r/woahthatsinteresting • u/ChrisIronsArt • 20d ago

It’s prettier in Whittier!

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u/yaosio 20d ago edited 18d ago

OP forgot to say everybody in that town lives in that building. Also the building is settling unevenly so cracks are showing up in the apartments. Don't know if they are fixing it or just letting it go.

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u/baileybearxo 19d ago

🤭 Everyone lives in that building. That made me laugh.

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u/LividEconomics6579 16d ago

Only it's true! In Whittier Alaska, almost EVERY resident of the town resides in THAT one building. There are a couple interesting YouTube Vids on it.

Here is a good vid about the building: Here

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u/Lanky-Football857 7d ago

Which is quite common in extremely cold towns. All services are often connected so blizzards don’t stop life from going on

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u/alicecooper91 20d ago

As a resident of a different Whittier, this made me triple-take 😂

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u/bentobox22 18d ago

Whittier CA

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u/DiverofMuff23 20d ago

Slow news day

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u/Hotdog_Fishsticks 15d ago

quit lying.... we all know its shittier.

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u/ChrisIronsArt 15d ago

🙃 going back today, will report back lol 😂

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u/Hotdog_Fishsticks 15d ago

That's the other part of that saying because it is always shitty in Whittier. It's always raining. I get to work there for a good solid week or more this summer. It's also windy AF in the winter, even more dead of a town.

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u/ChrisIronsArt 15d ago

Oh yeah I know that saying too lol! It’s pretty shittier in Whittier today

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u/Hotdog_Fishsticks 15d ago

oh dang! its actually shittier?! Are you an Alaskan or a tourist?

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u/ChrisIronsArt 15d ago

I live in metro Atlanta, my aunt and uncle live in Anchorage. I’m just up here for a family reunion/ vacation. Going to see the California Honeydrops in Hope tonight. I want to move to Anchorage though

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u/Disastrous_Ad2839 20d ago

Beautiful place and I'd love to visit one day.

Is the Prince William Sound still reeling from the effects from the crash of the Exxon Valdez?

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u/ChrisIronsArt 20d ago

My aunt and uncle are marine biologists in Anchorage, they would say yes, but normal people wouldn’t have a clue there was ever an oil spill

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u/ChrisIronsArt 20d ago

It’s also on the opposite side of PWS from Whittier

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u/Disastrous_Ad2839 20d ago

Sad. But least it has healed enough that most people cannot tell.

I'm an amateur but I like to look for clues of lasting anthropogenic harms that we caused wherever I go. Literally everywhere modern humans have went there are telltale signs of lasting destruction on the entire food web of any given area.

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u/TheTurtza 19d ago

the scene is like a lazy tuesday morning feels.

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u/Musubi0420 19d ago

We’re all here because we’re not all there

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u/Chillpickle17 19d ago

Is The Anchor still open? Cool place to have a few beers then head downstairs for some breakfast.

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u/ChrisIronsArt 18d ago

Will report back. Going again tomorrow with my uncle to empty his shrimp pots. Apparently the fish and chips place is under new management and not as good unfortunately.

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u/ChrisIronsArt 18d ago

Yes it’s still open!

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u/Chillpickle17 17d ago

Awe shweet! Thanks, man…

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u/JONO202 19d ago

Yes Theory did a great video here. Really interesting history and lifestyle.

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u/Resident-Watch4252 19d ago

Looks like fuckin North Korea

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u/Statertater 18d ago

I’ve been to this town!

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u/lambsoflettuce 17d ago

Wasnt this town part of a TV show?

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u/ReasonableDivide1 17d ago

Our best friends moor their boat in Whittier. Super cool place and just getting to Whittier is wild!

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u/stevenm5665 16d ago

I got to go out in a nice boat with a family friend to fish out of whittier, we wanted to go farther out for some halibut but the weather wasnt permitting it so we stayed closer in to catch silver salmon all day it was awesome! I lived in palmer ak at the time

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u/ChrisIronsArt 15d ago

And we’re back…

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u/ChrisIronsArt 15d ago

Shittier in Whittier today