ugh.. Discovery Channel Alaskan Bush People hype / BS

[Steppenwolfe]

Don't believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see...

 

[Streetcar]

Alaskans the last frontier, has a lot of old iron the kilchers work with. For the most part the show does not portray ordinary situations as life or death

 

[westcliffe01]

Regarding the "subdivision" comments: I think that can be a bit misleading...

I am looking to buy 36 acres in a "subdivision" in Colorado. It is at an elevation of 9000ft and the "subdivision" is about 10% developed. No utilities, no services. Most residents are snowed in for 2-3 months of the year. Some park cars next to a county road at 7500 ft and get up / down using a snowmobile or snowcat. There are free ranging black bear, elk, and antelope. You are allowed to hunt on your property. Covenants are modest. HOA fee is about $100/yr. It is about 15 miles to town and the nearest gas station.

To "live" in that kind of subdivision is quite different to the kind of living we usually associate with "subdivisions. The Browns were freezing to death pretty well, regardless of how close the nearest pizza shop was....

 

[Country Geek]

Regarding the "subdivision" comments: I think that can be a bit misleading...

I am looking to buy 36 acres in a "subdivision" in Colorado. It is at an elevation of 9000ft and the "subdivision" is about 10% developed. No utilities, no services. Most residents are snowed in for 2-3 months of the year. Some park cars next to a county road at 7500 ft and get up / down using a snowmobile or snowcat. There are free ranging black bear, elk, and antelope. You are allowed to hunt on your property. Covenants are modest. HOA fee is about $100/yr. It is about 15 miles to town and the nearest gas station.

To "live" in that kind of subdivision is quite different to the kind of living we usually associate with "subdivisions. The Browns were freezing to death pretty well, regardless of how close the nearest pizza shop was....

You are correct that there are different types of subdivisions but in this case the subdivision is a mile from a pizza joint, easily accessible to the main highway, and the stars of the show have neighbors so close that the film crew disturbs them.

 

[yooper jim]

Billy Brown has to keep his kids in tow for their PFD checks. This year it is $1,884 a head. That is $16,956 in his pocket and he has 5 grow men to do all his work. Someone mentioned earlier about Robert Allen Hale. The whole situation is kind of creepy or a scam.

 

[kevin37b]

Who are the dummys that watch this crap . That is why you are still seeing it .

 

[Jaeger]

Look up McCarthy, scene of a mass murder years ago. One of the 20 or so people lost it and killed a bunch of them. Think he's in jail for 400yrs....

 

[Happy Gilmore]

I enjoy Mountain Men and Alaska The Last Frontier. Alaskan Bush People is the only show I've seen worse than Amish Mafia

 

[Garandman]

Billy Brown has to keep his kids in tow for their PFD checks. This year it is $1,884 a head. That is $16,956 in his pocket and he has 5 grow men to do all his work.

He was just charged with fraud for not meeting the requirements to collect the payment.
Revenue investigator: Tip from outside Alaska led to reality star fraud charges | Local News - KTUU.com Anchorage

Brown and family members are accused of “falsely” submitting applications for Permanent Fund dividends, the annual checks awarded to most year-round Alaska residents. Billy Brown alone faces 24 felony counts and is accused of illegally obtaining $13,080 in dividend cash for himself and others.

The charges do not describe why investigators believe the Brown family was not eligible for the dividends that some members received between 2010 and 2013.

 

[turnkey4099]

I enjoy Mountain Men and Alaska The Last Frontier. Alaskan Bush People is the only show I've seen worse than Amish Mafia

Worst "reality" show ever is Axemen. I thing they are the ones that kick started the entire genre.

Harry K