Anchorage

Anchorage is a city of about 250,000 people (about 1/3 of all the people in Alaska) located at the base of the Chugach mountains. It is a typical American city with a little downtown surrounded by miles and miles of busy streets, strip malls, big box outlet stores, and subdivisions with houses that all look the same. In this photo you can see a Wells Fargo bank and in the background the City Dinner restaurant. There are a lot of moose that live in the Chugach mountains. In the summer the moose stay in the mountains enjoying the great views and fresh air. In the winter the moose get hungry and head down to lower ground to try to find something to eat. In years past this probably worked well for the moose, but today all the low ground is covered by all those strip malls and and subdivisions. This second photo shows a closer view of all the nice neon lights on the City Dinner.
Driving around Anchorage in the winter can be strange.



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