Courtesy of Flint Selby
- Flint Selby, 24, moved to Alaska from Wyoming in 2020 in pursuit of outdoor adventure.
- Selby said winters are tough, with just three hours of sunlight, so many people take vitamin D.
- But, he said, the friendly people and affordable rent make Alaska feel like home.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Flint Selby, a 24-year-old real-estate agent who moved from Cody, Wyoming, to Palmer, Alaska, about 43 miles northeast of Anchorage, in 2020. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
I moved to Alaska in November 2020. I was living in my hometown of Cody, Wyoming.