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** Considering that Juneau is many hundreds of miles from Anchorage and its environs (the state's major population center), along with the whole can't-drive-there thing making access very inconvenient, there have naturally been several votes to move the state's capital to either Anchorage or some town close to it. The capital remains in Juneau, however, because no one is willing to pay the extra taxes it would take to relocate the government.[[note]]Some of Alaska's state agencies are already headquartered in Anchorage for convenience, but many of the most important ones are not. Moving involves more than just telling the governor and elected officials to meet elsewhere; there are innumerable files and archives, computer servers, and equipment that would have to be moved, to say nothing of relocating the workers and building new facilities to house it all. Plus, the people would surely want a proper statehouse (Alaska's legislature currently meets in a disused bank). Doing all of that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, so nobody wants to foot the bill.[[/note]] Also many Alaska towns are concerned that, as Anchorage is already the richest and most populous city in the state by a wide margin, making it the capital would give it too much power compared to the rest of the state.
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** Considering that Juneau is many hundreds of miles from Anchorage and its environs (the state's major population center), along with the whole can't-drive-there thing making access very inconvenient, there have naturally been several votes to move the state's capital to either Anchorage or some town close to it. The capital remains in Juneau, however, because no one is willing to pay the extra taxes it would take to relocate the government.[[note]]Some of Alaska's state agencies are already headquartered in Anchorage for convenience, but many of the most important ones are not. The state's Supreme Court has permanent chambers in Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Juneau (most frequently sitting in Anchorage), and typically hears oral arguments in the city where the original trial was held. Moving involves more than just telling the governor and elected officials to meet elsewhere; there are innumerable files and archives, computer servers, and equipment that would have to be moved, to say nothing of relocating the workers and building new facilities to house it all. Plus, the people would surely want a proper statehouse (Alaska's legislature currently meets in a disused bank). Doing all of that would cost hundreds of millions of dollars, so nobody wants to foot the bill.[[/note]] Also many Alaska towns are concerned that, as Anchorage is already the richest and most populous city in the state by a wide margin, making it the capital would give it too much power compared to the rest of the state.
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