Moving to Juneau Alaska...anyone offer their advice?

goldcatchman wrote:

Appreciate the warning but I'll be bringing my girlfriend if we decide to go...anyone else with thoughts?

You can make good money with her. women are out numbered about 25 to 1.

Where would you guys be moving from? And how old are you?

What else would you like to know?

" women are out numbered about 25 to 1."

Ummm, do you know the quality of most of the men? Low, no college, many HS dropouts.

Manly Men wrote:

" women are out numbered about 25 to 1."

Ummm, do you know the quality of most of the men? Low, no college, many HS dropouts.

If I had a dollar for every time I heard this in reference to AK men I'd have nice nest egg.

"the odds are good, but the goods are odd"

I lived in Kodiak, year and a half, one winter was enough.

Biggest challenge is cost of medical care, no matter what Obamacare covers now: people in need of anything more than triage care had to be flown to Anchorage or put off surgery until they could be flown to Seattle. Friend who was a commercial fisherman's girl friend popped a baby. He had to file for bankruptcy due to costs. And forget about running the icy roads in winter. sunrise: say 10:30; sunset 2:30.

visited Alaska last year, not Juneau, but I would never- ever live in that state. The only way I'd live there is if I was running away from something or the government made me.

The place has wonderful wild life and wilderness, but everything else is like a trailer park.

Wow. I think the general summary of responses is negative. I was pretty interested in hearing from others experiences. To be honest, I look at a place like Anchorage, and feel that would be more my style. However, the job I'm being offered is in Juneau. It looks like a beautiful place to live. Even if it ended up being for a couple years. The job is good, benefits great, salary good, etc. I'm not too worried about that stuff. I'm just more worried about housing and buying/renting a home.

I appreciate the responses. This has really helped. Keep them coming if you have them. If anyone else has lived there, I would be curious to hear from you. Like I said, that's my biggest concern.

Ooh. Juneau! Personally I could live there.

If you can handle Portland or Seattle weather wise, Juneau is a logical next step. Juneau is a bit isolated. Hopefully you love the outdoors. That should make Juneau more appealing.

People always talk about the cost of living being high in AK. But Fred Meyer does a great job of providing prices the same as the lower 48.

Alaska is a great place. Juneau is not my favorite part of the state, but it's decent place to live. Depends what you like to do with your spare time.

It's rainy.

Don't go with a B of A c/c, as there's no B of A branch in the state. Total pita sometimes.

Anchorage has a bit more going on.

This website has a lot of pro-Juneau information: http://choosejuneau.org