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I want to funnel my Bay Area salary into some land out in Alaska for family retreats and off periods in between work. How is it living out there?
by bm1362 9y ago
I want to funnel my Bay Area salary into some land out in Alaska for family retreats and off periods in between work.
How is it living out there?
- xenihn 9y agoNot Bay Area, but I'm also interested. Where/how do you start looking?
- japhyr 9y agoHere in Sitka, land is really expensive because most of the flat and easily buildable land has already been claimed and developed. That's contributing to the seriousness of the landslide threat. There's an interesting project going on outside of Valdez. A couple people are setting up to do their tech work up here. They call themselves Geeks in the Woods [0]; I haven't followed their work other than keeping an eye on their instagram account [1]. I've often thought of trying to host a tech gathering up here at some point in the future. It's a great location for doing good tech focused work, and then disconnecting fully to regain perspective, then going back to your tech work. It's a great place for remote work, there's just very little networking with others in tech here. As for a really specific answer to your question, Alaska is so varied that you have to ask about a specific part of the state. Any particular area you're interested in? [0] https://www.geekwire.com/2017/drop-tune-seattle-mobile-analytics-companys-founders-set-tech-outpost-alaska/ https://www.geekwire.com/2017/drop-tune-seattle-mobile-analy... [1] https://www.instagram.com/geeksinthewoods/ https://www.instagram.com/geeksinthewoods/
- sethrin 9y agoWhat exactly does it mean to set up a "tech hub" of two people, in a town of 4000, in rural Alaska? I'm not sure I get the core concept there. Full disclosure: I was born and raised in Valdez.