Well the good city-planning folks of Wasilla managed to mess up big time. Thanks for the photos though. Looks like at one time, it may have been a nice area to visit.
I got to see the pics before the bandwidth thing. I feel the big mountains and Palmer even though it's small. Not at all for Wasilla. I got a better appreciation for Anchorage with the photo at the end. Civilization! (more or less)
That call to shoot "Twin Peaks" (?) in North Bend/Cle Elum, WA was spot-on. Almost like separated at birth.
so, is Wasilla effectively a suburb of Palmer then?
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No. Wasilla is the largest city and commercial hub of the MatSu valley. The reason for all the strip malls is that Wasilla is the hub for the valley, which is Alaska's third most populous area behind Anchorage and Fairbanks, with over 80,000 people. Wasilla is more centrally located, which is probably why is has developed as the valley's hub over Palmer.
Where is this 80,000 number coming from? The population of Wasilla itself is only 7,025 residents (as of 2008 according to Wikipedia). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilla,_Alaska
I guess the 80,000 number is counting the entire metro (Wasilla and Palmer), not including of course Anchorage. Is this right, mthq?
Our next possible VP ran that tow ? Wow. No disrespect meant towards the town or it's people, but there is absolutely no order, rhyme or reason to anything there.
Where is this 80,000 number coming from? The population of Wasilla itself is only 7,025 residents (as of 2008 according to Wikipedia). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilla,_Alaska
I guess the 80,000 number is counting the entire metro (Wasilla and Palmer), not including of course Anchorage. Is this right, mthq?
From what I know of, the 80,000 number is the population of the Mat-su Borough which consists of Wasilla, Palmer, Houston, Big Lake, and Willow. The thing is however, those other towns are even smaller than Palmer let alone Wasilla, so I don't know how they are able to total up to 80k
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Whatever happened to edsas? Cool guy, that one.
Our next possible VP ran that tow ? Wow. No disrespect meant towards the town or it's people, but there is absolutely no order, rhyme or reason to anything there.
As much as I like poking fun at Wasilla (for obvious reasons), I gotta admit it doesn't look as bad as many North American suburban type towns. Ugly, though. Strangely enough, the photos remind me of the main commercial strip of Hilo, Hawaii (e.g., Walmart, Ross, fast food franchises, etc.).
nice pics....i was expecting a better developed town..a town with 8,000 with a sports arena and a Target and so many other retail? wow....seems pretty small for a big box and sport complex...maybe Wasilla wants to feel "bigger".. even though its area pop is 80,000 people, its still pretty small...In a Palin interview they mentioned that she turned a debt-free city into a city with millions in debt, by building this sports arena and other bad laws she made.
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? Wow. No disrespect meant towards the town or it's people, but there is absolutely no order, rhyme or reason to anything there.
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