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striped_frog t1_j5gv4ff wrote

Apart from the gorgeous sky, what’s Fairbanks like? It’s probably the most remote American city I’ve ever heard of and I really have no idea what the vibe is like

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MillersMinion t1_j5iik0x wrote

It has amazing Thai food and the Museum of the North is very cool. There’s traffic and the roads are crazy icy right now. Shortly the World Ice Art championship will start and the Quest Dog Sled race soon after. It’s an interesting place.

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1Fresh_Water t1_j5jn5x3 wrote

Did you ever go to Sam's sourdough Cafe? I used to go there all the time as a kid in the early 90s, I saw it closed down recently :(

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LinIsStrong t1_j5jtw64 wrote

Used to go there regularly when I was in town, the building’s been vacant for a few years now.

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SingularBread t1_j5kam5v wrote

I'll have to go there during winter someone.

Alaska is high up on my list of places to visit one day.

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benrow77 t1_j5lddli wrote

I tell everybody that they have to visit Alaska at least twice; one in the winter and one in the middle of summer. The difference is so significant that you cannot say you've experienced Alaska unless you've seen both ends of the spectrum.

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vicemagnet t1_j5igzfx wrote

I visited during monsoon season (August) just to experience it. Downtown has an awesome crepes place, there are several museums like the Ice Museum and the one at the university. You can take a train to Anchorage the goes by Denali IIRC, and you can drive or take a tour bus up to the arctic circle marker. There are a fair number of bars. There’s a military base somewhere in the area based on the number of uniforms I saw in the airport.

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FItzierpi t1_j5j3ub4 wrote

Isn’t Barrow even more remote? There’s even vampires over there

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fuck_off_ireland t1_j5jt3ki wrote

Barrow Utqiagvik is most certainly not a 'city' - Fairbanks barely qualifies as more than a 'town'.

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tropic420 t1_j5hcpk8 wrote

Traffic sucks and there's not a lot to do except drink

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Capable-Software-145 t1_j5syf09 wrote

GI comment lol. There's plenty to do if you're not a boring snob/even moderately adventurous.

Ofc when you're a dumbass GI the only adventures you have is the eventual prison sentence for raping a minor.

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thugdout t1_j5kbqda wrote

There’s a Fred’s (Kroger brand) that has the widest variety of shit you’ll see this side of a middle eastern bazaar. Coolers, jewelry, groceries, clothing, shoes, household goods, and I’m sure other stuff I’m forgetting. Was absolutely amazed at the breadth of goods on offer. Then there was like a game processing place near it that sold smoked meats and sausages that were fucking killer.

All of the city parks are gun ranges (ok maybe not all but def several). Everyone drives Dodge trucks. Guns everywhere. Santa’s workshop next town over in North Pole. Snow on the ground in June.

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