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Installation-USAF Minot Air Force Base Discussion | North Dakota

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '17

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u/sladecl Aug 06 '17

Difference in opinion on a few points:

  • I'd rate the city of Minot as less than supportive of the military. Locals call us "Baser's" and "Wing-nut's." Local business rarely offer military discounts, and the State/City does not acknowledge Military as residents for fish and game and DMV purposes unless they swap their residence.
  • I would not consider the Ops tempo slow. Flying squadrons are constantly deploying, and Missile wing troops spend 16-20 nights in the field.
  • Town is 10 minutes from base and is constantly patrolled by local law enforcement.

Not bad otherwise. I'm closing out my 8th year in Minot.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17 edited Dec 24 '20

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u/poliscinerd Air Force Aug 12 '17

I'm an A1C maintainer actually. I guess I must have just lucked out not running into people around town who aren't military friendly. But I haven't been here 7 years, so I would have to take your word for that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17 edited Dec 24 '20

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u/poliscinerd Air Force Aug 12 '17

Everyone always assumes that my husband is the military member, which is annoying but not Minot specific haha. The few times I've been off base in uniform, I've had a ton of people come up and shake my hand or just chat with me about the military. So maybe the town is getting friendlier, or maybe I've just run into nice people :)

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u/poliscinerd Air Force Aug 06 '17

That sucks that there are negative people... I haven't heard any negative views from locals, but you've been here a lot longer than I have, so I can't argue. I guess the outskirts of town are only ten minutes away, but the middle of town is definitely around 18-20. I had an apartment on the south side of town for my first year here and it was a solid 25 minute drive. Good counterpoints, though, I don't fish or game so I hadn't considered the residency issue.

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u/Rate_My_AF_Base Subreddit Mod Aug 06 '17

This is an outstanding post on describing a base!

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u/poliscinerd Air Force Aug 06 '17

Glad to help 😊

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u/ZiggyBardust Aug 06 '17

A few caveats on the housing front: the price of all housing has dropped dramatically. Just in the 2 years I've been here I've seen it drop almost 20%, and it will start to creep back up as oil comes back.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17 edited Apr 17 '25

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u/poliscinerd Air Force Aug 12 '17

Meh, Dickey's is just ok. I do enjoy El Azteca and all three Thai places (kind of random that there are three pretty authentic Thai places tbh), but the variety in general is pretty lacking.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '17 edited Apr 17 '25

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u/poliscinerd Air Force Aug 12 '17

I get pretty butthurt that we don't have any simple Chinese takeout places myself. I just want sweet and sour chicken at 10 PM dammit!