i grew up in San Diego area so it feels like home to be around the navy, but it seems strange, i mean why wouldn't u want to be by the ocean.....i sure miss it......liven in phoenix
2007-10-22 03:06:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I live in Southern Nevada and have done so for over 25 years. The reason was simple: affordable housing. When I retired in the San Francisco Bay area the prices and interest rates were atrocious! People bragged about getting a two-bedroom, one bath, three mortgage condo.
I have a large air base 15 minutes north of my home. I have 347 days of sunshine a year. No state income tax. Low property taxes. But, in less than five years I'm thinking of pulling up stakes, take the equity in the house and buy a condo in Waipahu, about five minutes from the gate at Pearl Harbor.
2007-10-22 05:14:26 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I was in the Royal Navy, UK, and whilst I've got no intention of moving away from the sea, I've found an area to live in with no Navy presence.
I've just spent five years seeing grey ships everywhere I've been, watchkeeping on the bridge as helmsman and as Quartermaster on the gangway and I don't want to see grey ships anymore. If I went on holiday anywhere now and I saw a British ship in the harbour of the town where I'd be staying, I'd head straight for another town.
Why? Because I know what a town full of British sailors is like. It's one big drunken party and my kidney's aren't up to the job anymore!
Wouldn't get me into a desert, though. I'm Scottish and there isn't a desert anywhere in the world where it rains enough to make me feel at home!
2007-10-22 03:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by Beastie 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I retired in Charleston Sc. That's about as close to the ocean as you can get, with out a boat wrapped around you. After 10 years of that I moved inland . Got tired of the humidity and moved to Idaho! I really do like seeing mountains out the living room window and there are no hurricanes here!
2007-10-22 10:02:37 · answer #3 · answered by Steven D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never probably I might cut my time on here down but never retire Ive been on here for 2 years but became a regular only 3 months ago I used to literally only posted answers and questions like once every 2 months when I 1st started lol
2016-04-09 21:32:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A retired E-7 with 20 years in pulls about $20Kish a year. Go where the cheap housing is...
2007-10-22 08:09:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
From experience, allot of times its cheaper to live and sometimes alot of vets not just Navy, have allot of injuries and therfore fair better in the arid climate. I know in my case with what injuries I have, it makes a big difference in my quality of life.
2007-10-22 03:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by knight 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
After 20 or 30 years on the ocean you get tired of water. a change of scenery is nice.
2007-10-22 03:14:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A "normal" home costs $600,000 in San Diego. That's why.
2007-10-22 03:31:01 · answer #8 · answered by Yak Rider 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i live on the gulf coast and love being near the water
2007-10-22 03:13:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋