Baghdad - Post Report Question and Answers
Is this a good city for single people? For couples? For families? Why or why not?
Many people here alone are balancing circumstances of family (children, aging parents, spouse) back in the States. Plenty of singles. Lots of support for all circumstances. - Apr 2019
Depends how you define "good." I'm not single, but it's obvious there is a dating "fishbowl" going on. Looks miserable to me, but go for it if that's your scene. - Jul 2018
Probably not. While you could bring your spouse to post if they have a job lined up, would you really want the drama of having him/her leered at in the gym? - Jan 2016
I'd say it's an okay place for couples since both are working (you can't come if you don't have a job). It can be okay for singles as well but it's still not easy to figure out the good ones from the bad ones... - Feb 2014
Ladies - assume that all men are married, even if they don't wear their rings and hit on you incessantly. Chances are, they are. - Jan 2014
There are no kids here, obviously. I think couples have an okay time because they get their own apartment and life is fairly "normal". Having a roommate has been the hardest part of being here for me -- it's a drag. - Jan 2013
Sure... - Nov 2011
It's not the wild west it once was (sigh!). Man Camp is filled with guys, but since they can't drink anymore they keep to themselves. Baghdaddies, the only bar in town, does a brisk business on Thursday and Friday nights. There are a fair amount of geographic singles here. It can get kind of skeevy at times with trashy guys and girls grinding away on the dance floor. - Sep 2010
I was really surprised to find that couples seemed very happy here. The dating scene is very different from the previous unaccompanied posts I've been as a single male. Baghdad is likely the only post in the foreign service where it is far better to be a single female than a single male. Beware the jokes for ladies when you leave Baghdad and land back in the real world - - Aug 2008
