When tourists arrive in Anchorage and check into one of the downtown hotels, they’re often greeted with two starkly contrasting views. On a clear day, they might catch a glimpse of majestic Mt. McKinley on the horizon. But every day this summer, without fail, what greets them closer to ground level is another sprawling homeless encampment, just steps from where the Saturday Market sets up and directly beneath the Ramada by Wyndham.
As part of our continuing series on Anchorage’s worsening vagrancy crisis, we invite you on a photo and video tour of what has become the city’s unofficial welcome mat. This is the reality visitors encounter in downtown Anchorage — a visual story of what life looks like under Democrat leadership in Alaska’s largest city…