text: A few years back, I was doing a lot survey in Fairbanks in an older part of town.  Adjacent to the property that I was working on there was a classic Alaska Quonset Hut;  The middle of the hut was partially collapsed, down a couple of feet, there were at least 6 coats of paint that had mostly weathered off, the plank walk was half buried in  mud and weeds, the windows were broken out and boarded up, and in front of it all was a  sign proclaiming "JUST THINK, IF YOU LIVED HERE YOU WOULD BE HOME BY NOW" from a local real estate broker.  There was some certain perfection about it.