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Found from: http://ultrafactsblog.com/post/107347284536/whittier-alaska-is-a-town-of-about-200-people
BobbalishBobbus
This makes me think of arcologies from simcity2000...except a bit smaller
alwayshappier15
Do they have to go out for groceries and stuff?
SponsoredComment
The only thing whiter than Whittier, Alaska is your clothing after using Javex™ bleach.
akdude
live in Alaska, been to Whittier, not that great of a place....unless you're taking out your boat, then it's an awesome place.
koolman2
Yep.I drove there about a month ago. Spent about an hour and left. I was bored in ten minutes and spent the rest of the time skipping rocks.
HolyFrijole
As someone who lived in Whittier, California, I'd trade living in the beauty of nature than the city.
ImRelevantToo
So...its a peach tree. All we need now IS THE LAW!!!
edgelineservices
I'm dredding that reference
MadeInMurrica
I'm judging you based on this comment.
Deswaldos
This isn't a city. It's a tribe.
BrotherhoodOfTheTaco
Is it just me or does that building look pretty good for being an old army barracks from the 50's?
greenbrier
I've been there! You have to drive through a train tunnel under a mountain to get there! Some notable glaciers in the area as well!
kerryxpaige
Yeah that tunnel is crazy! I went on a glacier cruise there. Pretty dope.
Cavemagtw
So it's the smallest mega city/mega block
BonerSlayer
Michael from Vsauce did a good video about it. Sauce if you wish to watch it https://youtu.be/pLnEHiIMohM
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Commenting so I can watch later
numberzisp
Vsauce is one of my favorite Youtubers.
Jameszombob
i just watched that an hr ago
Markuspsyches
Was about to say how did I miss this video, then I noticed new channel.... Time to watch all of them.
taodeinsane
Someone please educate the rest of us normal people on why in the world this town exists, people live there, something to make us go "oh,ok"
21sacraments
Because Alaska.
salamanderthegreat
Oh, okay.
MmMerrifield
It's cozy? But really it was an army barracks.
happygirl13
But, do they have a Starbucks?
vorduul
Coruscant/Megacity One/Ok Lots Of Sci-Fi Cities version .000001. Needs some atmosphere controls and a nice bubble dome.
ForeverDonutsWillNeverExist
Anyone see the movie snowpiercer?
BanadecCamberbootch
"Your place or mine?"
iamtheonewhobones
this feels like straight fallout shit
Jactan
I find this a bit creepy. No one else?
BMANN
It sort of reminds me of Kowloon Walled City:
- but they at least have the excuse of "it's balls cold here".
notmiya
I grew up there and I have some scary stories, mostly because my brothers we're big meanie heads
Jactan
ahaha meanie heads, cute ^^
Fachera
This town has joined cruise ships in my worst nightmare category... There is no scape and no respite from ppl
21sacraments
It's not that bad, actually. It's a short drive from Girdwood and about an hour from Anchorage, so it's hardly "no escape" territory.
buenodelicious
Every time you were sick off school the teacher would just march right up to your apartment and give you the work anyway. Imagine the horror
DeltaDin
@notmiya :O Did this ever happen?
majorthomasmore
As a teacher the thought of living in the same building as my students is both cool and terrifying.
geophysicist
People from Anchorage (nearby) say "everything is shittier in Whittier." Source: family near there.
21sacraments
It's true.
dukeswife
And everyone else in AK say, "Anchorage, closest city to Alaska." (ie, not real Alaskan.)
canadianpancakes
as an Anchorage-ite..? can confirm its a shit hole and full of drunks
nexusdog
And as a resident?
canadianpancakes
resident of...? anchorage or whittier? they both suck. but whittier is legit, all drunks who work on the railroad or at the port
MAKINGSTICKY
I'm from anchorage and I never knew this about whittier lol. Shows how alaskan I am.
peixisprotectionprogram
I feel like this would be a great but also weird dystopian movie
Poopydoodledoo
"it's always shittier in whittier"
BoringPrivateQRCode
OMG YES!
OfficialNoyakuk
Fo sho!
equityforpunks
Only 200 residents and not so surprisingly one high schooler there is growing weed. Neat.
OfficialNoyakuk
The school there took the hydroponic set up that was confiscated by the police.
OfficialNoyakuk
They use it to grow veggies they sell at the Saturday market.
BloodRedSakura
Literally the best setting for a horror movie.
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21sacraments
Can't tell if serious or not. 'Cause last I checked the Begich Tower in Whittier was definitely a thing...
ThatGuyWhoDownvotesFrontPageEditsAndDickbuttAndRepostStatistics
Or a FANTASTIC closed-room murder mystery!
okhi
Reminds me of the game The Ship. Murders, but on a cruise ship.
ChanningTastum
Someone summon Agatha Christie
Treblaine
"Someone in this apartment is... A MURDERER!"
weeshful
they know each other too well. It would be too easy
SometimesAUserNameIsRelevantButInThisCaseItIsNot
ayoungerdumberronswanson
Or a porno
SuperHornet
The Thing meets The Shining meets Bates Motel?
Revan73
More like Metro 2033.
SweetGeekling
Or religious cult.
MOTHAFUCKINOEDIPUS
High Rise by J.G. Ballard goes into this more or less. Not horror, but really interesting all the same.
GreaterDog
Snowed in, can't leave. Take a page from The Shining.
slitherlitter
Also, apparently they lock the tunnel ever night. Lock something out, lock something in?
NikaNii
What if they forget to lock it one night and whatever they were trying to keep out /does/ get in.
ThatSuitGuy
It is a horror movie - you could live your whole life, birth to death, in a single building
SovietWrench
Get on it, Hollywood
eattheshit
Especially because there is a large, creepy abandoned Army building right across the street.
FlyingTigerRose
I'm thinking Tenpenny Tower (Fallout 3). You?
ChanningTastum
Or an Agatha Christie novel
TKAM21
No, its a train and its called Snowpiercer
footfistartkickpunchsing
i would watch this again and again
MrsCaptainPicard
I live an hour away from this town and we have always said this! And it's rainy and gray shitty weather, perfect location for a horror movie
vermil
Me too! We were thinking something like The Mist or else people would go for the boats. But then there's the chance a mob will "fix" that.
MrsCaptainPicard
Or just produce a storm big enough so that people couldn't use the boats. Seriously oddest little place in AK...
gb74
See, I thought the opposite... Perfect closed society in case of a zombie outbreak. These people would remain isolated and self contained.
vermil
Plus the docks are right there; get over to Prince William Sound, mebbe far as Naked Island and you oughtta be ok. Fish and hunt and all.
MyNameIsJesusAndIStealHubcapsFromCars
the town is surrounded by mountains and can only be accessed by boat or through one tunnel that has functioning blast doors they close 1/2
stusauce
Unless, of course, this was ground zero for the outbreak. Then you'd be fucked.
MyNameIsJesusAndIStealHubcapsFromCars
every night. Vsauce dude actually did a show there about it. https://youtu.be/pLnEHiIMohM 2/2
salamanderthegreat
I was about to say this is baisically what characters in "The Walking Dead" tried like 5x over to achieve .
CutJewel
Read 77 Shadow Street by Dean Koontz! A very similar premise!
TheIrishMike
or basically Peach Trees from Dredd 3D
CamelToeChew
Definitely coming within 5 years
twostepsfromlost
30 days of night: Begich
noitsnotsorry
Thought of this straight away too.
flxtony
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All work
OfficialNoyakuk
Believe it or not, I graduated from the k-12 school there. Yep, truth!
Snownel
The Kowloon Walled City was basically just that.
LiterallyLiterallyLiterally
literally?
Outlawnightmare
Already writing the script for the RPG
MrPredator
Spin the wheel of horror! Plague, Genetically Engineered Virus, Space Disease, Ghoul, Poltergeist, Phantom Ninjas, Random.
DataLady
I'm writing a book as we speak.
GladiatorofMonteCristo
So it is not recommended for moving a small family to anytime soon?
yuraf
Or a detective.
Kazekuro914
Challenge accepted...
Kpizza96
I think I read a horror manga almost like this
NikaNii
Corpse Party?
Kpizza96
No I forget the name of it but I know it translated to "screaming lessons" it's a manga that has short stories within it its pretty good
NikaNii
Sounds pretty cool :D
Kpizza96
Yeah it is, if you want I can find it online and send you a link to it :)
Velvetdragon
yer and it is called demons
doritofingers
Quarantine
MightyThanos
I'd recommend The Raid, pretty much this sorta premise.
CthulhuApproved
This...http://cdn.meme.am/instances2/500x/245666.jpg
ChadBitchin
Just Google Mapped this place. The only way out of town by road is a tunnel. A ONE LANE TUNNEL.
TitaniumMonkeyBalls
Or Judge Dredd 2
TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsTheBabyAteMyDingo
Or The Raid: Redemption.
MancrushonThor
Electric Boogaloo
Duraxis
That was my thought
manicavo
FIRST thing I thought.
WeFoundSomethingBeneathTheIce
And the first horror move I thought of was The Thing.
Geekwad
Some disease outbreak, like the Spanish film Rec.
TheWizardSendor
There's a low budget romance anime of the same name "REC". Pretty cute. Recommend if bored/into that.
ihaveenoughofthisorgasm
you better start making that movie right now
NonExistingName
well, you know, it already exists
sunnystayposi
Or like a conspiracy where a new family movies in & there's a dark secret? Yeahhh
IAmDrBanner
That movie was so good. Then they botched the sequel.
justicecracker
When do they not botch horror sequels?
Madmacattack
Insidious didn't, unless they did with 3
JauneArcMKII
I thought the sequel to Quarantine was better than the first.
DickMercenary
That is a low.. low.. LOW bar, my friend.
HauteChocolate
But the Scary Movie sequels!
justicecracker
but
thejollymolly
Sequels*
IAmDrBanner
I didn't know there was more than one. I started to watch the first sequel and they started to send a priest in, I was like "what"?
TheDuriel
i actually liked rec2. rec3 though is an 'ok' horror comedy
thejollymolly
There's 4 REC movies. They're all on Netflix ;.;
NlGHTW0LF
or 'The Thing'
UH60Mechanic
Dude, I can't even believe they tried to remake it. Like the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the original was stellar enough on its own.
scabab
As opposed to figuratively
Nineteenletterslong
I know I'm wrong, but I like to think literally would apply to a horror novel, while figuratively would be a horror movie.
IReadEverythingInMickeysVoice
No, as opposed to exaggeratedly. Not sure of that's actually a word or not.
Pangs
It's a very fine word.
scabab
i see!
SnowydontgiveaWHAT
Especially considering you only get there via sea or a 15 minute drive UNDER a mountain through a tunnel.
Pigeonseed
Like the town in les Revenants/the Returned. Only more so.
longlivekingnick
30 days of night was kinda like this... Tiny town... Vampires
andrealsant
Or a detective story!!
PORTUGUESETORTURING
it feels like the building equivalent to snow piercer, ya know
SomebodyStoleMyCarRadio
I want to write a story about this place.
TheDemonCrowley
I think I want to write a apocalypse story in this setting now.
ASongOfPissAndFarts
literally?
TheImgurNeoConConcious
Literally
SteakyMcBamboozle
Or a cult.
Zalor
First though that crossed my mind. Too much internet will do this to you, kids!
canadianpancakes
I live in Alaska. they're filming a horror movie there now!
SorcerorOfSnark
So it's a Vaul-tec vault?
xzas325
I love that literally all of the internet is as excited as I am for Fallout 4.
fieroloki
Gaaaary
sirplayerone
Hahahah GARY!!
HRinappropriate
http://imgur.com/33wU4Tt as long as this is in a hallway somewhere there I'm satisfied.
HoCroBro
Work is work
robot242
Just one of the many towers in Mega-City One.
sirplayerone
Preparing YOU for a better life......underground!
sirplayerone
Seriously, though, this feels dystopian as shit on rice cakes.
geonerd
Silo 17.
thereeper
tHEY'RE PREPPING FOR fo 4
JerryFromPornHub
fOUND THE TUMBLR USER.
thereeper
No I fat fingered the caps key
bomber672
More like the above ground prototype.
609nightmare
It actually made me think of Rivet City for some reason.
Elroydb
Same. Now I need to go there, find a kid, and make fun of him until he runs away
lampeskjermvask
Because of the boat probably :)
Delus7onalHD
saaaame
StormtrooperOfSickSpins
Minus the death and experiments
linkskywalker14
As far as YOU know.
PleaseDontRespondToMySarcasticCommentsWithASeriousReply
Gary?
tshort006
Fucking hated that vault >.>
StormtrooperOfSickSpins
Ha ha HAAA Gary!
Luftewaffle
The vaults were never meant to save anyone
BlackAndTan
damn, that was the best part of the vaults too.
MadScientistInTraining
Yep...
lyndt
You don't know that.
Melyeter
I want to live there so much. I actually heard about this in Vsauce
TheRicM
FakePlasticTreehugger
Vsauce is the shit.
Melyeter
Yes it is! Got to see him for like 5 seconds IRL this spring
AskMeArtichoke
Oh man I love vsauce!
MechaNinja
Oh and whether my Amazon Prime is still two day or if it is more there...
ydnab
Nope! Alaska will likely never receive a 2-day delivery. I had many things delivered there when working there last year. 1-2 weeks easy.
MrsCletusKlump
Meee tooooooo. At least you are a girl, i aint going up there without a girlfriend.
MrsCletusKlump
I think its like a billion guys to every 5 girls. Which is strange because there are less than 800,000 people living there
Melyeter
Why is itbetter? I aint going nowhere without a boyfriend
ilikegummylifesavers
Yeah not me. I'd be one of 2.5 gay dudes. If I'm lucky.
IAmLobstronomous
It smells like fish, and the only way to get in or out is through a one way tunnel at $20 a pop.
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Wasn't that on a new youtube channel called "field trip", though it was the guy who does V Sauce.
MrsCletusKlump
bingo bango. You are a win https://youtu.be/pLnEHiIMohM
giveittomestraightlikeapearcidermadefrom100percentpears
Do.. Umm... Do i win a prize?
MrsCletusKlump
Yes
totallyrealname
Might sound silly to ask but... why? I've always been in cities and being in something as small as a town makes me nervous.
Melyeter
I like in a big noisy one and everyone i meet here iseither too busy to do anything or and asshole. Things changewhen the town is small
mediumsizedtittycommittee
I'm from a small town, for me it's about comfort and security. I feel a lot safer when everyone knows each other.
totallyrealname
Opposite here. The very thought of that freaks me out! Crazy how it's so different for people.
YouAreNowBlinkingAndBreathingManuallyAndHaveTheSuddenUrgeToYawn
that's a village. you'd literally know who's sleeping with whom. fuck that, I'm staying in a 1m+ city.
Melyeter
imagine a crime there... 200 people, 1 is killed. creepy af
notmiya
I grew up there and a lot of my childhood friends are glad we moved out. It's beautiful to visit but a lot of small town drama and drunks
MechaNinja
I need to know how good their internet is, but otherwise yeah, I'm actually packing right now.
IAmLobstronomous
Internet is fine, go through GCI, and Amazon/UPS/FedEx will still ship two day (ground shipping isn't an option through FedEx or UPS)
Melyeter
Im at that point in life when I'm like " I wish I could live without the internet " as in to drop all the accounts and such
MechaNinja
I really couldn't keep going without gaming at this point in my life.
Melyeter
gaming is different from internet unless we talk about online stuff but Im tired of talking to real people around me online
Melyeter
Imagine you would talk to neighbours... people in thesame building with you, online. That'd be ridiculous yet it happens to me
MechaNinja
I could see that getting frustrating :)
MrsCletusKlump
It is spotty, even in Anchorage.
WhatRaySay
That's just... I'm so sorry
smellslikelemonpledge
Had a friend who lived there when I lived in Alaska. Not as creepy as it seems. More like really nice college dorms.
YeahLinguisticsBitch
I don't think those exist.
nightgamer06
Whats the male to female ratio there? Like is it next to impossible to find a girlfriend if you are a dude
MrPorcupine
From Kenai, visited Whittier. The giant ass abandoned burnt out hotel-like building is creepy as hell.
NixAccalia
Glad to see so many other people from Alaska! I always thought the whole "if the tunnel collapses we are stuck" thing was creepy until I got
NixAccalia
older and realized there are boats everywhere. One of my favorite parts of Whittier was always the black and white cat that roamed the docks
NixAccalia
and mooched off the tourists. Yup, time to move back to Alaska. The mountains are addictive.
notmiya
I used to live there. Not creepy at all unless there's a power outage, bad earthquakes, or if you get locked in the buckner by your brothers
thistheshitthattheywant
Nycker?
noisebrigade
NPR's This American Life recently featured a story about a young girl who moved to Whittier, really interesting! (Link in reply)
sespiomatic
I felt bad for her. Her dad was clearly a complete dickbag. That wasn't the focus of the episode, though!
Degbis
she was saved by a friend.
Joonbug
I was about to comment this. Thanks!
daletvak
I was going to mention this as well. I love This American Life, but not as much as Snap Judgement or Radio Lab
hartmonica
I had heard that episode too but couldn't find it again yeah high five NPR fans!
noisebrigade
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/555/the-incredible-rarity-of-changing-your-mind
CantBrainHaveDumb
I will look forward to this. Thank you!
importvita
Thanks for the Alaskan link!
appaismyspiritanimal
Commenting so I can find this later because I don't want to listen on mobile. Thanks for the link!
ohyoumeannow
If you have a smartphone there is a podcast app. You can download episodes for free while on wifi and then listen without using data.
RadioResistance3
.
BaeCaughtMeSlippin
I can't help but imitate Ira Glass whenever I listen to This American Life :D
MotoMorales
I love how he says "distributed," & "stay with us..."
Padraic
Oh thank goodness, I'm not the only one who does that.
BaeCaughtMeSlippin
I probably sound crazy on my commutes to school...
ohyoumeannow
You must have felt a special tie to the epp where Fred Armisen impersonated Ira!
BaeCaughtMeSlippin
It was absolutely glorious :D
baronridiculous
TAL is awesome.
eatingketchupchips
yas!!!!
lollygetyoadverbsovahere
that's where i first heard about this place!
idrinkcheapbeer
Nice to see other NPR junkies out there. I have a 3 hour round trip commute every day and I listen almost exclusively to public radio.
AintThatTheBerries
Another good one for a road trip is "House on Loon Lake." http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/199/House-on-Loon-Lake
illthinkofsomethingbetterlater
Wait wait dont tell me is my favorite
ohyoumeannow
I miss Carl Kasell.
SpeakerToMeat
Wait wait, this american life, fresh air, a way with words, all my staple podcasts
illthinkofsomethingbetterlater
As are mine
ohyoumeannow
You should check out radio lab! Similar the This American Life, you might like it!
SpeakerToMeat
I will but I also listen to a lot of stuff. The moth is my favorite. "The gist" on the way home from work, planet money, security now, etc
illthinkofsomethingbetterlater
Love that show.
whateverz
,
notmiya
Holy shit, I grew up in that building! I was one of the first kids to play in the indoor playground, we were so happy we got it!
lildude52ca
i've always wondered... in the depths of winter when its like 30 below out... how warm is it inside the building? above freezing at least?
eatingketchupchips
they just featured kids on it in the podcast This American Life
msWoodsy
Yass! I felt so bad for the girl who lived in the pacific and got uprooted there!
eatingketchupchips
me too, seemed a little cult-ish imo.
notmiya
But to be fair in my day we had 2 good outdoor playgrounds, except they would get snowed-in in the winter so we didn't really get a recess
CHURLZ
TELL US MORE!
Nykidemus
They used to cancel recess all the time when it would get below -10 in Soldotna. Wish we had an indoor playground! Hell, I'd take one now.
mckayc
I love Whittier! It was fun to explore the old barracks.
scaperTM
AMA dude. You gotta do it
notmiya
What would you like to know?
OfficialNoyakuk
Holy shit, my sister is on Imgur!
mikachoow21
Really?
OfficialNoyakuk
This is the first time I've seen her comment on a post I've viewed.
somethingyouthinkisfunny
AK all the way
mudkipfucker2
isnt the town fucked if a fire breaks out?
PinkSoDancy
You should totally make a post about your experiences living there. You'd make fp easily lol
ReallyAverage
I want to believe you... but I don't
notmiya
You're the third or so person who has said this. My dad still lives there, he has video of it on youtube. Idk why people think I would lie?
Darkcl4w
When did you move to Big Town?
IFuckingLoveGoldenRetrievers
Do a photo post telling us all about it!!
Needsforexpenses
You should do am AMA!
soGimalmostH
I'm from this town too!
notmiya
Does this mean we're best friends now?
soGimalmostH
We might have been, and we still could be.
soGimalmostH
Our dads are probably friends!
jezebellucifer
this is so cute lol
somethingyouthinkisfunny
I'm from nome.. knowing villages.. most likely cousins or distant relatives
notmiya
Wow, my mom's from Nome!
FriendlyGuyInWindowlessVan
so.. wincest? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
appaismyspiritanimal
I agree with the others; you need to do a post about this or an AMA!
TheCurseOfTheFuzzyDuckling
Tell us more! if "almost everyone" lives there who doesn't? How does the economy work? Do the rich people live on the top floor?
crankyoldgeezer
Kinda sad thst we instantly think the rich are separate literally.
notmiya
Also my dad lives there right now, he has videos if you wanna check em out: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpFkQeVN4j2pMzMZPHCaFxQ/videos
IComeWithWifi
Commenting for later!
YourLostSock
I hope you don't mind me commenting to save this for later. This is amazing, have you ever thought of going back to live there again?
TrapezoidofTerror
You're dad is adorable! The video of the fair rides is so cute!
FriendlyGuyInWindowlessVan
"It's a nice, prettyful walk." These are some calming little videos. I like them.
halfanangrybadger
We've gotta get to the front of the train.
felidori
Reference game THROUGH THE ROOF.
Anotherultrarunner
I understood that reference
whatsexacerbatemean
likewise.
EulaliaSaxons
Double chris Evans references! Damn. Shit. That's whack.
notmiya
There's another small apartment complex called the Sportsman's that people live in, also cheap hotel the Anchor Inn, and the expensive hotel
TheCurseOfTheFuzzyDuckling
Is the Sportsman's viewed as the low class or the high class area? Do they have to commute to the big building in the weather?
notmiya
I guess "low class" but not really. It's not really a commute to the BTI, you can walk there in no time.
JamBarn
Is this the place you have to take a super long tunnel to get to?
soGimalmostH
Yes. You use to have to take a train through but now you can drive.
notmiya
Yes but when I was little it was 2 tunnels and you couldn't drive thru them, you had to load your car on the freight train or
notmiya
go on the passenger train. Now it's one totally different tunnel. They had a party on the old passenger train on the last day it was used
notmiya
Everyone makes decent money there, even more money in the summer working on the ships. The top floor is hell when the elevators don't work
norill
holy shit, i had a deja vu reading this comment, and then i had a second deja vu while replying.
notmiya
Must be a glitch in the matrix
BuddDwyersManillaEnvelope
I'd love to see a full post about this. It's probably not like Dredd though, huh? :/
notmiya
Feel free to message me any questions you might have
randomlex
But, it's only 14 stories tall...
CultofCedar
I live on the 11th floor, when a hurricane hit and took out power for 3 months it was hell. 14 stories is death
DeltaDin
AMA time? :D
notmiya
There's not really a lot to know lol my dad would probably be better at answering questions. Plus he's cooler than me
MissBrochacho
What's fun to do there? Do people not go outside that often at all? Are ppl inbreeding? ...all ama ?'s :)
Jamesbaxster
I may hold a record here. I've been a comment farmer for 2 years and have no idea what AMA stands for. I'm so fucking lazy.
Vandaliam
"Ask Me Anything"
UN17
Ask Me Anything. http://media.giphy.com/media/Q7y3K35QjxCBa/giphy.gif
udontneedtoknowmyname
Ignore these other guys, it obviously means "Abuse My Anus".
DeltaDin
Ask Me Anything, I think. I hope.