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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Family money
Spouse has a high income

Also, many active military claim residence in FL and the like, and pay no property taxes[/quote]

This but officers can make good money.  They get a lot for a housing allowance on top of pay.  [/quote]

They also have far less expenses, too, in general. Besides housing, they typically will not spend as much on medical, state income tax, college savings (GI bill plus in-state in their state of residence), retirement, and a whole lot more.

This is, of course, even more true for dual-military families, especially dual-officer. [/quote]

Also no educational debt.[/quote]

And throw in lower costs for resources available on base — from seriously lower prices on groceries, shopping at exchanges, recreational opportunities….  It adds up nicely. [/quote]

Crazy discounts—Epic ski passes for $150 or something ridiculous like that—and cheap Disney tickets too. [/quote]

Those Disney tickets aren’t that cheap!  It’s a something like a 10% discount on the 4 and 5 day passes.   It’s nice, but certainly not mind-blowing.  [/quote]

Yep.  The Disney military hotel discount isn't worth it either.    I went a couple months ago and compared the same room, same dates and the standard promotion Disney was offering to everyone at the time was cheaper than the military discount rate.[/quote]

It depends on when you go.  [b]We haven’t gone in years[/b] but I was paying $100-50 for a value or moderate room.  Used frequent flyer miles for plane.   Plus military tickets and car rental.  You have to get the military tickets on base or at shades of green.   Shades of green was always much more.  We’d go very off season the fall.  If you go holidays, summer or spring it’s much more.  Most of the other tickets are not worth a trip to the base. [/quote]

Yes, the military used to be a lot better but for the past several years it has not been that great.   Many years ago it was a big enough discount that someone might choose to go to Disney vs. somewhere else because the deal was just too good to pass up.   It's not like that anymore.   Now it's more if you're going anyway might as well save the money.   [/quote]

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