[bee_rider]

414 miles is not some incredible distance (I’m sure anyone who’s done a cross country road trip has done longer), but 414 miles at 35 miles an hour sounds miserable.

It is interesting how fish-out-of-water the story is, given that the author covers that industry.

[karaterobot]

> It is interesting how fish-out-of-water the story is, given that the author covers that industry.

Yeah, though I bet a tech journalist who sat in on a software product being developed would also be surprised by a lot of things. There's just a big difference between writing about something and doing it.

(Also, that article would be much more boring than this one.)

And I got the sense from that article that truck driving in Alaska is very different than in the lower 48, even to the extent that the driving is different (that bit about shifting into higher gear to go down slopes)

[birdman3131]

414 miles on gravel roads with no air ride sounds horrible.

[grecy]

It’s one of the most beautiful places on earth. It is the opposite of terrible. Going slowly is a joy

[_8j50]

Any beautiful place gets boring after years if the same scenery.

[civilitty]

Not according to the truck driver in the article.

[tough]

He went there only once no

[elijaht]

The truck driver makes two trips a week

[bell-cot]

But if the story is correct about it being 3X (or more) the average truck driver wages in the lower 48...

[alephnerd]

CoL is also 3-4x in Alaska because almost everything is flown in or shipped.

[jaystraw]

Off the road system and in villages sure, but in Anchorage where I've lived for over a decade...not really. Maybe 1.5, and some things like avocados are kind of a joke, but I've lived quite a few places in the lower 48 and it's just not that bad (especially since wages are also higher)

[jmclnx]

Really :) Did you see the pics of some of the roads, a mile on dirt roads is slows you down quite a bit.

[bee_rider]

That it is through necessity rather than choice doesn’t seem to make the prospect any nicer!

[taway_6PplYu5]

Not if you are paid by time instead of distance.