Originally Posted by
Koa C.
I guess it's weird but I have the complete opposite experience. I work on the navy base here at Pearl Harbor for my part-time job nights and weekends. The streets outside the gates on my way in are the normal city streets, all beat to hell with glass and potholes everywhere. But when I go in pass the guards the streets on base are like butter. I think they just repaved the entry area but even when you get past that onto the older streets they are all really nice as well. There's hardly any debris too, just a little gravel along the side but no glass or anything. The drivers are the same though. Really aggressive and oblivious. Everyone seems to have fast cars too... alot of mustangs, camaros and also alot of fast imports like wrx sti's and evo's and stuff. Oh, and the crotch rocket guys are bad too. I think they enjoy gunning it when they pass me for some reason...
They are real hit of miss that way. Some bases are very nice and some look like ghettos. I think it has somewhat to do with the number of VIPs that visit and the local Congressmen's clout.
A buddy worked here painting all the military housing on NAS Whidbey a few years back. Cost a ton of money but they did a great job and it took over a year to finish them all. 6 months later the military pulled off and replaced all the freshly painted siding???
