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An entire town lives in one building (Whittier, Alaska)

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  • #2
    Cold War Kid
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    Love finding out about those extremely remote places. Ireland may be rural, but it's got nothing on landmasses like America, Canada and Oz.


  • #3
    WhatsGoingOn2
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    GvidoR wrote: »
    This is the town
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittier,_Alaska

    and this is where (almost) all of them live. A 14 story building with a school, post office, shop, church, police department are all in there too.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begich_Towers

    Listen to Act 3 of episode 555 of the This American life podcast. Not sure if it is the same town or not


  • #4
    gctest50
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    Cold War Kid wrote: »
    Love finding out about those extremely remote places. Ireland may be rural, but it's got nothing on landmasses like America, Canada and Oz.

    bit more for you

    http://englishrussia.com/2015/07/12/doctor-in-russian-village/


  • #5
    El Weirdo
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    WhatsGoingOn2 wrote: »
    Listen to Act 3 of episode 555 of the This American life podcast. Not sure if it is the same town or not

    That's where I first heard about this place too.

    Love stuff like this.


  • #6
    BehindTheScenes
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    I'd say it's a bit of a nightmare on a Saturday night when all the lads draws straws to see who can have a go at yer woman.


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  • #7
    looksee
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    I wonder why they close the tunnel at 10.30?


  • #8
    Fox_In_Socks
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    Wool


  • #9
    biko
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    Pretty cool alright


  • #10
    The Backwards Man
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    looksee wrote: »
    I wonder why they close the tunnel at 10.30?
    Probably to save fuel on the engines running the fans, rather than have them running all night for an odd car now and then


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