This seems like a good time for another "Where's This?" post, because you last saw this blog's anti-hero on the light rail headed for SEATAC without a clue where he was going next. So where did he end up? The picture is Saturday afternoon.
I know there are folks out there who can be a lot more precise than just the name of the city.
This picture was taken in front of Hearthside Books on Front Street in downtown Juneau, looking west towards Seward and Main Streets. How's that for detail?
ReplyDeleteNice to know that this is our state capitol.
ReplyDeleteHeck I'd know the Capitol of NM or AZ or NV or California and perhaps DC far better than our Alaska state Capitol. Although I was born rigth before statehood and have resided all my life here, (in Anch, Fairbanks, Palmer and Nome), Juneau is so unavailable to me...
"Although I was born rigth (sic) before statehood and have resided all my life here, (in Anch, Fairbanks, Palmer and Nome), Juneau is so unavailable to me... "
ReplyDeleteNonsense! Alaska Airlines has a very cheap "constituent fare" available so that anyone living outside of Juneau can visit here once a year. And all of the floor sessions and most committee meetings are available on your local public TV station or cable system via 360 North, as well as online.
Most people who whine about the capital being inaccessible don't bother to attend their local school board or city council meetings but whine about them too.
Oh okay, all of us living outside of Juneau, just need to watch pay for view TV to know what is going on in our state legislature.
ReplyDeleteGot it.
Honestly I'm kind of thankful for 360 North. Now, more than ever, residents of Juneau are more aware that there is a rural Alaska. With people even.
Does it occur to the folks of Juneau that more cruise ship tourists have now seen our state capital, than there are residents in Alaska? This should be the underground slogan for Juneau. A big billboard could be plastered down at the cruise ship dock: "Enjoy your experience in Alaska's State Capital, cause most Alaskan residents won't experience it..."
Does that sound crude or rude? Well you won't get any appologies from me about it.
I find it repulsive and obscene that our state capital more accessable to Seattle than it is to Alaska's 2nd largest city. (nevermind the smaller Alaskan hubs - which would be Nome, Bethel, Kodiak, etc...)
As for this quote: "Most people who whine about the capital being inaccessible don't bother to attend their local school board or city council meetings but whine about them too."
What a sad comeback, if that is to be some sort of come back, to not knowing the street in the photo is from my state capital. Hell yes I am expressing a whine. More Alaskans should whine about our inacessable state capital. Attendance at our local school board or city council meetings apparently has everything to do with a inaccessable state capital? Got it...
good grief...