In This Small Alaskan Town Everyone Lives under the Same Roof

Hey there! Thanks for clicking by. Got the coffeepot on and the virtual treats sitting waiting for you so help yourself. Now I've never been to Alaska but I can understand isolated towns and when the wind is blowing and it is snowing like crazy and the temperature would freeze the nuts off of a jeep, it makes sense to stay together, doesn't it? Maybe that's why...

Most of the 200-odd residents of the Alaskan town of Whittier all live in the same 14-story condominium – Begich Towers – located on the edge of town. 

The former Army barracks is often described as a ‘vertical town’ with walls so thin that keeping secrets is simply out of the question.

Apart from residential apartments, the one-of-a-kind settlement also houses a police station, a health clinic, a convenience store, a laundromat, and a church in the basement. 

It really is inconceivable how missionaries, bartenders, city council members, policemen, and even drug dealers can co-exist in the same building, share the same facilities, and ride in the same elevator.

As eccentric as this living arrangement sounds, it really does seem to work out for the residents of Whittier, mainly because of its size and the weather conditions. 

The town is rather inaccessible – you can only get there by sea, or take a long, one-lane tunnel through the mountains, which only runs one way at any given time. At night, the tunnel is closed completely.

Wouldn't be surprised to hear there was even some hanky-panky going on there, eh? Though with a church in the basement, maybe not...

See ya, eh!

Bob

Source: http://www.odditycentral.com/