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When did Alaska get so damn old?
The median age in Anchorage in 1970 was 23.2. It is now 32.2, but sometimes feels like 82.2.
As the rest of the world charges ahead into the 21st Century, Alaska sometimes appears to be trying to hang onto the 20th Century, if not the 19th. As a touchstone, the past is a wonderful place.