European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cover Story Gregory Whaley and his 4-year-old son Wayne Recycle trash at the housing area in Firth Germany. From Page 5 Economy within your allowance. You always have to add to  not everyone is willing to Praise government housing. Ranshaw and his wife said they prefer living in German housing. A neighbors Are More Friendly and the kids Are not As Rowdy Quot said Renshaw. Adams too said there Are disadvantages to the military housing lifestyle. Quot living like this you really can to have the Freedom you want to do things like if you rented your own place Quot he said. His main Gripe too Many things require a work order before repairs or improvements can be made. But most people share Jones opinion. A i was on the Economy before. I think government quarters would be my favorite a he said. A you done to have to worry about utilities. You be got Alt the  As the Day eased along staff sgt. David Stein repaired bicycles to sell at his ongoing Yard Sale a preparation for a move to fort Sill okla. The cardboard sign proclaiming Quot Yard Sale waged War with the Breeze. On a Blanket spread on the grass was a television fans Heaters books and a couple of old cameras. Most people who stopped to look stopped Short of buying. A last week we sold a whole Bunch. Sold my computer and everything a Stein said. Back at building 1406, the Barbecue party had moved to the other Side of the building to take advantage of the suns vanishing warmth. A it got cold Over there a said sgt. Kippy Samuel. There were other barbecues coating the late afternoon with alluring smells. Footballs basketballs and fris becs were also filling the air. Some people sat in the Days final Sunshine and talked. Armchair conversations moved outdoors to picnic tables and benches. Quot this is Nice and quiet a said spec. Mary Baker who used the Day to Wash her car a it seems people respect the individual  Sunset brought a return of the silence that had greeted the morning. At the greater Kalb housing area Day was done. Robert Renshaw prepares for a wrenching  High living does no to translate into the High life by Gary Miller Naples Bureau most people who Call government quarters in Naples Italy Home complain about a life in the  the eight High Rise apartment buildings that contain nearly 400 government leased units Are located in pin Tamare a run Down resort area 18 Miles North of the naval support activity. Each 12-Story Tower contains nearly 50 spacious apartments that Are open Only to enlisted service members with families. Some residents complain that the development is an eyesore. Others Gripe about the frequent Power interruptions or elevator breakdowns. But few of them want to strike out on their own. A moving from quarters onto the Economy is extremely rare a said Peter Bergonzi the assistant housing manager at pin Tamare. Plenty of service members who try living on the Economy when they first arrive in Naples later change their minds Bergonzi said but during the 15 years since the support activity took Over most of the towers apartments Only a handful have gone the other Way. During the last six months of 1991, More than 100 people have moved off the Economy and into government quarters said Guido Gambardella assistant traffic manager of the support activity a personal property shipments. A we tried it on the Economy because i did no to want to he with a Bunch of americans. I wanted my kids to pick up italian a said Petty officer 1st class Melanie Ezmirly but for Ezmirly practical considerations eventually outweighed her desire to experience life italian style. The apartment she rented in a Triplex lacked such basics As storage areas Towel rods and toilet seats. Even though service members who elect to live on the Economy receive a special allowance to help defray such miscellaneous move in expenses it did not cover All of Ezmirly a costs. Utilities were also expensive. A we had to really conserve a she said. A the place had two stories and was hard to heat. The Navy acknowledges the housing woes at pin Tamare. Last month adm. Jeremy a Mike Quot Boorda the Nav eur commander said the housing was the Navy a number two Quality of life priority trailing Only crime prevention. Progress was being made on developing a new support site he said. So that we can have a commissary Exchange clinic and decent  chief Petty officer Steve Lawwill spent wednesday overseeing the moving of his household goods into an apartment at pin Tamare. He and his family preferred the House they rented the past two years but heating it in Winter was simply too expensive. A to keep Good and warm during the Winter months Cost $400 a month a Lawwill said. The Law wills decision to move into the towers where they had lived during a previous tour in Naples was purely economic he said. A we had a Beautiful Home. It was secure and we had no problems while we lived there a said Lawwill who explained that he does not enjoy living in a  6 a sunday March 15, 1992