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[–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m thinking we set up our cooperative farm/compound in Anchorage. It’s gorgeous, and one of the places least likely to be affected by climate change disasters.

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  • [–] -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You have no idea the temptation I have to do just that. A satellite connection and a remote job for income and I'd be good. A family member is up in Alaska already, he's got a plot of land with a natural gas deposit that wasn't large enough or near enough to a populated area for the US gov to care about. So they've got it tapped and have a pretty ideal setup. They bought my grandfather's tractor a while ago an old restored 1912 John Deere.

    I do enjoy the comforts of living near everything. I'm not sure I could give up having 100s of restaurants to choose from and a dozen or more grocery stores in a 10 mile radius. Or the specialty delis, high speed gigabit, and other comforts of civilization.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    One of my peers works in a very remote area of BC (Americans: BC is in another country and it borders Alaska's south tip) in unionized IT via starlink. Think: the major highway going past it is two-lane.

    • quiet
    • hard work
    • no commute
    • land
    • pension (50% fo life after 25)
    • biking
    • hiking
    • backyard camping is camping

    But:

    • fucking prepper tourists
    • sometimes the power dumps
    • you wanna see what's outside before going out to the garage.

    Remember: nature doesn't care about you and we've only been pissing her off for 50 years.

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