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What is great about it?

Genuine question, not saying that it isn't, just curious what exactly makes it great for you.

How's the internet up there?

Surprisingly good in larger cities. 100mbit in capitals fed by fibre. DSL is an option, though many communities are ultimately fed via satellite. So you'll get LTE, it's just limited to 3mbit and 600ms latency.

Pricing isn't great, and all plans have bandwidth caps of less than 500GB per month. It's do-able.

I was in Whitehorse, YT for 4 years, loved it. Can't wait to get back North. Once it's in your blood, it's hard to stay away!

How do you make money and/or acquire resources?

Service work. Government work. Mining and natural resources are the major employers.

It's really not as barren as it comes across, hell, Amazon Prime ships here -- it'll just be 3-4 days instead of 1.