So the second lesson I learned (quickly) here is that: the food sucks. Harsh, I know, but true. There are about two restaurants that the locals recommend, and plenty that they don't. Not only are there no good places to eat out, but it is very hard to get fresh food here to buy in the grocery store. I feel like I'm still living in my college apartment. But my housemate makes excellent chocolate chip cookies from scratch.
The third lesson I learned: tourists... easy to spot, hard to handle. Almost every local in Juneau wears one specific brand of rain boots, a rain jacket, and jeans. That's it. So anybody not wearing this is automatically labeled a tourist. Also, I work on the top of a mountain in a nature center, so I deal with tourists everyday. The main thing I've realized is that when people are on vacation, they all somehow forget to read.  Even though there are signs everywhere saying that our trails are closed because of snow coverage, everyday I get tons and tons of questions about which trails are open. And then, when I tell them that none are, I get tons and tons of complaints. So anybody about to go on vacation, pay attention!