The remote town where the 200 population live in one incredible building | World | News

Whittier, in Alaska, is a town like no other.

Not only is the town extremely remote, but it is also unique because the 217 residents who live there live in one building.

Whittier, located 60 miles south of Anchorage, is accessible by ferry, car, and train. However, a one-way tunnel is the only road route to the town, and it closes overnight.

Begich Towers is the building where nearly everyone in Whittier lives. It is a former army barracks that the US Army used as a secret base during World War 2.

The weather in Whittier may be a big reason why its population is so low as 5,000mm of rain falls there each year.

There are also few job opportunities, poor internet services and no cable TV.

Inside Begich Towers is a police station, a shop, a doctor’s clinic, a conference room, a Baptist church, and a post office among other essentials.

Children also attend a school that is connected to the building via a tunnel.

Tourists can also stay in the building to sample the life of Whittier locals.

One person who visited shared their experience on Reddit.

They said: “Visiting Whittier is a surreal experience. Not being able to leave when you want is definitely a strange feeling.

“They close the tunnel down completely, and from 10pm to 5am, you can not enter or leave the town.

“Not literally everyone lives in the same building, but almost everyone does. While there is a grocery store in the main building, there is a bigger one a little ways away.

“It’s a very tight-knit community, and we had people asking us where we were visiting from constantly.

“People immediately know you aren’t from their town, and it’s a little unnerving. They were all nice to us though.”