Originally Posted by Deathray

Don’t commute.

Even a one hour commute sucks.

I’m writing this at 3:17am having just barely made the last flight out of LAX. Landed at 7:37pm at the end of a 4 day. Crammed in the back of a packed SWA guppy (thankful I wasn’t one of the 2 on jump seats up front and even more thankful I wasn’t left at the gate) after nervously waiting to see if I would even get on. Not worth the stress if you have a choice to move near a base.

Pick a base. Rent a place for a year to narrow down exactly where you want to live near that base, and then buy the house that makes sense after that. And then don’t move again.

It might be tight financially at first, but over time, you’ll be just fine, and your time will be your time and not wasted time stressing about an unnecessary commute.