<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishMwanzoni mwa miaka ya 1950 Alaska iliacha kuwa jimbo na ikawa jimbo, na kwa hivyo, Nina hisia za kushoto juu ya swali hilo, ingawa sijui mengi kuhusu Puerto Riko, na ninajua kwamba mambo yote yaliyotokea kuhusiana na eneo hilo huko Alaska yamekuwa mazuri sana, na nina shaka kwamba, naamini, kuwa kuwa jimbo ni wazo zuri, wakati wowote unapokuwa na eneo la ukubwa wa Puerto Riko, unapaswa kuifanya kuwa jimbo kamili au au kuiacha.  <response>: i was a resident although very young of the state of what is now the state of Alaska in nineteen fifty nine when Alaska stopped being a territory became a state uh so i guess i have a left over positive feeling about the question even though i dont know very much about Puerto Rico um i know that all the things that happened relative to that territory in Alaska have been very positive uh and i kind have a suspicion that that i believe that a that statehood is a good idea whenever you have a territory the size of Puerto Rico one ought either to make it a full-fledged state or or let it go one or the other what is your situation 