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To live in the 32.6 square miles of Fairbanks, Alaska, is to bask under the Midnight Sun, and the Northern Lights. Called “Golden Heart City” or the “Golden Heart of Alaska” because of its gold-rush history and the warm welcome it gives visitors, Fairbanks began with the founding of a trading post by E.T. Barnette on the south bank of the Chena River in 1901. Today, hiking, hunting, fly-fishing, whitewater rafting, and dog mushing attracts residents, one-third of whom work in the government services sector, including the military. Their median age is 27.9 (2022).
