Fairbanks Alaska Full time??
Hello Everyone, My husband and I are considering living full time in our 5th wheel to save some money and pay off some debt. We are getting ready to move up to Fairbanks Alaska for my husbands job. I...
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sldrplvr wrote:
Thanks everyone! I think we're going to try to find a short term lease for the winter. We would live in housing but, we were hoping to use some of the remaining BAH to pay off our credit cards, living in housing eats all of it. We like living in the 5th wheel because we own it and then are only paying lot rental instead of full house, but it sounds like at least for now we should get to know the are :) A Heated barn would be an awesome idea! who knows, maybe after the first winter there we will find something.
I think that's a wise choice, to get a S&B the first winter and check things out from there.
I'll tell you, living in the 5er really sounds to me like the sort of thing that would end up costing more money than you would save -- the higher heat costs, and the inevitable crises and repairs.
I did once meet a couple who lived over the winter in AK in a tipi, though. But I think that might have been in Kodiak.
