Military Base Closure: Socioeconomic Impacts
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RS22147.pdf
When military bases close, the loss of jobs and effort to formulate a base reuse plan can pose significant challenges for affected communities. Research shows that base closures have not produced the dire socio-economic effects in local communities that were predicted. Rural areas have suffered more than urban areas. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by the Federation of American Scientists
