- There isn't much developable land as a lot of it is locked up in national forests or government or tribal entities, so housing prices and rent are high.
- Food prices are high due to transport requirements, both for groceries and restaurants (Juneau has no roads in, so everything comes by air or by sea).
- Wages are not especially high.
- Almost every couple ends up working two incomes to deal with the prices of food and housing.
- There is a severe daycare shortage in town which leads to problems trying to manage kids and multiple incomes.
- Lots of rain in the spring and in the fall.
However, when the sun is shining, it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
If you like being outside, it's one of the best places for experiencing the outdoors that I know of. There is almost nowhere in town where you are more than about a 15 minute walk from being either beside water, or hiking a mountain.
It also has a deep sense of community and people here seem genuinely interested in helping each other.
- There isn't much developable land as a lot of it is locked up in national forests or government or tribal entities, so housing prices and rent are high.
- Food prices are high due to transport requirements, both for groceries and restaurants (Juneau has no roads in, so everything comes by air or by sea).
- Wages are not especially high.
- Almost every couple ends up working two incomes to deal with the prices of food and housing.
- There is a severe daycare shortage in town which leads to problems trying to manage kids and multiple incomes.
- Lots of rain in the spring and in the fall.
However, when the sun is shining, it is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been.
If you like being outside, it's one of the best places for experiencing the outdoors that I know of. There is almost nowhere in town where you are more than about a 15 minute walk from being either beside water, or hiking a mountain.
It also has a deep sense of community and people here seem genuinely interested in helping each other.