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What do you think? (housing question)
We are leaving for KS this weekend. Im kinda excited but we are having a hard time figuring out where we want to live off post. So here is my question.
Choice 1:Would you rather live 30-40 min away from post with little bit cheaper rent but dh would have to make that drive everyday,
Choice 2: 25 min from post with a little bit more expensive rent but with a bit shorter drive
Choice 3: 15-20 min from post with rent at your max budget (until he get promoted which *should* be soon but we all know how that works) but the shortest drive
DH and I are on seperate pages on this one. He wants to live further away to be more seperate from the Army life so he likes choice 1. While I want to be closer so it won't have to leave for work so early and save wear on our car. So I like choice 3. I know the simple thing would be go for choice 2 but neither of us really like that house. haha. So what would you do?
Also the rent is all within $100 range if that helps.
Re: What do you think? (housing question)
We live about 30 min from the base. The area is far safer, we like being away from the base and the schools are better.
I would look around the three areas and see what other pros and cons there are before I decide.
Have you budgeted in gas prices? Thinking about milage that your car gets to price of gas? Does it balance out whats left over from BAH or is it more?
We also take the price of gas into a decision like this.
The difference between choices 1&3 in rent is negated by the cost of gas. An extra 20 minutes each way, likely 5 times a week, costs money. Our comfort zone is 25-30 minutes door-to-door, then we look at proximity of grocery stores, gas stations, and the stuff we'd be driving to every weekend, like the dog park, and with all our animals, distance to the vet and training classes are also important. What fun is it to get away from work if you're not close to the stuff you'd rather be doing?
Choice 2 seems like a happy medium to me.
Have y'all ever lived that far from post before? If not, I'm sure your husband will change his mind after making the drive a few times at 4am. My husband said it wouldn't be a problem, now 3 months later and a 15 mile drive on the highway every day, we're counting down the days until our lease ends and we can move on post. Think about the cost of gas, my car is great on gas but since I also go on post almost everyday we're both having to fill up twice as much as we usually do and it sucks. I would go with choice three, maybe two if choice three had absolutely horrible neighborhoods.
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Ditto. The house we are buying is 30-35 minutes away from one base he has to go to, and 45 minutes from the other, and that's not including traffic. H made the choice and the decision that he wanted to live that far since he loves the house and it's a great area that we'll be living in. He is the one that has to drive it everyday, not me.
I think I'd take option #2.
When we moved here, we chose a place 40 mins from base. DH assured me that he was ok with the drive and it'd be worth it to live in a nicer place/area. 6 months in, he was dying to move. We had to wait for our lease to be up but now we're living in town, 10 mins from base.The cost of gas, extra miles on our car, time spent away from family due to commute was just not worth it. It was an extra PITA before he had a locker at work and they'd send him home for equipment. Imagine making a 40 min drive four times in one day.
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