What it’s like living on $52,000 in rural Alaska
This story is part of CNBC Make It's Millennial Money series, which details how people around the world earn, spend and save their money.There are a lot of misconceptions about living in Alaska, and Trevor Barrett has heard them all.People ask him: Do you live in an igloo? Do you have electricity? What was the first time you saw grass? What's it like to never see the sun? (That one "is a little bit accurate in winter," he says.)"Most of them are complete misconceptions," Trevor, 35, tells CNBC Make It. "Alaska does have some very strong winters, but it also has very pleasant summers. And it's one of the biggest reasons people fall in love with Alaska."Trevor is a lifelong Alaskan and lives in Haines, a town of 2,000 people in the southeastern tip of the state bordering British Columbia, a...