According to the big study it doesn't have a bear every few years it has resident bears all the time right in town.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bears_in_Anchorage,_Alaska
https://www.adn.com/uncategorized/article/bear-population-growing-anchorage-alaska/2012/08/23/
http://www.berrymaninstitute.org/files/uploads/pdf/journal/spring2015/ColtraneSinnottSpring2015HWI.pdf