Living here
What it's actually like
Side pieces about the places, written by people who live there, each one tied back to the housing guide and the payment.
- CO
Where are the best breweries in Colorado Springs, which trail do you hike first, and what does it cost to live near each?
Colorado Springs breweries sorted by the Fort Carson housing decision: Fountain and the south side, downtown and the west, Monument and the north end.
- GA
Where do Fort Benning families eat in Columbus, and what's the difference between living east, north or across the county line?
Country's Barbecue has a location on each side of the Fort Benning housing map.
- TX
Where is the best Mexican food near Fort Bliss, and what do the Northeast, the East Side and Horizon City cost to live in?
El Paso doesn't have a taco district — the whole city is one — but the Fort Bliss housing map has three sides, and each has a reason to eat there.
- NCEducation only
Where is the best barbecue near Fort Bragg, and what's the difference between living in Fayetteville, Hope Mills and Raeford?
Eastern North Carolina whole-hog barbecue along the roads Fort Bragg families commute on — Eastern Boulevard, Raeford Road and out toward Hope Mills.
- TX
Where is the best barbecue and Korean food near Fort Hood, and what do the neighborhoods around them cost?
Where Fort Hood eats: Texas Monthly Top 50 barbecue in Belton and Harker Heights, fifty years of Korean food on Rancier Avenue in Killeen, and the housing map for each.
- FL
Where do you get real Mayport shrimp, and what's the difference between living at the Beaches and living on the NAS Jax side?
"Mayport shrimp" is the local brand — wild-caught off the St.
- VA
Where is the best Filipino food in Hampton Roads, and which neighborhoods near Naval Station Norfolk do those families actually live in?
The East Coast's largest Filipino community eats in Kempsville, Green Run, Little Creek Road and Greenbrier — the same subdivisions where a Navy BAH carries a mortgage.
- VA
Where are the best breweries between Woodbridge and Fredericksburg, and which side of Quantico should a Marine family buy on?
Quantico's brewery map runs the same I-95 corridor as its housing decision — Woodbridge, Stafford at the gate, Fredericksburg at the end of the VRE.
- TX
Where are the best tacos in San Antonio, and how far are they from the neighborhoods JBSA families buy in?
San Antonio's taco map runs west and south of downtown; the JBSA housing map runs the other way.
- CA
Where are the best tacos near San Diego's bases — and what is it like to live there?
The best taquerias in San Diego County cluster in the older neighborhoods near the gates — Chula Vista, National City, Barrio Logan, City Heights, Nestor, Escondido, Oceanside.
- GA
Where do Savannah locals actually eat, and how does that map onto Hunter Army Airfield's neighborhoods versus Fort Stewart's?
Savannah's Best-of list splits the way the housing does.
- FL
Where is the best Cuban sandwich in Tampa, and how close is it to the neighborhoods MacDill families buy in?
Tampa's best Cuban sandwiches are all within 20 minutes of the MacDill gate — and all on the expensive side of the housing map.
Apply with Kyle
Like a neighborhood? Price it.
Send Kyle the orders and an LES and see what your BAH carries there — with the real tax bill, not a national average.