Need Advice...Montgomery, AL

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

See the thing is that if I start talking salary then I am sure everyone would say go for it. To me the salary is going to be sufficient however there is more to it to take into consideration. It is a 5 year contract and if I were to just up/leave during the contract it could very well blacklist me and with how small the field is that I work in something like that would cripple me career-wise. I guess can anyone compare it to central Texas when it comes to the heat/humidity? I was stationed for 4 yrs at Fort Hood so I could make a decent judgement call on that if someone could cross reference.

BTW, I do appreciate the useful info put forth thus far...6.5 hrs and counting to decide.

Sorry man, I know this is late but I am throwing in my anyway since I currently live in southcentral Texas (SA) and have been to Montgomery while I was in the USAF (for school).

Personally, I moved away from that area of the country (I am originally from NE Florida) to get away from the steaming humidity, relentless heat and bugs. Now I know that sounds funny as last year we had 59 days of triple digit temps here in SA but honestly the dryness made it much more tolerable for me.

Anyhow, while some people may like it, Montgomery wasn't fun for me. I won't go into the reasons I didn't like it as it will only insult those who do, but my short duration there was enough to convince me that it wasn't anyplace I'd want to return. Again, everyone's different and you could end up loving the place; but given a choice between it and southcentral Texas...well, I live in southcentral Texas so that should tell you something about which I'd chose!

(And I am retired, so it was my choice!)

By the way, there's lots of Air Force jobs in SA. Some Army ones as well. Have you looked here?

Good luck! M2