The on base housing at Jackson Circle is, mysteriously, not attached to the rest of Fort Lee, it is in its own fenced in area NEXT to Fort Lee. I have no idea why this is, the rest of the housing is located on the base. It makes it very inconvenient to get around to other places on the Fort, especially since they started road work at the main entrance, you can expect to be stuck in 1 hour and 45 min traffic jams at times just trying to pick up your son from preschool. Even without the traffic jams you have to memorize the gate hours and take circular routes to many places because the gate that would have taken you straight there is closed.
The housing area itself is nice, they have big yards and garden plots outside the front door.
You get a nice little garden plot, though you have to get your own plants 🙂
Nice Big Back Yards
There are lots of little playgrounds and a water park area.
Water Park
One of the many playgrounds
You have no front porch, but you do have a small back patio. In the summer you will be overrun with bugs, I think because there is so much standing water around. There are flies absolutely everywhere, and you see dragonflies, spiders and mosquitoes all the time. The houses themselves are really nice and spacious, I’ve never had a problem with anything here.
The housing office for Jackson Circle has very nice and helpful people, they usually have a snack set out and they have a room full of treadmills that you can use. My neighbors keep to themselves for the most part, no one is really overly friendly or comes to introduce themselves when you move in. I’m hoping that’s just because this is a training base with a high turnover and not all military bases are like that…
I wish I could review the rest of the housing, but all I know about it is that it’s conveniently located right next to the CDC and also has lots of playgrounds and a water park area. You can find more information on the housing, including floor plans, here:
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