Wasilla , Palmer and the Mat-Su is the arm pit of Alaska .  The reason they are having so many problems is the number of riff raff that live there.  Outsiders aren't ripping them off---their own friends and neighbors are.  The whole area has admired they're reputation as the drug capital of Alaska. And that reputation comes with a price. The only way to stop the crime in the valley would be to send in the Alaska National Guard and have them posted everywhere.