best place to live in Alaska ?

wolfenzee · #1 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

Next summer I plan to sail to Alaska, ending uo near Homer around the beginning of August. My boat is wood and quite solid, In addition to the two burner propane cook top I will be installing a diesel cook stove/oven and small solid fuel heater between the main and forward cabin (I will be able to carry a couple of bushels ice-cube size teak scraps), the boat will be made ready for an AK winter by when I leave WA in the spring.
I will probably end up in the Homer or Seward area and will be able to cruise around the area to decide where and/or if I will stay, I am leaving return to Port Townsend as an option open.
My question is: does anyone have any opinions about the different places to live up there.

jrd22 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

Hawaii is nice in the winter. Sorry, couldn't help myself. Actually, my son lived in Homer and loved it, great people etc.

John

Stillraining · #3 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

Spent 5 years in Alaska..."Happiness was Alaska in my rear view mirror"..Sorry

I did keep one souvenir....a girl.. now my wife for 22 years...

Go North and concour young man...

welshwind · #4 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

You could ask Sarah (or Tina or whatever her name is).

FarCry · #5 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

Since no one else is giving a serious answer---How about Chena Hot Springs!!!!!

citation34 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

Chena Hot Springs is wonderful; and just outside of Fairbanks about 350 miles from water (Cook Inlet, Anchorage). I lived in Alaska for eight + years (Air Force service) and have been from Valdez and Homer all the way up to Prudoe and it is all great! If you intend to sail, stay south/south east. Valdez is great (no, there isn't oil on the rocks or anywhere else) and Homer is probably better for owning a boat. Hope you like to fish, hunt and enjoy the outdoors! Your boat will spend alot of time on the hard.

Mark

wolfenzee · #7 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

I actually know someone that lives between Chena Hot Springs and Fairbanks, but unless there is some serious polar melting ..........

SailorMitch · #8 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

I hear Wasilla is nice--low taxes, a hockey rink that's a white elephant, lots of bridges to no where. Downside-- not many books in the library.

erps · #9 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

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I hear Wasilla is nice--low taxes, a hockey rink that's a white elephant, lots of bridges to no where. Downside-- not many books in the library.

Don't listen to Mitch, there are plenty of books and they're in very good condition, hardly been used. Okay, that was mean, and I was just kidding.

Stillraining · #10 (**permalink**) 10-08-2008

I hope so...There still taxing me for them....