Mountain View, Anchorage
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Mountain View is a neighborhood in northeast Anchorage, Alaska, with approximately 7,300 residents.[1] Mountain View is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the United States.[2][3][4][5] It is between the Glenn Highway and Elmendorf Air Force Base, west of McCarrey Street and east of Post Road. It is a working-class neighborhood, with a median household income of approximately $51,000 and a poverty rate of approximately 26%.[6]
The neighborhood began in the 1940s as housing for Elmendorf Air Force Base construction workers.[1] It became blighted in the 1980s,[1] followed by extensive revitalization efforts in the 2000s.[1]
