Just got orders to St. Louis...

[murfsteve25]

Leaving Japan and moving to Scott AFB just outside St Louis...anyone from the area?

[otismalibu]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

Just give yourself some time to adjust to the language. It's similar to English, so you'll probably be able to pick out the odd word. Good luck!

[murfsteve25]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

Just give yourself some time to adjust to the language. It's similar to English, so you'll probably be able to pick out the odd word. Good luck!

haha thanks for the tip

[Dach0sen0ne]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

Leaving Japan and moving to Scott AFB just outside St Louis...anyone from the area?

Well, I'm sure anything has to be better then Minot AFB. Good luck with the PCS.

[70to66]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

I'm a 100 miles north of St. Lou.

[murfsteve25]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

Well, I'm sure anything has to be better then Minot AFB. Good luck with the PCS.

I heard Minot is the worst base in the AF.

[murfsteve25]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

I'm a 100 miles north of St. Lou.

Cant wait to get back to the states. while looking on google earth, it looks like the area around Scott is nothing but country.

[otismalibu]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

Cant wait to get back to the states. while looking on google earth, it looks like the area around Scott is nothing but country.

Plenty o' corn fields in the area still, but the sprawl has moved in. You'll find many of the standard suburbia offerings, close at hand.

Here's the local paper. Study up, there will be a quiz when you arrive.

http://www.bnd.com/

[sportscrazy13]

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I grew up about 30 mins down the road from Scott AFB. You are correct nothing but corn fields and farm land. I use to joke with people and say that's where the old scary movie Children of the Corn came from.

The area around there has built up in the last 10 years. And you got St Louis a few mins up I-64.

[murfsteve25]

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otismalibu - thanks for the link. That will give me a head start on checking out the area.

sportscrazy - i am very excited to be so close to Stl... ill be catching a lot of Cards games next season. I'm not a big fan of corn fields, especially driving through them at night so dont get me started with all the spooky stuff haha

[Birdbats]

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I live in O'Fallon, just minutes from Scott AFB. Many of my neighbors work on the base. It's actually a great area, and just 20 minutes from Busch. If you're looking for a place to live, let me know -- I can give you the scoop on the area.

[murfsteve25]

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I live in O'Fallon, just minutes from Scott AFB. Many of my neighbors work on the base. It's actually a great area, and just 20 minutes from Busch. If you're looking for a place to live, let me know -- I can give you the scoop on the area.

Wow thats weird, because I have actually been looking for apartments in O'Fallon. My supervisor is from the area and said that O'Fallon is a great area to live. I'm having a hard time looking online though. Would you know any decent websites that would help my search out? Currently im just jumping on apartments.com or rent.com and searching on there, but havent been able to find much.

[otismalibu]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

Murf,

You private messages are shut off.

Shoot your email to Birdbats & myself. I live right next to O'Fallon. I can ask around about apartments in the area. What's your preferred background noise for sleeping? Silence? Trains? Gunfire?

[murfsteve25]

Re: Just got orders to St. Louis...

Murf,

You private messages are shut off.

Shoot your email to Birdbats & myself. I live right next to O'Fallon. I can ask around about apartments in the area. What's your preferred background noise for sleeping? Silence? Trains? Gunfire?

lmao well i've about had it with the gunfire...let's change it up and go with silence. On a serious note though, I've got a wife and 2 small kids so I'm looking for the best neighborhood possible.

im at work right now so my email here is steven.murphy@kadena.af.mil and my home address is murfsteve25@yahoo.com i appreciate the help!

[sportscrazy13]

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I've got some friends that have lived in the O'fallon/Fairview Heights area for years and they like it. O'fallon is probably your best bet plus it's close to base.

You definately should check out as many Cardinal games as possible. I don't know if you're a hockey fan but Blues tickets are fairly cheap.