“I’m not sure why, beyond geography, Alaska is not talked about,” Ristay said. She has even heard some tourists asking if Alaskans use ‘American money’ and other weird questions like, “Are they actually citizens?”, “Can they vote?” and so on.
“Then there are some who can’t believe this is true and think these stories are exaggerated. But if you ask an Alaskan for any WTF tourist stories like this, we all have a handful,” Ristay added.