Retirement options

diymirage said
Yeah, and milk is 7 dollars per gallon
It's an island and produces next to nothing, so everything needs to be shipped in
Unless he can shop at the annex, I think cost of living would be a deal breaker

Costco. That’s what we did when we lived in Hawaii and our food budget was the same there as it was here and I wasn’t military. It’s still true today.

And it a fallacy that Hawaii doesn’t produce anything. They produce lots of chicken, beef and eggs. Coffee and fruits too.