Yokosuka, Housing options

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Main Base Yokosuka Housing
Pros: 
- low work commute
- easy to come home for lunch
- walk to base events
- easy access to after school activites, sports team games ect for middle and highschoolers
- may not need to purchase a vehicle, can walk/bus/train to everything

Cons:
- Near work, hard to "leave" work behind
- Busy and crowded, city feel
- Depending on tower/townhouse location may have to walk long distances to get to the train station or the commissary ect.  
- Can get stuck in the American Bubble
  


Towers
Yonban
    -2 Bedroom
    -middle of base
    -playground behind tower
Goban
Rokuban
Sakura Heights (Officer)
Bara Heights
Ume Heights
    -carpet in main space
    -shower door in master bath not a curtain
    -back side of base
    -playground behind
    -busstop right across the street
    
Ichiban
Niban
Sanban
Himawari Heights
Asagao Heights
    -Non Smoking
    -Newly renovated
Ajisai
    -Non Smoking
    -Newly renovated (2022)
    -Good view from room numbers with 4&5
    -front row seat to all activities
    -can get loud at hill park especially during school season
    -water front
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Tsubaki
    -Between middle and elementary school
    -10 walk to the hospital
Satsuki
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Townhomes
Gridley
    -Central, 12-15 min walk to anywhere
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4th Ave
    -Located close to the commissary or bus stop
    -Near CDC annex on Gridley
Duncan St
    -quiet street
    -View of ships entering and departing Tokyo Bay
    -near Main CDC
    -walking distance to middle school
    -close to the dog park
Jones Ave

Ikego Base Housing

Pros:
-all units start at 3 bedrooms
-Lots of Playgrounds
-Quiet neighborhood, little suburbia
-"Leave work" after a long day
-Elementary school with smaller class sizes
-Train Station connected right at the gate (no long walk through town)
-Post Office has shorter lines
-Home to Work Shuttle for commuting in the morning/evening   
-Mini Nex
-Pool access
-mini gym
-Hiking paths
-easier to integrate out into Japan, but still mini America


Cons:
-20-30 min. drive to main base
-No middle or Highschool (must be busses or driven to main base)
-Most afterschool activities on main base
- Not as many amenities as main base
-Little bit more of a 'wilderness area' bugs are more common


Towers 
Izumo
    -3 playgrounds in proximity
    -short walk to the bus stop
Asuka
    -close to 3 playgrounds
    -5 min walk to train station
    -close to mini nex and post office
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Miyajima
Nikko
    -close to Nex
    -close to post office
    -Playground right in front
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Ise
    -Non Smoking
Kamakura
Nara (Officer) 
    -Non Smoking
    -Small playground right across from the tower.
    -bottom of hill, easy walk to and from gate/mini nex, ect
Kyoto (Officer)
    -Tiny little tots playground next to tower
    -halfway up a hill
    -next door to Nara tower

Town Homes 
Shisagiyato
Chougoyato
Sasagayato
Takenoshiro St
Shisagi St
Yasaka St

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