I Lived in Whittier, Alaska: A Town Under One Roof | INDIE ALASKA

[@indiealaska]

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[@crazykristi7687]

I lived there from 78-82 and went to that same school! Actually it wasn’t built yet when I started Kindergarten, so we met in classrooms on the first floor of Begich Towers. My dad actually was part of the crew that built the school!

[@olgabushak2942]

Why do people live there? How do they survive the winter?

[@Baillie.]

@@olgabushak2942the same way everyone does? Heating 😂😂😂

[@Betchawonder22]

What do people do for a living there?

[@arminhatic1151]

Fishing​@@Betchawonder22

[@mrsvirgi47]

I am in awe of how the people get along together. While in some places where people homes are 100 feet or more from their neighbors don’t get along. Neither is their a since of community. The word community is just a word for them.

[@indiealaska]

Community always has a special definition here in Alaska :)

[@POSSUM_chowg]

I was in Whittier for a while as a trail-building volunteer. It rained almost non-stop, but I’d recommend a visit to the Wild Catch Cafe, their salmon is really good.

[@thrillcker68]

It’s a small town people are different in small towns. You need each other people help each other more. People borrow things from each other…I miss living in a small town.

[@indiealaska]

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[@lelk1063]

thats me in white ts with Jericho on the grey tundra truck and both shoreside workers Jason and Big Ben

[@indiealaska]

So glad that you found yourself in our video!

[@aweecuntfromliverpool3193]

How much is rent? I'm considering moving to Whittier from Seattle and working from a computer

[@janewescombe426]

Why does the tunnel close? Why can't it stay open?

[@indiealaska]

Too expensive to staff it 24/7/365

[@janewescombe426]

@@indiealaska Ahh, ok... Another question - why does it need to be staffed?😁

[@guymorris6596]

@@janewescombe426 To help manage traffic flow because the direction changes every thirty minutes and the tunnel closes at 10:30 pm. Then if there's a rock slide or some similar issue then the tunnel might be closed longer for safety concerns.

[@janewescombe426]

@@guymorris6596 Great, thenks for the info!

[@babyboyy207]

Yeah that's weird why build it for only one lane of traffic

[@austinellis9290]

Lived in Whittier long enough to never go back again. We were shown so much hatred in that little town. It was a beautiful place to take pictures but a terrible place to raise a family. The BTI that we lived in is very old and outdated, each floor has its own smell and the tunnel that goes to and from the school is covered in mold and mildew. Both of my parents worked for the city and because they didn’t want to follow in the city’s corrupt ways, we were basically shunned from the town. I experienced so much hate as a teenager from grown adults and from their children. Go to Whittier and visit, but don’t stay.

[@cydnicolquitt3429]

I have so many questions. It's so interesting.

[@ShogunZIlla]

Must be hard to call in sick to your job if you live in this building!

[@indiealaska]

Ha! Don't tell the employers!

[@jessicalist7916]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ShellymanStudios]

LMFAO!

[@Uprightfossil]

If you’re sick it doesn’t matter. You stay in your apartment till you feel better

[@allabilitieshomestead]

It’s been 27 years since I lived in Alaska and I’m now in a wheelchair, we’re the building’s wheelchair accessible?

[@indiealaska]

There are wheelchair ramps and an elevator! But accessibility can be hard on sidewalks sometimes during bad winter weather.

[@brendaomusi2993]

How’s the plumbing

[@qqqese9402]

Is it easy for ppl to get a job there? Does this pandemic have less influence on people living there?

[@indiealaska]

Much of the work people do in Whittier is seasonal work around fishing and tourism

[@KLR2025]

I don't want a job. I'm retired and I want to live there.

[@furbees2662]

@@KLR2025 no one asked

[@KLR2025]

@@furbees2662 your so rude

[@ShelbyFarrow]

I wonder where the residents do their grocery shopping? I know there is a very small store located in the towers but what about for other needs such as fresh produce and meat? Also where do all the residents park their vehicles?

[@thefaller03]

We drive to Anchorage to get groceries about every other week. There's a parking lot in front of and behind the building.

[@ShelbyFarrow]

Thank you. I would love to live there.@@thefaller03

[@stone_voices]

I want to travel to Whittier! Greetings from Siberia. 👍

[@youreladymeme1731]

what if theres another person moving there and theres no enough room in the building what do you guys do expand the building more?just asking thanks if you'd answer! :)

[@rebeccaeverhardt214]

Exactly what I was wondering 🧐🤨

[@youreladymeme1731]

@@rebeccaeverhardt214 yeah

[@brandynamite3022]

More people are moving out of that town than coming in

[@practicallyperfect2941]

Most people would be moving there for a job because someone had left so their appt would be free - otherwise, just like any village or appt - you can’t move unless there’s a house for you to buy/rent

[@lelk1063]

you could buy land and build your own cabin or whatever

[@meechybradford2814]

I have crippling social anxiety THIS seems appealing to me.

[@rbookoo390]

Hi is there a place to live on Fitzgeral Island.. Thinking of moving there. Am Fitzgerald.

[@norabatungbacal6636]

Why does the tunnel close?

[@smoothmountain]

It’s shared with trains

[@latoshaadams3828]

What about the cruise ship the restaurants

[@retrochickt7947]

I lived in Clear. I miss Alaska.

[@noryaa4194]

What's the rent like.

[@jjsalas2434]

$1200 3 bedrooms.

[@sherrybelleglory1984]

I just wanna experience life there even if it’s for a week

[@elizeleroux6388]

remember its better to know the real side of living there Alaska, it's no use to soft soap a place, its as if you want to say something else but you waver and just say how good it was to live there

[@KarlMarxUSA]

Who is Jessica Pippet?

[@dicerosautismambient4894]

Sounds like my kind of place

[@pillbinladen434]

That's awesome

[@pillbinladen434]

I bet there isn't much crime there. That's what's up

[@janetteraspatello362]

I also have sooo many questions about the crime ESPECIALLY drugs... has to be drug free-right??? Anyone that’s lived here-let me know!!

[@aweecuntfromliverpool3193]

​@@janetteraspatello362 Weed is legal in AK but I'm sure it's consumed with a vape to mask the smell. About the only other thing you could do undetected would be pills or psychedelics. Crime would be pretty difficult to pull off

[@meechybradford2814]

​@janetteraspatello362 I came here to ask the same thing. I don't know about this town but I've heard that illicit drugs in Alaska in general do exist but are 200x more money.

[@JoeYatesAlaskanFilms]

I’m an Alaskan Native filmmaker - here’s your next subject 🤭

[@indiealaska]

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[@kaydeesaunders3623]

I am from winter Alaska

[@Harold710]

Winter?? Sing song: "nothing could be s*** then to spend a day in Whittier in the morning"

[@stevenedwards8353]

All eggs in one basket. If something were to happen to the Towers, the entire town is gone!!

[@YU5CF-sv2cq]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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[@CoAndCoLaptopAccount]

Pre-Arcology!

[@foster83ful]

Are they all related too? 🫠

[@meechybradford2814]

I wonder if there's a drug epidemic there also?!

[@lancecahill5486]

The entire town can get wiped out by a single incident.

[@karlcx]

You know what? ALL the negative BS comments you can think of were made on the original video. You don't need to rehash them now, all these years later.

[@lancecahill5486]

@@karlcx Triggered much? You must have been slammed by others for living in that deathtrap.

[@karlcx]

@@lancecahill5486 thanks for proving my point and your attitude so succinctly.

[@lancecahill5486]

@@karlcx And what is your point again? Just remember, whining doesn't count.

[@Nathan-gj8ch]

It's a serious concern this day and age one upset teenager that doesn't like their indoctrinated liberal parents and the whole town is dead

[@stealthgenetix1754]

Wow. And in thought no black folk would be there. I was wrong

[@codyray867]

Fuq that

[@straightlearner3000]

Very Caucasian by design, with Samoans providing manual labor.