Baghdad - Post Report Question and Answers

What are the particular advantages of living in this city?

Simplified life. - Apr 2019


Money. Work experience. Onward assignment. - Jul 2018


Having a front-row seat to the beginning of World War 3? - Jan 2016


Saving money! It's very easy to save money on compound when you don't have to pay for much. - Feb 2014


Easy access to the gym? Knowing that every day you wake up you're another day closer to leaving. Perhaps knowing that your work is meaningful and having the chance to make good friends who can ease the pyschic load of living in camp-jail. Seriously, this is an unhappy place to be, and morale has really tanked over the past year. Most people just hide out in their rooms and watch TV, or else pickle their livers at Baghdaddy's. - Jan 2014


Advantages are the money and close camaraderie with your colleagues if there's a good group of people. You can wrangle a trip to the Citadel up in Erbil; otherwise there's no sightseeing at all. - Jan 2013


Well, there is saving money and.....Weather is REALLY hot in the summer and it gets chilly but nice in winter. - Nov 2011


The money is good. - Sep 2010


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