I have spent a good portion of my life in a small remote fishing village in Alaska, comprised of 30-40 full time inhabitants. There I had so much freedom it is hard to express, no law enforcement, but little crime, instead the community looking out for their own. I got to experience being an EMT, Firefighter, and run a clinic full time alone by the age of 26. Leaving was Indeed hard, as money was while important meant very little as zero stores existed or actually anywhere at all to spend money without traveling. I grew my family there with my wife bearing twin daughters, which is why we both decided it was best to leave, to give them exposure to all life has to offer! But I feel extremely grateful we took the chance to move to such a place life was simple, enjoyable, and rewarding, and with little temptation to spend earnings and jobs plentiful, was able to save enough to purchase my ancestral farm in western WA. I should mention I have fished for salmon commercially in Alaska since i was about 7 years old, so i had a bit of my foot in the door, but still sometimes to find the best opportunity for yourself you must be willing to go find them, and live where most others will not.
