Response to rvtjm5's comment

Rating: Null/10 (2 June 2002)

To rvtjm5: I'm guessing that you've never been to Alaska, but there are places where there are no pharmacies, hardware stores, or department stores. This is actually very common. I live in one of the three largest cities in Alaska, with a population of about 32,000 people. Even here, there are no pharmacies that are open 24 hours, and there are a couple stores that I guess could qualify as department stores, although it would have to be a very loose definition. If you get out in the bush, into villages of 600 people and very often less than that, there is nothing for hundreds of miles. Nothing. Maybe a family owned general store. Although Alaska is not the place most movies depict it as (there is not snow on the ground year round, we don't live in igloos), it is still very different from the lower 48.