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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 696637" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>I moved once as a child. From Chicago, which in the neighborhood we lived in, was turning into a war zone, to the North Shore suburbs. Only way we swung that was that my aunt sold us a house for next to nothing. Flying bullets and Molotov Cocktails. I missed Chicago horribly, and moved back as soon as I was of age, fiance in tow. (He was from Detroit and not much Chicago threw at him flapped him.)</p><p></p><p>He and I were flooded out of our apt by a broken steam pipe, couch surfed with friends outside of Milwaukee until I found work. husband got a job driving cab.</p><p></p><p>That lasted nearly a year during the Great recession, and he went into the service. We were in TN on the KY border for nearly 2 years, came down on orders for an outpost base in Germany on the border with East Germany and Czechoslovakia, and spent the rest of his career there, re-upping as needed.</p><p></p><p>We loved it there. Most families hated it as the nearest big bases with "good shopping" were Rhein Main Air Base in Frankfurt, and the Army base in Hanau. A lot of enlisted families basically lived on base, never going off post to check things out. Frankfurt was also where the main miitary hospital was.</p><p></p><p>husband and i were all over Europe, hiking, camping, and taking advantage of discount Eurailpasses and staying in hostels.</p><p></p><p>In fact, I got my microwave, some transformers (Germany runs at 220, not 110), American catsup, American peanut butter, and TOILET PAPER at the commissary, as well as smokes. Everything else was purchased at the shops and the weekly outdoor market which ran year round and had been doing so for 1150 years at that point.</p><p></p><p>husband received an honorable medical discharge 6 mos after he returned from peacekeeping duties after Desert Storm.</p><p></p><p>That was another move. Back to Chicago. We rented an apartment. I got a job managing tech support and QA for a startup software firm and husband took advantage of the GI bill to go to chef's school. We bought a house in Chicago and fixed it up. (Note, don't EVER buy a house in an historic neighborhood. It's a huge pita).</p><p></p><p>husband passed away of the illness that got him turfed out of the Army in 2002. A couple of years later, I moved to Rhinelander, lived in a tiny cottage in town for a year, bought an old trailer, moved there, and in 2015, moved downstate to the greater Milwaukee area, where I plan on staying for a while, depending on how high the rents go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 696637, member: 1963"] I moved once as a child. From Chicago, which in the neighborhood we lived in, was turning into a war zone, to the North Shore suburbs. Only way we swung that was that my aunt sold us a house for next to nothing. Flying bullets and Molotov Cocktails. I missed Chicago horribly, and moved back as soon as I was of age, fiance in tow. (He was from Detroit and not much Chicago threw at him flapped him.) He and I were flooded out of our apt by a broken steam pipe, couch surfed with friends outside of Milwaukee until I found work. husband got a job driving cab. That lasted nearly a year during the Great recession, and he went into the service. We were in TN on the KY border for nearly 2 years, came down on orders for an outpost base in Germany on the border with East Germany and Czechoslovakia, and spent the rest of his career there, re-upping as needed. We loved it there. Most families hated it as the nearest big bases with "good shopping" were Rhein Main Air Base in Frankfurt, and the Army base in Hanau. A lot of enlisted families basically lived on base, never going off post to check things out. Frankfurt was also where the main miitary hospital was. husband and i were all over Europe, hiking, camping, and taking advantage of discount Eurailpasses and staying in hostels. In fact, I got my microwave, some transformers (Germany runs at 220, not 110), American catsup, American peanut butter, and TOILET PAPER at the commissary, as well as smokes. Everything else was purchased at the shops and the weekly outdoor market which ran year round and had been doing so for 1150 years at that point. husband received an honorable medical discharge 6 mos after he returned from peacekeeping duties after Desert Storm. That was another move. Back to Chicago. We rented an apartment. I got a job managing tech support and QA for a startup software firm and husband took advantage of the GI bill to go to chef's school. We bought a house in Chicago and fixed it up. (Note, don't EVER buy a house in an historic neighborhood. It's a huge pita). husband passed away of the illness that got him turfed out of the Army in 2002. A couple of years later, I moved to Rhinelander, lived in a tiny cottage in town for a year, bought an old trailer, moved there, and in 2015, moved downstate to the greater Milwaukee area, where I plan on staying for a while, depending on how high the rents go. [/QUOTE]
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