A brother curently lives in 'Los Anchorage' as he says it's sometimes called. Anchorage has maybe 1/2 the population of the state, excellent breakfast with reindeer sausage and pancakes (my brother suggested adding a cherry to the plate and calling it the Rudolph special :^), other good pubs and food, maybe more than their fair share of nice looking women, some nice antique stores, and some awfully big moose here and there around town.
Fishing in spots the 100% DEET was good for about 1/2 hour before the skeeters would start landing, and in other areas no bugs at all. 'Summer was over' when you could see your headlights at 3:00 am.