armytiger96

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Or leave the state within 5 years?

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This is not practical and how do you enforce it? Kids have no control over this. Engineer accepts a job with Exxon expecting to work at BR Refinery but Exxon transfers them to Baytown a couple of years later. Most local companies are hiring experienced applicants over new graduates.

Yes we hear about the brain drain but from my experience several of those that leave eventually find their way back home.

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Will likely be more when my kids are in high school.

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Not likely, it WILL be more. School tuition will go up 3-5% per year like clockwork. Plan on $40-$45K per year by the time they are in HS.

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with potentially monumentally disastrous consequences for the environment in the name of combatting something nebulously negative for the environment.

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We have been injecting CO2 into these same formations for over 50 years without any monumentally disastrous consequences.

Nobody has given two shits about EOR operations for decades but use the same technology for a highly politicized application and now everyone cares!

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Then don’t join the military. You don’t belong in it if you’re not willing to fight whenever called upon by your country and your commander-in-chief.

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Just because someone doesn't believe the cause is right doesn't mean they are not willing to go when called upon by their CIC?

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they think they have to bring the water back to a boil.

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In my opinion this is the main reason. Most burners take too long to get back to a boil.

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think a lot of people should consider moving to Europe. It seems like it’s for the best.

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Been telling my liberal BIL/SIL this for years. Quit trying to change the US. Just move to Europe since it's obviously so much better over there.

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I was born and raised in Alabama. I love football, BBQ, and fricking my sister. I'm more southern than you'll ever be.

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You can take a Gump out of AL but you sure as hell can't take AL out of the Gump!

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Starting to plan a vacation to Alaska with 2 teenagers. Trying to see if it would be better to do a cruise or fly to Alaska?

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We did both last year and plan to go back next year with 3 teenagers on just a cruise. The cruise will be less time in a vehicle, don't have to repack every couple of days, plenty of food, entertainment, etc. I also felt like I had plenty of time in the ports for daily excursions.

If you're up for adventure look into driving up the Dalton Hwy from Fairbanks to Dead Horse. We found the drive to be gorgeous but not nearly as nice as the mountains of coastal AK.
We went a few miles north of Wiseman and then turned around. We also drove down to Denali National Park but really only had a day there where we went whitewater rafting. Unfortunately, we didn't see much wildlife while driving through the interior.

If you take a cruise I highly recommend looking into Holland America Line or Princess Cruise Line and choose an itinerary the goes to Glacier Bay National Park. That was absolutely incredible.

You could also do both by flying into Anchorage a few days before your cruise and fly home from Vancouver. I highly recommend land before sea.

Whether you choose a cruise or interior I recommend driving instead of the train rides. With a car you control your adventure, you can stop along the way to take quick hikes, plenty of pictures, check out local cuisine, while traveling at a leisurely pace. The trains typically run parallel to the hwy so the views are the same. We did DIY Jeep tour in Skagway instead of the train and it was an incredible drive up the Yukon Hwy.

If on the cruise find local alternatives for your excursions. For example if you are whale watching in Juneau book a trip on Harv and Marv small boat excursion instead of the excursion through the ship. Unless you would rather be crammed on a boat with 50+ people instead of a boat with 6 people going to the same locations to see the same whales!

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This is something that most of us never really tabulated for our own experience. My fee bill may have only been a few grand a semester. But never kept track of my food, housing, gas, insurance, etc. while I was in school. I wouldn't doubt I spent 25-30k a year 20 years ago at a public institution

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The other thing no one ever tabulates is time value of money. Basically the prices go up 5% a year like clockwork. No different than every other governments' budget.

Same can be said for private high school tuition.

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Yeah they don't even teach outfielders to catch with 2 hands past like 10u. Limits reach.

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This ^