I live in a tiny home – I moved to the unique US town that’s ‘run by dogs,’ where there’s only 100 people
A VAN dweller has taken her followers on a tour of the small Alaskan town she visited.
The remote village is “run by dogs” and only has a population of 100 people.
In her video, TikTok user Allyson Overland (@allysonoverland) told her followers: “When I heard there was a town in Alaska ran by dogs I had to check it out.”
She gave viewers a glimpse of the scenic route to McCarthy, Alaska.
Allyson explained: “This is pretty much off the beaten path so to get there you have to drive 60 miles down a narrow dirt road with a lot of potholes.
“Despite the fact that it took me four and a half hours to get 180 miles today the views were incredible the entire drive.”
After parking her van up beside a river, Allyson took her dog on the mile walk into the town.
“I was told everyone in this town pretty much owns a dog and they weren’t wrong,” she said.
Allyson told her followers that she felt right at home walking around the rural streets with her own dog.
“Most of them are allowed off-leash, hanging around the restaurants and waiting for someone to give them scraps but they do know their boundaries,” she said, filming one dog hovering at a threshold.
She continued: “I read the population of this town is around 100 people and they had a garden going and were hosting an annual storyteller event, which was pretty fun to sit around and listen to.”
After showing viewers around the community gardens she returned to her van.
“It didn’t take long to explore this cute little town and then we headed back to camp where I saw two bears scaling the rocks across the way, which was cute to see,” she said.
Allyson’s followers took to the comments section to share their thoughts on the town.
“I need to live there, a town of dogs is heaven,” wrote one impressed viewer.
Another TikTok user commented: “Well, I have a retirement plan now.”
“I will travel to the ends of the earth to see the town of dogs,” said a third person.