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07-06-2019, 09:48 PM
#22
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Originally Posted by TallFlyer
If you’ve ever lived west of Anchorage, calling Juneau “off the road” is pretty freaking hilarious.
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07-06-2019, 09:49 PM
#23
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Originally Posted by TallFlyer
If you’ve ever lived west of Anchorage, calling Juneau “off the road” is pretty freaking hilarious.
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07-07-2019, 07:41 PM
#24
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Originally Posted by Toddzilla
I mean, it is. Hell, it's easier to get out of Bethel than it is Juneau in the winter. If you're born and raised in Juneau it's great, but it can be tough getting out reliably if you need to head outside for a family emergency 2500 miles away.
07-07-2019, 07:45 PM
#25
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Originally Posted by juglord420
No it's not. It literally is off the road system. But I'd love to hear your reasoning.
07-08-2019, 12:30 AM
#26
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Originally Posted by TallFlyer
When the wrong volcano goes off you've just described all of AK. Living in AK (I did it for 8 years) rquires a certain amount of sacrifice if you're not from there. Back in the day when I was young and broke with no JS privileges I went far longer than I should have not seeing any family. Just comes with the territory.
07-08-2019, 08:18 AM
#28
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Originally Posted by TallFlyer
You've obviously never been shopping at an AC Store.
You seem confused about the difference between "off the road" and "bush town". Nobody is arguing that JNU is as podunk as like Bethel or St. Mary's. But it's still off the road system and features many of the same annoyances.
07-08-2019, 08:55 AM
#29
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Originally Posted by juglord420
I literally work somewhere right now where the only stores are AC. Hell that's been the case for 4 of the last 5 years.
You seem confused about the difference between "off the road" and "bush town". Nobody is arguing that JNU is as podunk as like Bethel or St. Mary's. But it's still off the road system and features many of the same annoyances.
You seem confused about the difference between "off the road" and "bush town". Nobody is arguing that JNU is as podunk as like Bethel or St. Mary's. But it's still off the road system and features many of the same annoyances.
And I've never heard anything called "bush town" when I was up there. If you want to say "the bush," that's the more common usage, unless you're talking about "The Bush Company," then that's a whole other animal......
07-08-2019, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by TallFlyer
Really not confused about it at all, but having spent a year there, I just think that telling someone looking into a seasonal job in JNU that they really need to be concerned about the fact that you can't drive out is wildly overstating the difficulties of life in JNU.
And I've never heard anything called "bush town" when I was up there. If you want to say "the bush," that's the more common usage, unless you're talking about "The Bush Company," then that's a whole other animal......
And I've never heard anything called "bush town" when I was up there. If you want to say "the bush," that's the more common usage, unless you're talking about "The Bush Company," then that's a whole other animal......
Difference being you can go off the road system many places for two weeks at a time and then have two weeks off and live basically anywhere. That's my preference. Working these jobs you're basically at work all the time anyway, so the lack of amenities doesn't really bother me.
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