Alaskan capital to be moved from Juneau to Anchorage?

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I think Juneau should remain the capital.  No matter where you move it, it will still be the most inaccessible capital in the country, just perhaps a little less so.

I just see this as a power grab by Anchorage with some very political undertones. 

There is debate to connect Juneau to the road system, but the road would cost hundreds of billions of dollars, pass something like 30 avalanche chutes, and require a LOT of tunneling and bridges.

This all in an age when high speed ferries are coming on line.

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If you move the capitol to Anchorage, you are signing a death warrant for Juneau.  Sure, they would remain a seasonal tourist boom town, but the winter economy would largely collapse as fishing operations could be based out of other panhandle towns.

Juneau, while only having 30,000 residents, is still the 2nd largest city (I believe.. it could be 3rd behind Fairbanks).  If you remove the capitol, you will see serious population decline and the economy will decline.

There are plenty of other states with capitols in unlikely places:  Nevada, California, Washington just to name a few.

The fact that people must fly or boat into Juneau to do their legislative work provides jobs to many people in the aviation industry that would otherwise have no work.. other than maybe as a gas station attendant. 

Leave it where it is.

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There are plenty of other states with capitols in unlikely places:  Nevada, California, Washington just to name a few.

Olympia is not too oddly placed. I don't know where else you would put the capitol. I believe Sacramento is the capital city because of the gold rush, so it makes sense. Same sort of reasoning for Carson City, especially since Las Vegas only became a large city within the latter part of the century. The weirdest capital city location would have to be Florida after Alaska.

Just as Juneau was the opportune sight for the capitol thanks to the gold rush and fishing industries.  Anchorage has only become a larger city in the past 30 years as well.  The oldest cities in Alaska are located in the panhandle.



Lewis:

If the Northwest Angle had ferry and air services several times a day with over 30,000 inhabitants and it was chosen to be the capital city in the beginning, I wouldn't mind it much.