So much to love, so little time! You could spend your whole life exploring the great 49th state and never see it all. Us Alaskans are incredibly protective of our renowned and breathtakingly beautiful state. That’s why when people say that they hate it here, we offer them the quickest and simplest solution possible: leave! With so much to love, we don’t have time for the haters. Only positive energy and good vibes allowed. But first, we’ll try one last time to convince you to love it here with these 20 reasons why anyone who hates Alaska can just shut up.
- Alaska is home to North America’s tallest mountain, Denali.
Flickr - Christoph Strässler Bragging rights for life.
- Plus the rest of our mountains put everybody else’s to shame.
Flickr - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center There really is no comparison.
- Nowhere else in the world will you find people that love dogs as much as we do.
Flickr - Sonny SideUp I ruv you.
- Alaska has more square miles of gorgeous, untouched National Parks than any other state in the U.S.
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- With 6,640 miles of coastline, Alaska has more breezy beaches than all the other states in the U.S. combined.
Flickr - Joseph Sandy toes, here we come!
- If you want to live off the land, you’ll have a bound of natural resources in Alaska to keep you fat and happy.
Flickr - U.S. Geological Survey Nom, nom, nom!
- If island life is your thing, you better come to Alaska. We have more 2,670 to choose from and they are all breathtakingly beautiful.
Flickr - Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Not to brag or anything, but Alaska is home to the 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest which is the largest rainforest in the U.S.
Flickr - Amanda Scheliga Just kidding we are totally bragging.
- Fall may be a short season in Alaska, but our foliage is truly a natural phenomenon that puts every other state to shame.
Flickr - Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
- With tourism being one of the top three industries, it’s pretty much a given that Alaskans know how to have a good time.
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- According to National Geographic (and every single resident in the state), Alaska is home to the best ski town in the world.
Flickr - Eric Teela Girdwood or bust!
- One look at the Aurora Borealis and you’ll quickly shut up if you hate Alaska.
Flickr - Emases The magical powers are real.
- We have 24 hours of daylight in the summertime which basically means our summer is twice as long as everyone else’s.
Flickr - James Brooks Sleep is so overrated.
- With activities like glacier climbing literally right out our backdoor, it’s easy to make those silly lower 48’ers envious.
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- Our wild, snowy winters are basically a one-way ticket to fun town – population zero crowds.
Flickr - Lee LeFever Pow, pow baby!
- The wildlife viewing in Alaska is like something straight out of a dream.
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- As the largest and least populated state in the nation, you’ll never have a problem finding your own slice of peaceful paradise.
Flickr - Bureau of Land Management Because neighbors are just not our thing.
- Our traffic jams are pretty much the coolest thing since sliced bread.
Flickr - Arthur T. LaBar Check out that rack!
- Only in Alaska can you work half the year and get paid an annual salary.
Flickr - jweston_40 Talk about having our priorities in check!
- Two words: FISHING NIRVANA!
Flickr - Frank DiBona
If you agree with those reasons above, you’ve definitely got to check out these 25 reasons why everyone should marry an Alaskan. Also, if you currently live in the last frontier or ever have before, you’ll probably relate to these 20 extremely weird things that only people from Alaska do.
Flickr - Christoph Strässler
Bragging rights for life.
Flickr - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
There really is no comparison.
Flickr - Sonny SideUp
I ruv you.
Flickr - Paxson Woelber
Flickr - Joseph
Sandy toes, here we come!
Flickr - U.S. Geological Survey
Nom, nom, nom!
Flickr - Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Flickr - Amanda Scheliga
Just kidding we are totally bragging.
Flickr - Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Flickr - Katie Loehr
Flickr - Eric Teela
Girdwood or bust!
Flickr - Emases
The magical powers are real.
Flickr - James Brooks
Sleep is so overrated.
Flickr - Visions Service Adventures
Flickr - Lee LeFever
Pow, pow baby!
Flickr - fritzmb
Flickr - Bureau of Land Management
Because neighbors are just not our thing.
Flickr - Arthur T. LaBar
Check out that rack!
Flickr - jweston_40
Talk about having our priorities in check!
Flickr - Frank DiBona
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