For Talkeetna's sake, I hope its residents find a way to curb tourism to a reasonable level. I grew up in a small town in Maine called Kennebunk in the 1970s. Today the little quaint tourist town has become a northern suburb of Boston. Nice starter homes that could be had for under $50,000 in the 1970s are now $300,000. Land you couldn't give away for $100 an acre then is now $75,000 for a 1/4 acre building lot. Tourism is OK until the folks who come to visit your quaint village decide to move there and insist you change to meet their requirements. I myself hope to move back to Alaska someday because it reminds me of how Maine used to be.