MIGHT BE MOVING TO ALASKA?!?!?

Question

im in minnesota now. is alaska much different? cause moms getting a new job there and we most likley will move there. so whats it like?

Answer 1

I am from Minnesota too.

It will be a lot smaller. Alaska is one of the biggest states, and has one of the smallest populations. The greater twin cities alone is almost five times its size.

Oh, and a lot more republican there....

Answer 2

I dissagree with April.  There is a lot to do in Alaska!  It is an amazing state, where you will have experiences like nowhere else!

In terms of how different... It definitely depends on what area of Alaska you are moving to.  The interior is very different than Southeast Alaska, for example.  Where is it that you guys might go?

(I am new to this, and not sure how to post another answer!  So I had to "edit" mine...)

As I said, location is key.  Although another person said it gets -50 degrees, that is not entirely true.  I live a little south of Juneau, and the coldest it will get here is 20 or 25.  They are a little misinformed about the daylight thing too... In the summer, it stays light out from really early in the morning (anywhere from 1am to 4am depending on where you are) until late at night (11pm to 1am depending on where you are).  In the winter, it is dark quite a bit.  Where I live it is only light from 10am to 3pm in the winter time.  But farther north it is even more so...

I'm telling you, none of these answers are going to be accurate unless you specify where in AK.  There  is a HUGE difference.

Answer 3

It will cold, boring, lots of fish.....sorry about your luck!  

Answer 4

i am moving to alaska too next year and alaska is different from all the other state. There witners are cold -50 or more and you have 6months of night and 6 months of day so basically what i am saying if it is 11 pm at night it will be daylight still and if its 11am in the morning it will be night you will see what i am saying when you move there and they have alot of snow storm but it is different i just hope i explain it right but yea it is very different.