Wasilla, Alaska
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school costs are misleading - 11/3/2012

The main reason I’m commenting is to point out a glaring error in this website’s data. School funding is not $5,700 per year as this site reports. It is likely double that. Note that Anchorage’s reported figure on this web site is over $10,000 per year, and the Mat-Su Borough’s per-student school spending is certainly not not less than Anchorage. Aside from that the descriptions of Wasilla (including comments) are generally accurate, but I don’t consider Wasilla to be a “rat hole” as one person commented. I’ve lived in the valley for 18 years and on the outskirts of Wasilla for 14. Most folks are nice but some of the children here lack respect for others and can be frustrating. It is common to see young children (some under 10) racing 4-wheelers in the summer and snow machines in the winter. Noise can be irritating in residential areas. Property crime is likely under reported outside city limits because Troopers are spread too thin to effectively follow-up that type of activity and some folks just don’t bother to report. Wildlife can be a mixed blessing. Moose commonly wander thorough residential areas. They are impressive to watch, but often cause damage to fences and shrubbery. Many folks are here because they work in Anchorage but prefer not to live in the big city. The price for that benefit is two hours of commuting per day, and sometimes more in the winter.[more...]

Weather - 8/30/2011

Most people think all of Alaska is cold and allot of it is. But Wasilla area, forty miles from Anchorage and we share a much warmer weather system. Eighty plus some summers and very seldom lower than twenty five below zero. It is worth spending a little time with your computer and investigate these two cities. Be careful that you don't fall in love with Alaska as I did fifty eight years ago. [more...]

The little rathole that was - 6/30/2009

I left that rathole back in the early 1990,s . Don't miss it a bit. Too much rat race and too many people to enjoy anything to do. Back then there were few stores in Wasilly . Most had to go into Anchortown to shop. Can't say as I would ever go there again.[more...]

Winter - 6/5/2008

winter was to long this year. Snow and dark from oct to April and it snowed may too!!! Its June now and the weather is nice and mild with 18 hrs of daylight.[more...]

Alaska isn't for the weak of heart - 2/6/2008

While I have lived here 23 years this May, Alaska is I can say not for the weak of heart. It takes special kinds of people to live here effectivly. First of all any area that you must import everything because the ground is too cold to dig, is in my mind not a place to be. So instead I chose Wasilla, nestled right outside Anchorage this sleepy little town is expanding at a rapid pace. Target blew up the old mall but that's okay because they were overpriced and hardly had any good stores. Now in Alaska we have what all other urban cities have, Gap, Banana Republic, Nordstroms, and TGIFridays. The difference is the prestine but always threatened landscapes, the overly buracracy riden social programs, and the extreme cold. However, the land scape overcomes all and you are either mezmerized or miserable.[more...]