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Post by smwon on Jul 15, 2006 13:19:42 GMT -5
I couldn’t help but notice a trend... seeing as how I grew up in Alaska, I had a pretty good idea what ‘remote’ was. Imagine my surprise when people thought going out of town 5 miles was remote! My land in Oregon is considered remote, although it is just 13 miles from any town in two directions. I have gotten used to the idea, but I still hesitate when I say my land is 'remote'! What do ya’ll consider remote today?
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Post by Chuck on Jul 15, 2006 19:28:56 GMT -5
I know what they mean we spent two years in Dillingham a town in western Alaska. There were two grocery stores, post office, fire dept, hospital, and a paved road system. Most people living out there thought they lived remote. We now live a mile off a fly in lake 65 miles out of Anchorage, but since our mail box is in Anchorage the federal gov considers us urban and Dillingham remote. Go figure.
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Post by ugashikrobert on Jul 16, 2006 9:24:34 GMT -5
Remote seems to be a relative term but to me being at least 300 air miles from a road system over 20 miles long is a good definition.
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Post by smwon on Jul 16, 2006 12:12:43 GMT -5
300 miles? Now that's remote! Wait a minute... what did you mean by "300 air miles from a road system over 20 miles long"?
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Post by ugashikrobert on Jul 17, 2006 1:04:57 GMT -5
smwon:
There is a nonconnected road system from King Salmon to Naknek but it is only 20 miles long. The nearest connected road system to us is Anchorage/Homer and it is about 300 air miles from us.
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Post by smwon on Jul 17, 2006 11:13:28 GMT -5
OH! Ok gotcha...
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Post by miztiki on Sept 18, 2006 15:06:23 GMT -5
Old Thread Resurrection Alert:
To me, remote is a place that has no trails to it and the only way to get in or out is by plane or boat. Remote is also any trail that takes longer than half an hour by ATV or snowmobile. So I figure any house that is half hour or less from a road (any road) is not remote, but rural.
How far away the nearest town is doesn't matter much to me. I don't work and don't leave the house often, so as long as I don't have to drive much more than 2 hours to town for food and supplies then I'm happy.
My question is, how does my idea of remote square up with others? ;D
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Post by ugashikrobert on Sept 24, 2006 11:35:34 GMT -5
Miztiki:
Like a lot of other things the definition of remote depends on what you are used to. To me anything you can drive to on some sort of road isn't as remote as somewhere where you can't. To many pavement pounders a long comute makes you remote.
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Post by smwon on Sept 24, 2006 20:18:19 GMT -5
I think like miztiki pretty much... that is remote to me, but I have gotten used to the idea here is anyplace that takes a little bit to get to.
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