according to Gallien,why do people come to Alaska?from Into the wild

People basically go to escape the "rat race". They go to Alaska with romantic ideas of living off the land....

"People from Outside," reports Gallien in a slow sonorous drawl, "they'll pick up a copy of Alaska magazine, thumb through it, get to thinkin' 'Hey, I'm going' to get on up there, live off the land, go claim me a piece of the good life.'"