Was curious if anyone had any experience or thoughts on the commute options out of Wilmington. Will be retiring from the Marines in about two years and due to wife's family/work, we're pretty much locked in to that location. After 20 years of this, I had to promise her that.

Understanding that my first couple of years would suck trying to get to my reserve base, what do you think the commute might be like eventually once I could hold a base closer (ATL or CLT being the two major hubs serving ILM). There are half a dozen flights each day to either of those, but on RJ's.

Is this one of those "no sweat, not alot of guys commuting out of there, you should be good" situations? Or one of those "no way in hell, its way too small" situations. CLT is about a 4 hour drive as well, and RDU is about two. I know anything is doable, but i'm thinking long term. Thanks.