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12. I've been there. You have to load your car or RV on freight cars and go through the tunnel in the

Tue Mar 31, 2015, 04:10 PM

Mar 2015

car. It's very long and very dark. When you finally come out of the tunnel you're way south of Anchorage on the Kenai Peninsula. Whittier and the area around it it stunningly beautiful. Huge mountains and the cleanest air ever.

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almost all 200 plus residents of small Alaskan town live in same building [View all] Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 OP

prototype arcology? el_bryanto Mar 2015 #1

more Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #5

Cats and binoculars? Sign me up! nt el_bryanto Mar 2015 #9

I would be curious to yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #2

I was more curious about the gene pool being large enough LOL snooper2 Mar 2015 #3

they get lots of cruise ship visitors. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #6

They are a halfhour from Anchorage Drahthaardogs Mar 2015 #31

it is a condo Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #4

Condominium Association of Apartment Owners ... yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #7

Sorry I'm late for the meeting fellas, traffic was hell. n/t hughee99 Mar 2015 #8

lol Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #10

Reminds me of the habitats, domes, and tents of KS Robinson's Mars Trilogy PufPuf23 Mar 2015 #11

more like "The World Inside" by Robert Silverberg lapfog_1 Mar 2015 #29

I've been there. You have to load your car or RV on freight cars and go through the tunnel in the OregonBlue Mar 2015 #12

It would be a lot nicer in winter Warpy Mar 2015 #14

Actually, you can drive through now. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #15

As a non-driver, that always seemed like an ideal situation to me KamaAina Apr 2015 #42

how long is the train ride? Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #32

You know I can't remember now but it seems like it was maybe an hour? Not sure. You're really not OregonBlue Apr 2015 #47

I stayed in the Begich Towers one weekend Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #13

Even more interesting in Whittier is the abandoned Buckner Building, Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #16

The Buckner Building *is* pretty fascinating! LanternWaste Mar 2015 #17

interesting. So there is more than one building in town. Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #22

Sounds like a Vault from Fallout! NickB79 Mar 2015 #30

"abandoned as unsafe," yet it still looks pretty good after not being maintained for 50 years. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #33

Video and article about the Bucker Building FuzzyRabbit Mar 2015 #34

Abandoned? KamaAina Apr 2015 #43

Is it owned by Senator Begich? JaneyVee Mar 2015 #18

I believe it was named after his dad. Blue_In_AK Mar 2015 #19

And I've been there! joeybee12 Mar 2015 #20

you are lucky. I imagine it's beautiful Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #21

This was July...surrounded by huge snow-covered mountains... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #23

Agreed. I was there in late spring and it was stunning. OregonBlue Mar 2015 #24

I think I'd get claustraphobic in the winter, though... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #41

Yes, it is only for people who truly like being alone. I do and I don't get much of it since I'm OregonBlue Apr 2015 #45

Took my father on a cruise for his 90th... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #46

What a nice present for dad. Lovely trip isn't it. Good for you!!! OregonBlue Apr 2015 #48

It's really the only way to see that part of Alaska... joeybee12 Apr 2015 #49

Yes and it was wonderful of you to let him experience it. It is so beautiful!! OregonBlue Apr 2015 #52

i would like to see it JI7 Mar 2015 #25

In the 1950's I lived in that building when it was a military base. Sancho Mar 2015 #26

wow! Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #27

I was there for a cruise. Bus had to get on train to go through the tunnel. HERVEPA Mar 2015 #28

This was the idea behind Crystal City near DC Recursion Apr 2015 #35

When I go to DC I stay in Crystal City Major Nikon Apr 2015 #36

Back when it was built it was in the middle of cow pastures, remember Recursion Apr 2015 #37

There's still a few large organizations there Major Nikon Apr 2015 #38

And northern Virginia's only strip club Recursion Apr 2015 #39

I don't remember the name of it Major Nikon Apr 2015 #40

So that's why the Pentagon isn't in DC! KamaAina Apr 2015 #44

Well, it gets even more confusing: some of the complex actually *is* in DC Recursion Apr 2015 #50

Communism! PowerToThePeople Apr 2015 #51