I've lived in Boise, Idaho a little over a year now and sometimes I do miss Alaska. But then I remember the hard, cold winters and some of the neighbors I had who had drug and alcohol problems. I remember how I was treated by some of the people in Alaska such as men trying to run me down or splashing me with mud in Anchorage. Or being cussed out one day because I didn't see my blind spot and a man swore at me for the entire time until the light turned green. I do not miss the disrespect as a single woman in Alaska! But in the world I've noticed single women aren't treated as well as married women. I don't think "kept" women have a clue what the "real" world really is like; never have faced things on their own like I have. Haven't known what it's like to wait for a bus in -40 degree weather, or not having a car start when it's 20 below. Or the patronizing of married women towards single woman. When I left Alaska a woman had...