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#4098558 - 03/29/15 12:00 AM Anyone here from or live in Alaska?  
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I was watching a Nature show and it said during the Summer in Alaska, the sun can be out for as much as 20 hours a day?

How do people function normally and sleep?

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#4098560 - 03/29/15 12:20 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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#4098564 - 03/29/15 12:25 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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Everyone who has lived in Alaska for at least a year gets a check from the State? Regardless of age including children, babies, toddlers, etc? Last year's check per person was over $1,880? When are we moving to Alaska?

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Born and raised there, and all that's true. The money varies from year to year, but if you think about it, a couple grand a year isn't going to change your lifestyle or anything. The lack of state taxes is the better part.

I loved summers as a kid,and I'd stay up until 4:00am and sleep 'til noon and never miss the sun. Of course, the hours of daylight varies as you go through the summer, but on the longest day, the sun won't go completely down, and there's just some twilight for a couple of hours, then it's back up. In Barrow, at the northern tip of the state, the sun is literally up for 24 hours.

Here's a shot of Anchorage I took at 11:00pm or so:



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#4098578 - 03/29/15 01:20 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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Originally Posted By: CG2015
Everyone who has lived in Alaska for at least a year gets a check from the State? Regardless of age including children, babies, toddlers, etc? Last year's check per person was over $1,880? When are we moving to Alaska?


Just remember this part before you head North to Alaska

"The Permanent Fund Dividend is a dividend paid to Alaska residents that have lived within the state for a full calendar year (January 1 – December 31), and intend to remain an Alaska resident indefinitely. This means if residency is taken on January 2, the "calendar year" wouldn't start until next January 1."



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#4098581 - 03/29/15 01:36 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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Then we must move there by December 31st!

#4098582 - 03/29/15 01:36 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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Here's more info on the dividend checks. You can see in the history chart that it's been as low as $331:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund

Also, and I remember this well, the original plan was to split it up according to how long people had been residents of the state, with the idea being that people who've been there longer contributed more to the building the state, and more in taxes, than new residents, but one guy sued and won, making it the same for everyone. Needless to say, he wasn't very popular with a lot of long-time residents.

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/zobel.html


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#4098586 - 03/29/15 01:56 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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There is always an idiot who wants to ruin it for everyone!

#4098594 - 03/29/15 02:23 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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Interesting. I loved the Anchorage trips. I loved leaving to recuperate too.

#4098600 - 03/29/15 02:57 AM Re: Anyone here from or live in Alaska? [Re: CG2015]  
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Interesting.

All bears are property of the State.

If you shoot one to protect yourself, it's not illegal.

But it is illegal if you don't report the killing of the bear to the State and also if you don't immediately skin the bear to preserve the claws, skull, and hide and turn those into the proper authorities.


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