I was stationed just south of DC at Andrews AFB not once, but twice in my AF carrier. The military on this board may not have a choice. I made a lot of friends there and met a lot of like minded people there too, but they are grossly outnumbered. I had over a dozen job offers in Dc and the surrounding area when I retired. Some were six figure salaries with very sexy resume titles. I just couldn't bring myself to live on thhe coasts any more. It's pretty much like CO politically, get out of the big city and it's a rural ocean of republican theology. The problem is there are so many cities that they are grossly outnumbered in almost every east coastal state.