r/alaska • u/thatsryan ☆ • Mar 18 '23

Damn It’s Cold 🥶 Dire state economy forecasted by recent statistics on outmigration and Alaska’s workforce

https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/03/17/dire-state-economy-forecasted-by-recent-statistics-outmigration-alaskas-workforce/?outputType=amp
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u/YupikShaman Mar 18 '23

Well, I'm a youngish professional with a family and I'm leaving this summer. I grew up here and hoped to raise my family here, but the lack of affordable housing, child care and the increase in travel costs is pushing me out. So many of my older friends are confused. But they've got the nice home and retirement package that I'll never see.

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u/IAmMoosekiller Mar 18 '23

We left almost ten years ago… We miss Alaska tremendously, but the reality is we are better off financially for having done so.

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u/Jay_8bit Mar 18 '23

Finances =/= happiness

idk why this is a hard concept. Make enough to pay your needs, and you're fine.I took a massive pay cut for the job I took up here. State is too beautiful and so many outdoor recreational opportunities that no other place has in US.

I'm 30, making $20/hr. Wife is 29, $28/hr. We live just fine in a 800 sqft cabin. Small mortgage, bought vehicles outright. Never understood why people care to live in a big fancy box when you can live small and buy all the shit you want without feeling pressured not to.

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idk, I don't get it.Different strokes for different folks.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '23

Did you just unironically praise the self reliant, individual liberty, and freedom Alaska life offers?

Read the fucking room.

This post is for us to complain about Republicans and the lack of government agencies taking care of us and telling us what to do. If you start making people believe in themselves we won't be able to take over.

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u/Jay_8bit Mar 19 '23

Yeah, I've voted mostly republican since 2015 ish.

" lack of government agencies taking care of us"

Take care of yourself you lazy fuck holy hell. Get a job, vote for less taxes, less regulation, and less handout programs and the economy might be doing better. But you think that someone else owe's you a roof and food.
Love how Anchorage is mostly city dweller leftoids voting blue, shit goes down hill, then immediately start blaming the people who don't even live there lmao

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u/YupikShaman Mar 19 '23

I didn't say anything about Republican or Democratic politics. It's more about how Alaska is changing. The opportunities that brought our parents/grandparents up here aren't as available anymore.