I have lived here in Alaska since 1969, we moved here from Arizona. What changes we have seen in these past 40 plus years but would I change it, NO. Alaska is a great place to live, also lots of quilt shops. My sister finally came for the first time this summer and was amazed. She finally understood why we live here, she loved it. They had been down to Homer and the quilt store there is in a hardware store. She found perculator tops for her coffee pots that she had been looking for. Small world.