Same bullshit job as here. And Fort Riley would be an idea, but honestly after visiting 2 years ago.........and my new NCOIC being there last.......nah i will pass. And as for the German beer, that is a draw, but going someplace where I don't pretty much immediatly go to Iraq is more of a draw. Plus I could of gone to Germany earlier this year. J Yeah......Ft. Riley sucks. Junction City (which it is near) is, IMO, the worst city in kansas. Leavenworth would be better, but you have to realize that there is a maximum security prison there. Those types of towns usually have a different air about them. However, I don't know if you have to live on the base or not, but Leavenworth is in a decent part of the state so you could take your pick from a bunch of nice places within a 30 minute drive of there. Plus it's right outside of Kansas City, so you have lots to do there. This is my neck of the woods, btw, I only live about 30 miles from Leavenworth. Hawaii would be really nice, but expensive. Median income is about 10k more than the rest of the country. Florida has good parts and bad. I'll let those who live there chime in (if anybody does, haha). I've been there once, to Orlando, and I thought it was pretty cool. All tropical and lush and exciting. But I was just visiting, so not sure how it would be living there. And it does have some pretty bad parts. I just read an article today that the panhandle of Florida is like the center of sex trafficking in the US. Where people kidnap teens mainly, gang rape and beat them, and sell them to people in other states as a sex slave. Well, that sure paints a nice picture, doesn't it. I don't know much about Alabama other than I believe it's one of the poorest states in the US. Well as I said before, I visited Riley before and it was just horrible. I detested it. Leavenworth is where a few friends live, and they don't mind the prison at all. Hell 2 of them are guards there. Hawaii is where the GF last lived before here. she loved it and wouldn't mind going back. I have never been and could use a perminant vacation. Plus we get 'bonus' money aka COLA. Florida is where my brother lives. (Tampa) and its where the base i might be able to go to is. lastly Alabama is poor as shit, but yet again its where her family is and if the woman can be a little happier then I am all for it. Hell I may even end up at hood. (near Killean and Waco Texas) Thats NOT someplace I am anxious to go to, but some good friends are going there. J