All of the false stereotypes are staggering in the comments below. Village residents are a bunch of welfare queens who should all be moved to Fairview, are the views of too many, no doubt who are strong followers of Trump, and not because he is a great businessman? But seriously, people live out there because it is where they were born and raised.  It is where they are tied to a community and culture; not moved for a job.  They stay to support their community and extended families. Many are the only skilled technicians, electricians, power plant operators, health aides etc. in their villages.  They stay because they love the food their land provides. Moose, caribou, salmon, ducks, geese, whale.  Most that I know are not on welfare or public assistance at all.  Many work at Prudhoe Bay or the Red Dog mine or fish on Bristol Bay. And it is not insignificant that PFD's don't come from the top of O'Malley Road but from the North Slope, Inupiat region of AK, which is Rural not urban Alaska.