I think the best part of AK I saw was the Aleutians. They’re frighteningly rugged, like being on a National Geographic program, and the weather is wildly unpredictable. It’s difficult to believe that people survive out there.
-D > On Jan 10, 2020, at 2:27 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I liked the scenery and the fishing. I've done the Inside Passage cruise > quite a few times. All awesome, but don't want to live there. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of dan--- via > Mercedes > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2020 5:27 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: d...@penoff.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - fires > > While I’m no expert, having worked all over AK off and on for eight years, I > contend that anyone who lives and remains there for more than a year has got > some sort of weird affinity for the place. As I’ve stated before, I was told > by more than one of the locals that people who came up from the Lower 48 > either left shortly after their arrival or they stayed forever. That, and > everyone I worked with who were locals other that the indigenous folks always > seemed a little “off kilter”, for a lack of a better description. Nothing you > could put your finger on, just different. > > I never had a desire to stay. While it’s a beautiful place, and I was > privileged to see parts of it that few people ever do, it was depressing for > a number of reasons. > > -D > >> On Jan 9, 2020, at 9:56 PM, Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Fewer people are living here. The annual count (7/18-7/19) reports that for >> the third year in a row the state has lost population. Births are down, >> deaths are rising, the children (18-) are a bit fewer, the 18-64 population >> is lower by 1% (younglings leave) and old people grew by 5% (crazy old white >> professionals with good retirement accounts). Listening to the codgers >> complain about the way it used to be is sort of fun, as they seem to have >> been the pioneers whose families came up homesteading in the depression and >> WWII era. >> >> Talk about cultural appropriation, they think they are native Alaskans. >> Some even wear appropriated fashions. Which I understand are quite warm, >> but remind one of large sunburnt white folk in Hawaiian shirts speaking >> pidgin patois. At least the retired white folk here retain their >> professional grasp of english. >> >> clay >> >> >> >>> On Jan 9, 2020, at 5:18 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Gold or oil ..... or "hermit-ing". >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 8:15 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >>> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Remind me again why humans live in such a place >>>> >>>> --FT >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
