I am going wherever there is ***not** a high concentration of military in the area.
Every time the BAH (basic housing allowance, the stipend soldiers get to get off base housing free from the government) gets raised (as it does every year), real estate prices in the area increase as well.
A private (new to the service) E01 gets $1,650 no kids, and up to $2,124 with kids/a wife (hence all the quickie marriages around here so they have a spouse and get dependent pay).
This is why all the apartment rents went up too, they know this. Now its hard to find a 2 bedroom place for <$1400 in the county unless you want to live on route 1.
People with actual jobs around here need to make upwards of $50k to even begin to afford the same apartment, the serviceman gets it for FREE.
Same as college- the more money the government gives out, the higher tutition goes.
http://militarybenefits.info/bah-rates-state/district-of-columbia-dc/