Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska I am thinking of moving to Alaska. What will i need?

You do know that they sell all that [bleep] in AK right?

Most important thing to bring is cash, and lots of it. After living in Alaska for over 35 years I became used to the high prices and thought of them as normal. Since moving out in April of this year the realization of how high the prices were has finally sunk in and I am still amazed at how much less everything is in most lower 48 states costs.
Land prices in Alaska are simply nuts.
Auto insurance, fuel, utilities, house prices, food, you name it. All are much cheaper down here.

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You might want to decide what area your going to move to first,and what kind of wood your going to burn or have access to.

But I am finding that things are cheaper here in Colorado. You just have the transport problem once most items are acquired. Land is still costly unless your farther out in Alaska.

Are you new here, or have you simply failed to read the previous posts in this thread?

Alaska is more expensive largely because of the transportation problem. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you'll still need to transport anything you have or get from Colorado. I hope you've done your homework on that.



There are reasons why land is less expensive in some parts. There can be some good deals, but....refer to my previous comment. And if it isn't that, there are almost always other reasons for an apparent good deal. Alaska has ways to collect payment. (That doesn't mean it's a bad thing, just that you have to be prepared to mortgage something. It has occurred to me that I might be trading some quantity of life for the quality we have. I'm fine with that; not all people may feel the same way.)

"Quantity of life"???

Perhaps a better word is "expanse" ? We have no opera, theatre, roller-rinks, Chucky Cheeze for the kids, etc. out here in the villages. But there are other aspects taking up those time niches. If you can pry them away from the Internet and i-phone texting...

Village, and even more so, "bush" lives seem to be pretty well filled up where we don't have time to do all the things we want to do as often as we might wish....

Kids anywhere, of course, ""have nothing to do"..... They "need" skate-board parkss, "fun-Fridays", etc. etc.

Funny, growing up in rural NoDak, in a small town, working farms in the summer from the time I was 13, I never seemed to have that problem.. In my spare time, however limited, I tried to drown myself mesing around in the Missouri River, or hunting the breaks in blizzards....

At 65, living the life I have chosen, I still don't "have nothing to do". Except maybe this...

You make a very good point. Quantity of living really has very little to do with the dates posted on one's headstone.

The more crap you have, the harder it is to move. The best advice for moving to AK is to sell as much stuff as possible, gather up as much cash as possible, and spend a year or two figuring out the state before you settle in your ideal spot. Then you'll have the cash on hand for the gear that is best for that spot.

Sure gear is slightly more expensive up here, but you can burn up some funds shipping, storing and shipping that gear again.

It's way to easy to get encumbered with the "gotta have it" crap and end up not enjoying the state as much as if you weren't so weighed down by that stuff.

I have a 8emi truck to load everything into. You only need to bring the big items with you like snow mobiles, quads, and truck.

If you haven't already, check out the Alaska Outdoors directory forums...

http://forums.outdoorsdirectory.com/forumdisplay.php/99-Alaska-Living

In reality all you need is lots of money, since the cost of living up here is one of the highest in the nation. But if you have the money you can make your wishes come true

Do you even have any idea what you're getting into? Or are you just hoping to get into something you have romaticized? Never mind. Carry on.

if you doubt transportation costs, check out say 50 pounds UPS...to a friends house from Texas its almost 400 bucks....

from what I"ve read, you have no business attempting a move. But thats just IMHO.

Ummm, if you have ask, I would recommend you stay put. Alaska has produced many a trail of tears.

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Those guys have GREAT "Leaving Alaska" garage sales!!!!!!!!!

You guys back off now. I have my eye on that belt-fed semi-auto .458 Mag.

You can go for the bear bells tho.

Sometimes in a forum like this you can find "specialty items". Items developed by the people which live in the area. You will not find these items any where else.

You won't need a tractor/trailor in most parts you describe your desire for up here. A big liquid-cooled, paddle-tracked snowmachine might also be unneeded, even undesirable. A good "trailer" can be very handy however. (High-marking isn't recommended with such a setup.)