Railroad Alaska

[Mortblanc]

One must also take into consideration that Alaska is the "last frontier".

To many that means that there would be no law, no restrictions, no enforcement, no one telling you what to do and no one to "bother you", whatever that definition might be.

As a result Alaska turns into the "end of the road" for a lot of "ner-do-wells", drifters, criminals on the run and losers looking for a place where there is no-one to compare their life to normal or successful.

There is also the fact that Alaska is a frontier in the middle of the modern world with ham radio, satellite phones, cell phones, GPS locators and law enforcement agencies equipped with 4wd, snow machines, airplanes and all manner of modern devices. Since they patrol a wide and lonely area with no backup and with few CCTV cameras on them, they take no guff from anyone and will warp our head with a nightstick in a split second or shoot you at the slightest presentation of armed resistance with knife stick or gun.

There is also a population already in the bush which is well armed and not predisposed to take any crap off newcomer wannabes who decide to push other folks around. If you do not fit in with the locals very quickly they will run you out of town, or out of their territory, without hesitation.

I have several friends up there and communicate with them often. Many of those isolated off grid cabins now have solar power and satellite uplinks for internet connection. The wilderness with E-mail!