2007-01-25 14:28:45 · 3 answers · asked by joie_du_cor 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Mostly, no. Those tales are mostly from the pipeline days, in the mid- and late-1970s. Almost all welders, electricians, oil-field workers, and equipment operators were men and many came up for the good pay. Even during those ten-to-one days, it was only 10:1 for young, single whites. Obviously Native communities (15% of our population) are pretty balanced, male-to-female. And children are born right around a 50-50 balance. And women live longer here like elsewhere, so it balances out in old age. Our military is pretty evident around Anchorage and Fairbanks and they are more male, although 50-60 years ago, it was almost 100%.
Like elsewhere, it depends more on the venue. Go to a book club, church, or quilting club, and there'll be mostly women. Go on a fishing trip, lodge meeting, or flying club and it will be mostly men.
But while we're really close to 50-50 now, more of the men who come here seem kind of quirky. That (and those 30-year-old 10-to-1 stories) make for the common joke: (From the women's dating perspective) The odds and good but the goods are odd.
2007-01-26 13:56:22 · answer #1 · answered by David in Kenai 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, one of my friends lived there a few years ago, and women are outnumbered about three to one. It sounds like it would be a dating paradise, but that would also mean a higher number of non-dateable men.
2007-01-25 22:43:27 · answer #2 · answered by Sue F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. Most men go there for season work , but end up staying do to the low cost of living.
2007-01-25 22:51:49 · answer #3 · answered by Dom . 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋