I agree with above. It is bad enough to get stationed in Lancaster, it is worse to actually own a home there. Just imagine hell on earth, and there you have Lancaster. Now would you want to own real estate in hell? no. so same goes for Lancaster or Palmdale.
for your housing needs, go to craigslist.org and you’ll have your pick of nice new/newer homes for rent. do your due dilegence and make sure the owner of the home have enough equity in it that he’s not going to just stop paying mortgage and leave you with a foreclosing home. and never pay rent months in advance.
