You do realize there is a refinery in Anacortes and the U.S. hasn't built any refineries in decades?  If you want to be taken seriously you shouldn't throw out ridiculous examples.

That being said - many folks live on Whidbey for the main reason of not having to live in Seattle with their noise and congestion.  

You do have a point though in that example....with the aging infrastructure (80 - 90 year old bridge),  it would be hard to get some large company into Oak Harbor to replace the Navy.  Plus the area is a little remote for logistics reasons.  

No - if the Navy left Oak Harbor would be more like Freeland, with a lot of vacant properties.  This is the reason the Navy hopefully will stay.  But there is no reason we shouldn't have a discussion regarding adding MORE noise in the form of more Growlers.