I spent Kindergarten to 4th grade on Hanscom A.F.B. near Lexington, MA. I didn't appreciate it at the time, but it hindsight it had lots going for it: - No suc

I spent Kindergarten to 4th grade on Hanscom A.F.B. near Lexington, MA. I didn't appreciate it at the time, but it hindsight it had lots going for it: - No such thing as unemployment - A strong community (Hanscom was also a small, walk-to-school) neighborhood - The schools were indeed good (had several computers in the 2nd grade classroom in 1992). There is a self-selecting element to it though; if you lose your job you're out of the community. The line between personal problems and professional problems---I came to find out later---is much blurrier than in the "real world". Also health care is crazy cheap. I don't know if it could, or should, scale society wide. The social benefits are nice, but the authoritarian bent isn't. Neat article though, gets you thinking.