Life in Juneau

Juneau isn’t really different than I expected because I didn’t know what to expect. It’s a great place so far. What other city of 30,000 can you go to and be surrounded by mountains? It’s a big town compared to "Podunk, Population: 1500" where I grew up that didn’t even have a blinking stoplight to watch for fun. Everyone here always says Juneau is a small town and sometimes they roll their eyes for emphasis. If they think the 2nd most populated city in the state is small I wonder what they think a big place is. Detroit? LA? Asia? Is there a certain number of Starbucks locations required to make that leap from a small town to a big city?

The roads took some getting used to. Most of the stop signs have been replaced by yield signs. You turn onto another street by way of miniature on and off ramps. The main roads are divided like highways, but the speed limit is still 55 mph. I hate divided roadways, but I guess they’re a necessary evil in a bigger city. I’m sure Gaylord will have to have them in a few million years.