. I had a fantastic vacation and I had smoked salmon bagel with cream cheese sooo deli🤤😋 thank you for sharing your adventure in Alaska🤗🌺💐 Stay blessed🙏🙏🌺
I have smoked salmon on my salads everyday. I put up close to 30 pints of smoked canned salmon this summer. Have been doing that for over 45 years.
Now you need to go to every most haunted place in each state!
It's really sad none of the things u see today was happening in the 70's. I gave birth to my son in Anchorage Alaska I 17 years old and it was during the Viet Nam war. I really never seen any homeless growing up.
Awesome rainbow thanks for the video man
Alaska will indeed chew you up, but not in any of the ways you’ll expect. You come in thinking you’ll nearly freeze to death or get attacked by a moose or a bear, but instead you get rained on almost 24/7, nearly get pushed off a mountain, get your tent flooded and filled with slugs, get annoyed by tons of magpies, and become so constipated that you have to literally have to pull feces out of your butthole. And yet, you will still have a (mostly) good time hiking and camping, going down to see the mudflats, making snowballs in the summer. Yes, all of this happened to me last time I was in Alaska.
Thanks nick! You the man
Thank you for showing my state
Hi Nick I see you are still in Alaska. Good to see you. Take care.
How they sleep rough in the winter of alaska ???
Alaska is so beautiful.
I have a male cousin from South Carolina who married a military career woman in Alaska, he divorced her after 7 months of marriage because he couldn't deal with the long, cold and dark winters. Even after 10 years, I still tease him about it. LOL. I do plan to visit sometime in the future.
Being that you have been to all 50 states we need your personal review of each from worst to best!
Love the video ❤. My best friend brothers and their families live in Alaska. I was just a little confused when you used the word "Alaskan native." I thought you meant the several indigenous Alaskans .
Love the videos you put out to show how things really are. I bet seeing all these different places and people has formed your reality of how crooked politicians can be.
I really do enjoy you and your stuff.
Nick, congrats for making it to the 2%! I accomplished that feat back in 2017. Hawaii was my 50th state.
Beautiful, looking forward to the series. Thanks Nick
Makes me cold just watching this.drone shots are awesome
Watching your videos makes me lose all hope in humanity, we are a cancer on the planet...thank you?
I just can’t imagine us making it another 100 or 150 years. There has to be some major change in humanity for us to survive as a species.
@@SMaamri78what is going to be our demise, in your opinion?
@Vortex-8989 our climate is being geo engineered, the problem is the government not the climate