Offered housing

Well we stopped in the housing office today. Unfortunetally my hopes of us living off base in "built to lease" housing was crushed. There were no off post housing available. Housing offered 2 different houses here on base. They were both located on the same street. I could throw a rock from one and hit the other. So location wasn't going to play a factor in which house we choose. They both had the exact same floor plan and part of a 4-plex housing unit. The only difference was, 1 had a neighbor on each side, and the other was an end unit. It looks like we'll be selecting the house that is the end unit. If I have to live on base, I'd prefer to have as few neighbors surrounding us as possible.

Good points on the house:

• Elana's school will be about 2 blocks away.
• George's office is roughly 1/2 mile or so away.
• It's by the MP (military police) station, so I'd like to believe that it's a quiet safe neighborhood.

I think we'll be strolling through the neighborhood tonight. It's not far from the hotel room we are in. I'd like to see how it looks at night. If I don't feel safe, then I'll push to pursue living off base in private (German landlord) housing.