Fort Meade?

Any information on fort meade, how is the housing, some cities right outside from fort meade?

MARYLAND! the question is under washington dc what does that tell you?

I know all about Ft. Meade since I have stayed there over eight times.

Housing on post is pretty piss pore. There were some new homes but good luck getting those as they're difficult to get. The older homes have many problems and there are quite a few issues with some of the military housing.

The PX and commissary are nice. I like their bowling center.

The army barracks weren't too bad. I've seen the new army barracks and they were actually impressive compared to most.

Ft. Meade is located next to Laurel, Odenton. These cities are pretty ghetto; however, if you want to move toa nicer city close to Ft. Meade I would suggest Anne Arundel or Columbia in Howard County.

Are you talking about Fort Meade, FL or some Army base?

It sounds like you are relocating. Not to worry, Ft. Meade is a nice small Army/Military town that sits between Baltimore, MD and Washington, DC. It you have a car you can easily find plenty of fun things to do in both cities. There are also several train systems that are close by that can take you into either city as well. Fort Meade is in a rural area and therefore the housing prices are significantly lower than what you would find in the two major cities I mentioned above.

I live in Maryland and I think tunafabulous has a great answer.
My parents are retired from the Air Force so I am not
familiar with how the housing is on Fort Meade
(Fort Meade is not an Air Force Base). I have been to the commisary and PX but that does not answer your question.
I do live about twenty minutes from Fort Meade. I live
in Howard County... some of the cities near Fort Meade are
Severn, Laurel, Odenton, Columbia, Ellicott City, and Elkridge.

Laurel MD

will you be stationed as part of Ft Meade or part of NSA.. might make a difference as to WHERE off base you want to live. traffic in a word..SUCKS... here. COL is pretty high. BAH just went up a nice chunk, though so you could possibly do better out in town than in MFH.

for DH's paygrade and BR entitlement it was a 3 month waiting list 9 months ago. It is PPV and looks fairly decent from the outside. Odenton is a place I would stay away from. Also Columbia doesn't have the best rep. Laurel isn't too bad. We live in Pasadena, about 30 minutes from base. In fact, most of the people at the command live 20-30 minutes away from the base.

Second best Commissary I have ever seen. Exchange is decent. Proximity to DC and Baltimore is nice, I highly suggest using the Metro for DC.

Try Glen Burnie or surrounding areas, not Ft. Meade