i hate this city . <| sep |> You want a hotel room . You ' d be hard pressed to find a fully furnished apt or any that provide toiletries in any high demand market don ' t kid yourself any market around post containing a Division is high demand for the amount of money you are talking . If you want a barracks room at 450 dollars , more like 600 if your without rate is 950 with the other room occupied still it ' s going to be completely empty . You will have to pay for utilities , which would be done like on post housing where they average your building then you pay if you go over a threshold , but this will also force up rent probably to 700750 . Because now they are included in rent . With this massive influx of new residents , the demand for space is going to sky rocket and rent is going to sky rocket with it . Soon enough you will have a hard time finding ANY housing off post for your without rate , or your rent alone will be at the rate and now you pay all the extras out of pocket . So where are you going to go ? Back into the barracks , but now they ' ve pushed their prices up to full BAH because it ' s now privatized and there to make the most profit they can . You ' ll be back in the same situation you are now except you ' ve lost the shitty free furniture , and now you ' ll get paid and it taken away . Having lived in the barracks , on post , and off post , it ' s not as great as it seems . Living in on post housing has all the same rules except the visitors , yes I can have people over but I have to notify housing if they stay more than 3 days . My house gets a walk through by maintenance personnel monthly . They say they are looking to fix issues , like working of diagonals during a PMCS , but they are really looking to see how you are living and if your taking care of their house . They have you CoC ' s info and will inform they quick , fast , and in a hurry . Because each little house area tends to only have 23 maintenance staff large , like health and safety , things get fixed quickly , small jobs get pushed aside andor forgotten and medium jobs are hit and miss . Off post housing tends to be a little better , but add land lords that often don ' t live in the state , longer commute times , and rent that IS BAH it also has draw backs . I had the least amount of stress living in the barracks , all I had to do was be neat and make it a part of my daily routine . I knew this going into the army , same as shaving everyday . I personally don ' t like to do it , but it ' s not the biggest issue that ' s ever affected my life . My pay check was smaller but I had WAY more buying power . I never had to support a family on one income because due to the amount of PCSing the army makes me do my wife can ' t get a stable , mid to high paying career . At best she can move up at a job . Then factor in child care and we lose 4050 % of her monthly check , add in gas and wear and tear on the car commuting , and we make such a little amount it would make sense for her to get a job . And before people try the whole , you choose to have kids , it ' s a part of life , yes we did choose . It was the greatest choice I ever made , and because of it I have less money . I ' m not saying woe is me , I ' m just commenting that most married folks are rolling in cash on their off time .