AnnMarie Young 于 2021 年從德克薩斯大學(xué)奧斯汀分校畢業(yè)后的第二天，她和她最好的朋友搬到阿拉斯加費爾班克斯過暑假。

這位 23 歲的藝術(shù)家在阿拉斯加生活了三個月，然后返回德克薩斯州。

但楊告訴 CNBC Make It，在她離開的那一刻，她就知道自己想回到太平洋西北州。

“我心里有些東西就是不想離開阿拉斯加，”她說。

“我想向自己證明我可以堅持下去。”

那年夏天，楊用出售藝術(shù)品賺來的錢買了一輛已經(jīng)改裝成小房子的貨車。

她收拾好行李，前往阿拉斯加，經(jīng)過一周的越野駕駛，她到達(dá)了。

“我走得很慢，走風(fēng)景優(yōu)美的路線，”她說。

當(dāng)楊回到阿拉斯加時，她在貨車?yán)镒×藥讉€月，然后搬進(jìn)了干燥的小屋。

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2022 年夏天，楊住在她的貨車?yán)铮?dāng)冬天到來時，她必須做出決定——要么再次回到德克薩斯州的家，要么在阿拉斯加尋找不同的生活環(huán)境。

這位藝術(shù)家最終通過口碑在費爾班克斯找到了一間小屋，但它確實有一個問題。

楊提供的小屋是干式小屋——一種沒有自來水的住宅結(jié)構(gòu)。

該房產(chǎn)確實配有外屋。

71 歲的房主 Mollie Sipe 是一位退休教育家，她以每月 500 美元的價格將其出租。

Sipe 告訴 CNBC Make It，她于 1988 年購買了這間小屋。這是一個大約 10 英尺 x 20 英尺的房間，帶有一個臥室角落。

它包括一個配有爐灶、微波爐和使用加熱油的加熱器的廚房區(qū)，Sipe 總是在每個新租戶之前將油加滿。

楊從外面看到了小屋，但在決定接受租賃之前從未參觀過內(nèi)部。

幸運的是，一切都很順利。

“這不是你想象中的夢幻小屋，但它的內(nèi)部真的很可愛。它非常舒適，非常適合當(dāng)時的我，”楊說。

“我有一整個部門來做我的藝術(shù)作品，這對我來說是最重要的。”

小屋里楊最喜歡的部分是她有一個專門的角落來創(chuàng)作她的藝術(shù)作品。

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“這是女性在阿拉斯加改變生活并快速起步的地方”

Sipe 在 80 年代開始出租小屋，她的房客只接待過女性——這完全是巧合，但卻是 Sipe 喜歡的事實。

“她們總是為我找到下一個人，而且一直都是女性。這就是我所說的‘小屋女孩’的神秘之處。她們在這方面非常可靠，所以我從來不需要尋找，”西佩說。

"It's a place for women to take a turn in their lives and jumpstart in Alaska," she says. "It's just a way of life that you get to find out what you're made of, what you can do, and how capable you are."

After rent, Young's expenses included 25 cents to fill up three five-gallon water jugs, something she drove into town to do every week and a half or so.

Young admits that one of the biggest issues she had living in the dry cabin was access to internet. The cabin is surrounded by tall trees which made it difficult to get reliable cell and internet connection. She even tried using Starlink at one point, but had to cancel due to inconsistent service.

The dry cabin is about 10 feet by 20 feet and has one room with a kitchen area and a bedroom nook.

AnnMarie Young

Living in a dry cabin meant Young had no plumbing, laundry, shower, washer, or dryer.

She washed her dishes and brushed her teeth in a five-gallon water jug that drained into a bucket underneath and had to be dumped manually.

"Because I was already living van life, transitioning to a dry cabin was a lot easier. I was already living without things that the dry cabin didn't have, like a shower or bathroom," Young says. "It took me a week to get used to it, and then it just became my new normal."

"I'm not a tough person; I didn't grow up camping and am not a rugged outdoor person, but if I can do it, I think a lot more people can do it," she added. "It's all about setting your mind to something," she adds.

The dry cabin didn't have running water, so Young would shower in the neighbor's house a few times a week.

AnnMarie Young

Young was able to take a proper shower at a neighbor's house every couple of days, and used baby wipes and other products in the dry cabin in between.

"We had a deal setup that I would come and use the shower when they weren't home because they wanted someone to use the pipes to make sure they didn't freeze," she says.

And when she needed to use the bathroom, Young would throw on a thick robe and slippers and start walking the path to the outhouse in the back. Young was sure to always keep that path clear of snow.

A typical day in Young's life when she lived in the dry cabin included training her dog, Moose, driving into town to a coffee shop to use the Wi-Fi and work on her website, and hours spent painting.

While some may think living in a cabin in the middle of the woods sounds isolating, Young says she's never felt more of a sense of community than when she lived there.

"I had such a good group of people in the area that I felt like I was hanging out with friends every night," she says. "I loved feeling like I was doing something special and tough and that the whole way of life is normalized in the area."

Young spent almost a year living in the dry cabin before she moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Anchorage.

AnnMarie Young

“你可以自己做，但這要困難得多，所以我喜歡每個人互相依靠、過著這種生活方式的社區(qū)氛圍，”她補(bǔ)充道。

楊在干燥的小屋里住了大約八九個月，然后才和男友搬進(jìn)阿拉斯加安克雷奇的一套一居室公寓。

兩人每月分?jǐn)?1450 美元的租金，雖然 Young 喜歡擁有額外的空間，但她承認(rèn)她很懷念小屋里的生活，并且很快就會再次這樣做。

“我認(rèn)為我們可以再做一次。我懷念住在小屋里的感覺，”楊說。

“從我來到阿拉斯加的第一個夏天起，我就感覺自己與阿拉斯加有著緊密的聯(lián)系。我不知道我是否會永遠(yuǎn)留在這里，但我知道這就是我現(xiàn)在想去的地方。”

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