Originally Posted by downtownbrown

Less than $400K!? You either have found the best priced home in a decent neighborhood or have low standards for homes and/or personal safety. If you want a "lower 48" house you'll be spending a good deal more than $400K, or you'll adopt the Alaskan ideal that a home just a box you sleep in and spend most of your money on a remote cabin, snow machines, at least one airplane, guns, a boat, good winter gear, good fishing gear, etc. you get the idea. Most of my friends that are truely happy up here have spent more cash on "stuff" than on a house. Alaska is awesome. Anchorage blows. The best part about anchorage is alaska is only 50 miles away.