Living In Anchorage Alaska The Dark Side Of Moving To Alaska

What other questions do you have? Did I miss any of the darker parts of living in Anchorage? Post them below!

Full on Gotham, LOL. I would agree though, Alaska has two kinds of people: ones that will literally give you the shirt off your back or people that will steal yours off of you while you are wearing it.

Some clarifications I'd like to make given that I've lived here my entire life and still continue to live here. 1. Barrow, is pronounced like wheel barrow but without the wheel not Bar - row. 2. The winters, you literally only get about a few hours of sunlight. It's dark by 4pm and this goes on until the seasons over which is roughly 5 months of living in darkness. It's tolerable if you love doing winter sports. 3. The summers, the sun never goes down. It's light 24/7 and one of my favorite things about Alaska when summers hit. 4. The cost of living is absolutely ridiculous. Studios, 1-2 bedroom apts start at 1k+ plus utilities. Unless you have roommates or a spouse, you're going to be hella struggling. 5. It's a great place to consider living, IF you're an outdoor person. It's the most common reason why people move up here that I've had encounters with. They love hiking, camping and fishing. 6. The mosquitos, they're really bad when you're around lots of trees or by water. Other than that they're not too bad. I'm 25, born and raised in Alaska.

I love Anchorage. Lived here all my life. Nowhere else I would rather live.

I moved to Alaska about 4 years ago and there's a lot of things I love about this state, but was never able to get used to the social part, I consider myself very social, but don't have many friends here, people in general don't want to hangout. One of the reasons the whole covid thing didn't affect us as much as other states is because people just naturally isolate themselves Lol. That part its been hard even for my husband who was born here. Another thing that I would consider like a dark side of living in Alaska is the seasonal depression, there's something about the long months of darkness and cold that affects everyone emotionally, everyone seems upset or sad at work. People say is all worth it because the summer time is beautiful and it is, absolutely gorgeous, but sooooo short!!!

Born 1958, raised and love it here. Winter can be harsh but also what you make of it. Playground or not. The beauty of this place is amazing.

As a long time Anchorage resident, I was pleasantly surprise by the content of this video. It is quite an accurate description of the place. Best tip for breaking the long dark winter blues, is to plan an escape out of the state, somewhere sunny preferably. Even if it is just for a few days, it does make a big difference.

For me, having short days in the winter is slightly more tolerable than always having light in the summer. I escape with blackout curtains though. Every season brings something good.

Alaska resident since 2016 and I love it here, the information you've given is the absolute truth and those damn mosquitoes in Valdez can be vicious ✌️

Stayed in Anchorage for a couple weeks last year. Loved it. But there does seem to be a rather high homeless population in the city as well

I live in Alaska, and at one point moved down to California for about a year. I was amazed how effectively I woke up with the daylight, I was that sensitive. I was NOT used to how pitch-black it got after sunset as well. It was quite the head trip. Regarding Alaska being “small”. The land is HUGE. The population in contrast is sparse and spread out. Get used to driving cars everywhere, because there is no effective way to get around otherwise. No, public transportation or ride share/taxis/Lyft/Uber is NOT enough to make up for that, nor is it sustainable. The community is your lifeline. Make some friends and keep up with them. You will thank me later.

You may not get the hundreds of thousands of views but your content is always of that quality. I’m sure you’re a busy man but I’m sure glad YouTube is one of your hobbies. I would love to a see a video in December this year on what Christmas and the holidays are like in Alaska

The winters there never got to me. I enjoyed the dark days and most of the time, the colder weather. I never had seasonal depression in Alaska. Born and raised there. I hope to move back soon.

Barrow (BARE-oh) Also, that town is no longer named Barrow, hasn’t been for years.

Thank you for your help and always giving us the truth about Alaska, hopefully soon I'll be a resident of Alaska also, thank you again 😀

I live at about the same latitude in Europe and the darkness is the toughest aspect to endure, especially in late January like now. I haven't seen any sunlight outside of working hours for three months and here it's also much cloudier than Alaska in the winter, we had 12 hours of sunlight in all of December. The cold is easy to handle until it gets to frigid territory like in Fairbanks and infrastructure needs special accommodations to keep working.

For all of you reading these comments I live in Anchorage Alaska and he speaks the truth.

My husband and I have given ourselves a 5 year goal of moving to Alaska and your videos have helped a lot. We live in a large city with a pretty high crime rate so that doesn't really scare us but it has made us prefer not to move to Anchorage. I'm really looking at Juneau or Seward.

His cost of living definitions cover the average before the really bad economy we’re seeing in 2022. I can imagine because of the economic being much worse now the cost of living must be even more tough in Alaska. The cost just to keep warm through the long winters is going to be ridiculous.

I moved to Alaska in the winter of 93, my youngest turned a year old here. She now has a youngest, Finley, Alaska born. We lived out in Ugak Bay kodiak, wild horse's out there. That's where my mare came from. I fell in Love with Alaska. Yes, a dark side to every where, as well as a Light Love and Light for allllllllllllll