Veteran Living Comminities for Veterans only?

Sure as long I don't personally have to live next to grouchy old old men that hate children than I'm all for it. lol

Vicki is a moron. Let me guess Vicki you were never in the military yet want to tell veterans how they should live.

Seems like it when you make imbecile remarks like that.

My husband and I were just talking about something like this. The community would help other veterans and vets with PTSD would benefit being around others who understand where the vet is coming from. Too many vets come home with PTSD and injuries and get discriminated in the civilian world by people who are judgmental and know nothing about war and how it affects people. Other vets would.

It would be pretty cool depending on the base. That would have a lot to do with it. Also, it would be cool if a veteran could buy individual houses instead of rent them. We are not renting kind of people. Some bases have some very nice houses, but they would need a lot of work to get them back into shape since they have been vacant for so long. Mare Island in California has some nice houses and water front property would be nice as well. There are lots of active bases that have tons of empty houses as well. NAS Corpus Christi has a whole row of house right next door to the CO's house that are all vacant. The military no longer has the money to keep these older houses up. Fort Ord would have been prime real estate too given the location.

Non military person here, but it sounds like a wonderful idea to me. We had a military housing developement in our city many, many years ago when an air force base was in full force nearby. The national government built 2 elementary schools here, not just for military kids, but as public schools for the community. When the base closed, so did most of the housing developement. The city bought up the property, and in turn sold it as low income housing. Anyone could buy, as long as they met certain criteria, such as a limit on their income. City didn't make much profit, but it was better than letting a developer come in and make money hand over fist! It is a very desirable neighborhood now, and the for sale signs don;'t stay up very long!

Well I would much rather have fellow vets as neighbors. Look at the communities now days, crime rates are soaring, people tell others how to mow their lawns. Too many nosy idiots with runny nosed kids damaging property. Hell yes I would.

And people like Viki197 wouldn't be allowed. by the way Viki, there are a lot of veterans living near base (such as myself) that utilize the base because we have earned the right and have PAID for it either physically or emotionally.

I think its a great idea to utilize those resources. Maybe we should have thought of that during Katrina. At Fort Ord California they were using the base housing in some areas as student dorms. It was a great idea. I personally don't think it should be free but it could be low cost. I think we would be amaze to see how fast those communities would fill up. The camaraderie was great when I was in. I really miss it.

it is no longer basically united statesa. - the British handle their infantrymen in an appauling way. An occasion, a soldier those days heavily injured, will no longer be able to stroll etc had to conflict for repayment - have been given approximately £50k. evaluate that with an workplace worker for the Ministry of Defence that gained £475,000 for repetitive tension sickness.

Yes! It's a great idea,the brotherhood is strong with us Veterans. That's why we say "leave no man / woman behind".

I probably would not because most of the closed bases housing was not upgraded and many are in ill repair. It would, however, be appealing to many who miss the comradre of the military. As example, take a look at this RV group that is fairly large.

http://www.smartrving.net/

It would be great, Also a great use of bases that are subject to closure. Could also incorporate the vets providing the necessary community functions. example Police, firefighters, and others.

Is that you Hillary?

It's called a military community. If you live near any large base you'll see a very high percentage of veterans living in the community.

What you're describing is some sort of socialist democrat sponsored tax-payer freebie