Nice article.  Anchorage like most cities want to "flush" those who don't fit out of sight of tourists and put forward a marketing image.  Flushing is a great american tradition like putting old people into "rest homes.'  Putting yourself in his shoes, he is making a decision to live alone rather than bunk up with others at some "resource center" and many of us would make the same choice.  I applaud his individualism while modern day slaves with $250,000 mortgages, car and toy payments and insurance trudge to work every day and get their shorts in a bunch at those living free.