>>2419758>>2419733Good land is surprisingly sparse.
The state, feds, and redskins own most of the land. And they auction it off every year. But they auction in small residential tracts. Or places they want development. And most "easy" cabin land is leased or owned by vacationers.
So for the most part the only land you can get without chemical engineering money is way out in the bush. Which is...prohibitively expensive to move out to. Now if you are truly excellent /out/doorsman it's no problem. But if you want to say move to Anchorage/Homer/Sitka to "try" it out, you'll be paying through the nose.
It ends up being a lot cheaper to fly around the state for a week at a time then to live there for a year. Alaska air is shit, but they are so subsidized it almost doesn't matter. Get a friend in Alaska and your ticket's cheap as chips.
My advice if you are moving to AK is to get in with one of the churches. They take care of their own and you can get a room to rent for really cheap. Helps to be a friend of God.
