This whole thread is killing me.
"You can always leave."
"Just leave, then."
"Why don't you leave?"
Really?? REALLY?!?!?! I would LOVE to leave!! LOVE TO!! But I can't. I signed up for this by virtue of my husband and now we're both stuck in this hole until we are reassigned--something we know and that we are trying to deal with.
Before I begin about this area, let me point out that I am a military brat and a military spouse. I've been dealing with people my whole life and have lived in a lot of different places and not all of them have been wonderful. I lived in Fort Walton/Mary Esther in the late 80s/early 90s. Navarre had one stoplight and barely anything past the bridge and nothing but a gas station and some subdivisions between Holley by the Sea and Gulf Breeze. Hurlburt was a joke of a base. The commissary was in what I think is the education building (two buildings to the right of the bowling alley). The aisles were one-way and you shopped the last aisle while you were standing in line waiting to check out because there were only a few registers...
That being said, there was always one of the most beautiful beaches in the world within miles of the house. The smell in the air was sea breeze, not cow ass. There were two airports located less than 100+ miles out. There was a shopping mall which was actually MUCH better than it is even NOW!!
What I'm trying to say is that I'll take 1989 Hurlburt over 2012--or even 2020, assuming that this place "progresses"--Cannon any day.
For all you folks with your positive thoughts about how this place isn't so bad...I have to agree, you are either delusional, you know you're only going to be here for < 3 years or this is the kind of life that you enjoy. If it is the latter, then good for you. Congratulations, you've found your happy place. For the other 99% of folks that are here, though, this is NOT our happy place. AND, we wanna about it. For us, this place IS . It's ...
As I said before, I've lived in quite a few places in my life including a cold, dark, cloudy town in Northern Ohio and I'd go back there tomorrow before I stayed here...IF I HAD A CHOICE. But I don't. We don't. We who are stationed here are stuck here until it's time to leave. We can't just pack our crap and head on our way. For you "locals" who clearly don't understand, that's just not how it works.
We hate you and you hate us. It's obvious, if not from this thread then from the way that you treat us when we are out and about in town...and the way we treat you back. We hate you because you lobbied to keep this base here so your town wouldn't die. Now that you have managed to do that, you resent it. You think that we're all rich and you charge us a ridiculous amount of money to rent and buy your piece of crap homes which fall apart faster than a tumbleweed in the 70MPH winds that are a regular occurrence in this area. Yes. We hate you. But you hate us, too.
I consider this assignment our black hole. I hope that I can forget the years that we spend here and, to me, that is SO sad...it's depressing to think that I would rather LOSE several years of my life than remember this place. For those of you on your way here reading all the horrible things about this place: BELIEVE THEM. They are all true. Don't let anyone tell you that it isn't that bad. It IS that bad. Prepare yourself for the worst possible place to live, and maybe it won't be as bad...just don't come here with the notion that it might not be so bad. You will only be disappointed and depressed upon arriving. For those of you who are here and have ty things to say about this post: Piss off.
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