I spent a couple weeks there last year and got that sense. Excluding places like Anchorage and Juneau of course; Anchorage surprised me at how normal it was.
The guy bagging groceries at the safeway had a hook hand. I assumed some old fisherman who lost a hand. I understand your difficulty in pinpointing exactly how it's different, but it definitely was.
Everyone in Alaska is.... different. I mean there's Ohio different but Alaska different is special.
I spent a couple weeks there last year and got that sense. Excluding places like Anchorage and Juneau of course; Anchorage surprised me at how normal it was.
The guy bagging groceries at the safeway had a hook hand. I assumed some old fisherman who lost a hand. I understand your difficulty in pinpointing exactly how it's different, but it definitely was.
May I compliment you on your name? My eyesight isn't what it used to be but I think I qualify for at least four of those letters. Perhaps five.