I wonder what kind of fever dream inspired that graphic.
I think if that guy would just send me pictures once a week, I could kick my LSD addiction.
Liz
6 years ago
I”m curious how much that money benefits the ROK economy in those areas.
Here in the US, the base I’m at now which isn’t very big brings 650 million in annually for the local community. That’s why there’s a LOT of support for the base here.
That’s just one relatively small base.
Just checked the number and if Wiki is accurate we have a little less than 3000 total service members stationed here. About a tenth the number stationed in the ROK.
650 million in profit for the local economy here.
Think I mentioned before after they closed the Navy base in Key West during the Carter years they couldn’t give the property away for a dollar a lot. They reopened and the same properties they couldn’t give away are now worth about 5 million each. That’s an extreme example, and of course there are other factors but point is it had a HUGE impact and losing the base ruined that economy very quickly.
@Liz, some of the base towns in Korea would be fine if the US pulled out. Uijongbu for example has successfully become another suburb of Seoul. Seoul will do just fine when Yongsan Garrison closes. Songtan would take a hit but would still have the ROK Air Force operating at Osan AB.
@Chickenhead I thought that graphic was pretty strange as well. I think it is trying to depict the USFK cost sharing as an increasing dripping of cash out of Korea.
Part of the swings in military base economies in that area were due to Hurricane Andrew, which turned Homestead Air Force Base into an air reserve base. If you believe the predictions, there will be much greater hits to Florida’s coastal economies in the near and distant future.
There are still a number of CONUS military bases that should be closed because they are redundant or provide no great national value other than propping up local economies in districts of powerful congressmen. That’s why BRAC never moves forward.
I had been stationed at a couple of bases that have since closed. I visited them some time later and the local areas do look depressed from what they were, but I believe that’s their natural state. The nature of military bases is they tend to be built in areas that are remote, undeveloped and uninteresting in the first place. So, when a military base closes it is more than likely that the surrounding area will revert closer to what it would have been.
ChickenHead
6 years ago
The graphic clearly says Koreans are sour.
It also seems to say Americans have no foresight and are all buťt with no coćk.
This offensive graphic should have included a trigger warning.
@setnaffa, there are no plans to close Osan AB, I am just using it as an example if it did close that the economy would take a hit but it would not completely crush the town.
Bah you guys don’t get it? South Korea’s the lemon being sourly grinded into some juicy ammo by the US military industrial complex as depicted by the pistol. That or something about ladyboys… 😕
How much is freedom worth?
I wonder what kind of fever dream inspired that graphic.
I think if that guy would just send me pictures once a week, I could kick my LSD addiction.
I”m curious how much that money benefits the ROK economy in those areas.
Here in the US, the base I’m at now which isn’t very big brings 650 million in annually for the local community. That’s why there’s a LOT of support for the base here.
That’s just one relatively small base.
Just checked the number and if Wiki is accurate we have a little less than 3000 total service members stationed here. About a tenth the number stationed in the ROK.
650 million in profit for the local economy here.
Think I mentioned before after they closed the Navy base in Key West during the Carter years they couldn’t give the property away for a dollar a lot. They reopened and the same properties they couldn’t give away are now worth about 5 million each. That’s an extreme example, and of course there are other factors but point is it had a HUGE impact and losing the base ruined that economy very quickly.
@Liz, some of the base towns in Korea would be fine if the US pulled out. Uijongbu for example has successfully become another suburb of Seoul. Seoul will do just fine when Yongsan Garrison closes. Songtan would take a hit but would still have the ROK Air Force operating at Osan AB.
@Chickenhead I thought that graphic was pretty strange as well. I think it is trying to depict the USFK cost sharing as an increasing dripping of cash out of Korea.
Part of the swings in military base economies in that area were due to Hurricane Andrew, which turned Homestead Air Force Base into an air reserve base. If you believe the predictions, there will be much greater hits to Florida’s coastal economies in the near and distant future.
There are still a number of CONUS military bases that should be closed because they are redundant or provide no great national value other than propping up local economies in districts of powerful congressmen. That’s why BRAC never moves forward.
I had been stationed at a couple of bases that have since closed. I visited them some time later and the local areas do look depressed from what they were, but I believe that’s their natural state. The nature of military bases is they tend to be built in areas that are remote, undeveloped and uninteresting in the first place. So, when a military base closes it is more than likely that the surrounding area will revert closer to what it would have been.
The graphic clearly says Koreans are sour.
It also seems to say Americans have no foresight and are all buťt with no coćk.
This offensive graphic should have included a trigger warning.
Are there plans to close Osan AB?
@setnaffa, there are no plans to close Osan AB, I am just using it as an example if it did close that the economy would take a hit but it would not completely crush the town.
It would, however, crush my fun when I wander through the off-base shopping areas and mis-remember being in the service… 😉
So Osan is Closing to?
It would seem: $119.99 forever…
https://freedom.to/pricing
Hey I heard Osan’s closing. Wonder when GI’s going to post a thread about it? 😈
Bah you guys don’t get it? South Korea’s the lemon being sourly grinded into some juicy ammo by the US military industrial complex as depicted by the pistol. That or something about ladyboys… 😕