No one can reach the city by land without first passing through it.
The entire population of whttier ak lives under one roof.
If there were to be a coronavirus outbreak in the begich tower it could be especially devastating city manager jim hunt told insider.
Most of the.
Approximately 127 people live in whittier which is only accessible via a boat or a one way one lane tunnel that is a bit of a hair raiser.
Whittier is a city at the head of the passage canal in the u s.
Whittier is a city at the head of the passage canal in the u s.
State of alaska about 58 miles southeast of anchorage.
The 14 story begich tower which houses the entire neighborhood.
Whittier alaska is a small town about 60 miles 96 5 kilometers south of anchorage.
At the 2010 census the population was 220 up from 182 in 2000.
The city is within the valdez cordova census area.
It s a small community of about 220 people who like those in many other small alaska wilderness towns huddle together for warmth in the long dark freezing winters.
In the sleepy town of whittier alaska nearly all of the town s 218 residents live together under one roof.
At the 2010 census the population was 220 up from 182 in 2000.
So small in fact that almost its entire population has chosen to live under one roof the roof of the begich tower.
The city is within the chugach census area one of the two entities established in 2019 when the former valdez cordova census area was dissolved.
But did you know that in a very small town in remote alaska most of the population officially lives under one roof.
But whittier is a little.
State of alaska about 58 miles 93 km southeast of anchorage.
The building is a former army barracks that was erected in the 1950 s and.
The 2016 estimate was 214 people almost all of whom live in a.
In whittier alaska a remote city about an hour outside of anchorage nearly every resident lives under one roof.
The 2018 estimate was 205 people almost all of whom.
Not only does this fact put the place firmly on the map as one of the strangest places in america the city also has the longest tunnel in the states.