I loved it too but from Southeast and didn't want to live in Anchorage, not to mention my mom is 80, pops is 99 and MIL is 89 and all here on the East Coast... thought it best to come back here. Can keep eye on them and also be close to good medical care. Even in Juneau, if anything really serious, they flew you to either Seattle or Anchorage. I am in Elkins, which is a really small town but has a great hospital system, most of the upper part of WV is connected with WVU Medical Center. We have a heart center, cancer center, dialysis, even the Dr pops needs to give him the eye shots for his macular degeneration. I live out of town on a mountaintop and as long as I can get off the hill, I can be at the hospital is about 10-15 min depending on traffic. Not sure but think Elkins has a population of only about 15,000