Where I live there are many available transportation services available for those of us without cars:
1) free city bus travel all day Wednesday;
2) $1 for senior citizens to ride city buses;
3) free city bus service for disabled and seniors by AnchorRides by appointment;
4) free bus to grocery and back once a month, for residents at my apartment complex;
5) free VA transportation for military in some cases, which I've never used;
6) taxi service that offers payment by vouchers, which I've never used.

So now that I've sold my car, which has been costly to insure, fuel, and maintain in Alaska's climate, adding up to something like $2K per year, I'm making use of what's available. I seriously suggest that selling your car and taking advantage of other transportation is worth considering. Might even start a car pool with neighbors and/or relatives?

On Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 1:59:44 AM UTC-8, Dim Witte wrote:
> Where I live there are many available transportation services available for those of us without cars:
> 1) free city bus travel all day Wednesday;
> 2) $1 for senior citizens to ride city buses;
> 3) free city bus service for disabled and seniors by AnchorRides by appointment;
> 4) free bus to grocery and back once a month, for residents at my apartment complex;
> 5) free VA transportation for military in some cases, which I've never used;
> 6) taxi service that offers payment by vouchers, which I've never used.
>
> So now that I've sold my car, which has been costly to insure, fuel, and maintain in Alaska's climate, adding up to something like $2K per year, I'm making use of what's available. I seriously suggest that selling your car and taking advantage of other transportation is worth considering. Might even start a car pool with neighbors and/or relatives?

Just checked insurance rate for my--as yet unpurchased--car, a 2005 Nisan Sentra, and the offer at Progressive is over $1,200 for six months. So, over-all, I'm saving between $3,500 and $4,000 a year sans vehicle, which sells on Craigs List for about $3,000.

On Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2:59:44 AM UTC-7, Dim Witte wrote:
> Where I live there are many available transportation services available for those of us without cars:
> 1) free city bus travel all day Wednesday;
> 2) $1 for senior citizens to ride city buses;
> 3) free city bus service for disabled and seniors by AnchorRides by appointment;
> 4) free bus to grocery and back once a month, for residents at my apartment complex;
> 5) free VA transportation for military in some cases, which I've never used;
> 6) taxi service that offers payment by vouchers, which I've never used.
>
> So now that I've sold my car, which has been costly to insure, fuel, and maintain in Alaska's climate, adding up to something like $2K per year, I'm making use of what's available. I seriously suggest that selling your car and taking advantage of other transportation is worth considering. Might even start a car pool with neighbors and/or relatives?

How do you feel about this?:

(Youtube upload):

"Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Alaska."

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 6:12:08 PM UTC-7, wrote:
> On Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2:59:44 AM UTC-7, Dim Witte wrote:
> > Where I live there are many available transportation services available for those of us without cars:
> > 1) free city bus travel all day Wednesday;
> > 2) $1 for senior citizens to ride city buses;
> > 3) free city bus service for disabled and seniors by AnchorRides by appointment;
> > 4) free bus to grocery and back once a month, for residents at my apartment complex;
> > 5) free VA transportation for military in some cases, which I've never used;
> > 6) taxi service that offers payment by vouchers, which I've never used.
> >
> > So now that I've sold my car, which has been costly to insure, fuel, and maintain in Alaska's climate, adding up to something like $2K per year, I'm making use of what's available. I seriously suggest that selling your car and taking advantage of other transportation is worth considering. Might even start a car pool with neighbors and/or relatives?
> How do you feel about this?:
>
> (Youtube upload):
>
> "Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Alaska."

https://news.yahoo.com/people-suffering-food-stamp-woes-133422225.html

On Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 5:12:08 PM UTC-8, gggg gggg wrote:
> On Saturday, April 22, 2023 at 2:59:44 AM UTC-7, Dim Witte wrote:
> > Where I live there are many available transportation services available for those of us without cars:
> > 1) free city bus travel all day Wednesday;
> > 2) $1 for senior citizens to ride city buses;
> > 3) free city bus service for disabled and seniors by AnchorRides by appointment;
> > 4) free bus to grocery and back once a month, for residents at my apartment complex;
> > 5) free VA transportation for military in some cases, which I've never used;
> > 6) taxi service that offers payment by vouchers, which I've never used.
> >
> > So now that I've sold my car, which has been costly to insure, fuel, and maintain in Alaska's climate, adding up to something like $2K per year, I'm making use of what's available. I seriously suggest that selling your car and taking advantage of other transportation is worth considering. Might even start a car pool with neighbors and/or relatives?
> How do you feel about this?:
>
> (Youtube upload):
>
> "Top 10 Reasons NOT to move to Alaska."

Found this list:
Reasons not to move to Alaska

High Cost of Living
Shipping Problems
Substance Abuse Problems
Violent Crimes
Weather
Ratio of Sexes
You might need a car
Gun Friendly
Expensive Airline Tickets
Crazy Wildlife

I agree with the list's implications, it's just that once you come to Alaska it tends to be memorable, and they say that you are likely to return. Some military stationed here decide to stay. Common sentiment is that, in Alaska you get an adrenalin high, and you don't want to leave. I came here in 1976 from Florida, had trouble with the dark and cold winters (1,000 foot stare/cabin sickness), went back and forth between East Coast and Alaska until 1981, then stayed in Alaska, never leaving for 45 years.

Someone should list the reasons FOR moving to Alaska, including availability of jobs, so informally arranged that your interview could be by telephone, as mine was. Or just visit a bar and be offered a job by someone. Alaskans may do subsistence living, have commercial fishing rights, do trapping and mining, and have several bank accounts. but look like high-school drop-outs. I think its the Mother Nature appeal with all the wildlife that gets to you, like seeing Northern Lights, animals up close, sharing with Natives, isolation from Outside.