Alaskan Town Living in One Building

Imagine living with all your classmates and the majority of your town’s population under just one roof. Imagine your local post office, grocery store and police station being just an elevator ride away. That’s Jenessa Lorenz’s reality, living in Whittier, Alaska, where she and about 85% of the town’s roughly 300 residents live in one 14-story building.

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