| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 8/12/2007 2:28:15 PM | I am still new to the site and was wondering? If anyone else up here reads the forum's etc. and make new friends that way.
Or are we so Far North that everyone looks at us as Way out of the grid,
I mean I travel alot in my job and was just wondering how that works.Has anyone else found problems with it | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 9/19/2008 6:55:29 PM | | Are you sassysky from Sitka? If so, we communicated for quite some time last December then I lost contact with you... would like to catch up if that is who you are... | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 10/8/2008 4:28:53 PM |
but how often are any of the forums any good?
Actually I so enjoy the forums I not only enjoy posting in them. But I have learned a lot more about some of the men I have dated. I also have learned a huge amount of stuff I had no clue about living the lifestyle I live.
After nearly a year from me originally posting this, I do think that in alot of ways Alaskan's are out of the so called lower 48 loop.
I have dated several men from the lower 48 and what I have found is that no matter how hard they try they just can't relate to my lifestyle.
I even brought down a home video from hunt camp showing the bears right near camp etc. They couldn't understand why no one was freaking or how we use the herring run to determine that spring is basically here now. That the end of berry season tells us to get ready for deer season. so on and so on | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 10/8/2008 5:06:55 PM | | I am not saying the forums are terrible, but a lot of them just end up bashing each other instead of talking about the topic at hand, or a great topic gets deleted. I bet it is a different lifestyle up there. It would be fun to experiment. | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 10/8/2008 6:11:37 PM | | It's true, Sassy. I am in the lower48 and anytime I mention I am originally from Alaska I get the shocked look and and 1/2 the time the questions which we hear every tourist season. | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 10/19/2008 7:36:46 AM | Truth be told, I think it's because Alaskans actually have a life. They don't have internet friends, they have real, in-person friends. I didn't "see" that while I was living there, but now that I've been transferred to a miserable place, I do. Ah, well. Some call me cranky and I am. Some call me unfeeling and I guess I am a bit. But I am Alaskan.
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 10/21/2008 9:38:13 AM | | Ya know, sadly I have to say the most judgemental people I ever met were in Alaska. So I can understand why many look online to get away from the holier-then thou Alaskans. (At least in S.E.) | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 10/26/2008 11:48:07 AM | | Having listened to your govenor, Sarah Palin, one would have to conclude that Alaskans dont even know where the loop is let alone be outside it. She's not a good advert for you guys. | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 10/27/2008 5:42:09 PM | | Many of us would agree. But keep in mind that the McCampaign has been taken over by others, so what we knew is not what we get. | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 11/7/2008 7:19:23 PM | Interesting topic, but few current Alaskans contribute to this forum. However, a native Alaskan's opinion upon tranplant certainly is valuable. For my part, I have yet to travel to Alaska.
As far as Sarah Palin is concerned, she seems to be getting a bum rap. The campaign and post-election noise seems have many elements of absurdity and sexism, especially in regards to the story about her shopping spree to procure clothes for the campaign. She seems to be receiving a full dose of the Dan Quayle treatment by the secular progressive media. However, I don't believe that people are projecting her media-conceived image onto all Alaskans.
However, the "lower 48" is neither homogeneous or monolithic. Many States or regions have specific cultures or sensibilities, such as New Yorkers (as in NYC), Midwesterners, Texans, or Californians on the "left" coast. I think the perception of being out of the loop could result possibly from issues that result from Alaskan Time relative to Eastern Time, little coverage of Alaska in the news, Alaska's separation from the lower 48 by Canada, and other factors such as Alaska's unique climate, geography, and resources that define it for many as a pristine frontier.
I am not sure whether being out of the loop is such a bad thing. In many ways, Hawaii has the same issues and is at the same time, very different. Hawaiians refer to the "mainland" and recognize that their isolation is both a strength and a weakness. However, the fact remains that the work day is nearly over in the Eastern U.S., when it begins in Hawaii or Alaska.
Finally, I have no idea whether television programs, such as "Northern Exposure" or "Men in Trees" have portrayed the Alaskan lifestyle with any accuracy or authenticity. The Saturday Night Live episode hosted by Sarah Palin also made a mockery of Alaska's culture in the name of comedy and satire. I wonder how this was received? Were Alaskans offended or were they able to laugh at themselves through these media representations of Alaska?
I guess Michigan and Alaska do have something in common in their "hot" female Governors. I think Alaska seems to have gotten the better deal and doubt Alaskans would take Jennifer Grandholm in a trade. | |
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| Are Alaskans on the outside of the Loop
Posted: 11/29/2008 4:25:32 PM | Finally, I have no idea whether television programs, such as "Northern Exposure" or "Men in Trees" have portrayed the Alaskan lifestyle with any accuracy or authenticity.
They don't. Then again, very little on TV portrays accurately whatever lifestyle is being portrayed.
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