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Is there a doctor in the town? A hospital? What happens if someone has a medical emergency - you said the only way to Anchorage in winter was by a train that of

Is there a doctor in the town? A hospital? What happens if someone has a medical emergency - you said the only way to Anchorage in winter was by a train that often didn't come daily. I just don't understand how these kinds of towns keep any residents. They seem downright dangerous to live in. In Russia, I can understand it, but these are US citizens who can get a flight down to a whole host of warm, easy towns and get any minimum wage job and still quite easily be better off than before.

davidw 12y ago
There are all kinds of small towns around the west that are pretty isolated. This corner of Oregon has a number of them: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oregon,+USA/@42.8710265,-119.4655591,9z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x54936e7c9b9f6a55:0x7d4c65db7a0bb876 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oregon,+USA/@42.8710265,-1... Some people just like that kind of life. What's odd about the place in the article is that they're all in the same building, which is probably not what most people who want to 'get away from it all' are seeking.
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haroldp 12y ago
Generally speaking, there are some EMTs around. Mostly the same crowd as the volunteer fire department. They get some minor training and they do what they can. For anything big, they just transport you to Anchorage. Back in the day, when I lived there, there was no road, just the railroad. But we had an old Army ambulance that had train wheels that it could deploy to travel to Anchorage on the train tracks. My dad actually took that trip twice IIRC for a heart attack and a stroke (I was pretty young and don't really remember it). These days there is a road. It closes at times, but the cop has the keys, so they can open it for emergencies. But yeah, living in the bush, emergency medical care may be a ways away.
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davidw 12y ago

There are all kinds of small towns around the west that are pretty isolated. This corner of Oregon has a number of them: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oregon,+USA/@42.8710265,-119.4655591,9z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x54936e7c9b9f6a55:0x7d4c65db7a0bb876 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Oregon,+USA/@42.8710265,-1... Some people just like that kind of life. What's odd about the place in the article is that they're all in the same building, which is probably not what most people who want to 'get away from it all' are seeking.

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haroldp 12y ago

Generally speaking, there are some EMTs around. Mostly the same crowd as the volunteer fire department. They get some minor training and they do what they can. For anything big, they just transport you to Anchorage. Back in the day, when I lived there, there was no road, just the railroad. But we had an old Army ambulance that had train wheels that it could deploy to travel to Anchorage on the train tracks. My dad actually took that trip twice IIRC for a heart attack and a stroke (I was pretty young and don't really remember it). These days there is a road. It closes at times, but the cop has the keys, so they can open it for emergencies. But yeah, living in the bush, emergency medical care may be a ways away.

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