A town in Alaska where every resident lives under one roof
Nearly all of the residents in Whittier, Alaska, live together inside a single fourteen-story building that houses everything from the local police station to the post office.
Begich Towers serves as a vertical neighborhood for the roughly 270 residents of Whittier. Originally built as a military barracks during the Cold War, this massive structure now contains a grocery store, a clinic, and even a small church.
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