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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Straw man.  Base officer housing might not be that nice (though why you brought up enlisted housing I have no idea), but BHA definitely is.[/quote]
Married to an officer. We don’t have access to base housing. Many in the Bethesda area don’t. [/quote]

This isn't true at all.  You have access to base housing on other bases, but you choose to live in Bethesda.  You can go to Ft. Mead, Andrews, Bolling, etc.[/quote]
I actually can’t. Husband has to live within a certain radius of the hospital. [/quote]

But don’t they still give you lots of money towards your housing costs??[/quote]

[b]For officers yes[/b], enlisted no and it depends on rank.  If they can afford Bethesda they are higher ranking officer. [/quote]
I'm curious what the average DCUM thinks a lot of housing is for the Bethesda area? 
For 2024, it's $4260/month for an O6 with dependents in Bethesda.  Remember you move often so you don't have a lot of time to build up equity.  That person took about 18 years to get to O6.  I don't know anyone living large in Bethesda on that.  The people we know that are able to live fairly close in are dual earners. 
There is so much mis-information on this thread. [/quote]

O means officer.  Clearly you don’t get the differences.  Most houses are 800-1,000,000.  Most cannot afford it.  We could technically do it now but it’s silly to spend that much nor would I want to live in Bethesda.  [/quote]
Fill me in because that’s exactly my situation and our BAH and my spouses ranking. What don’t I get? I literally said the people we know have to be dual earning families to live close in and added the actual amount.  We only have one earner and must live further out because we can’t afford Bethesda with that BAH.  What would you like to clarify?[/quote]

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