OK having lived in prestwick the majority of my life I feel I should stick up for it! It all depends what you are looking for.
For younger ATCOs be warned, its not a big town. It does however have 10 pubs on one small mainstreet and in the last couple of years has become one of the most peopular places for a night out in ayrshire...especially around christmas and when theres racing on at ayr. You also have the nightclubs in ayr if you dont want to stop drinking at closing time.
For those of you who have, lets say, grown out of that behaviour, prestwick is a great place to stay. However, I do agree that Troon and Alloway are by far the nicest areas around here. For those into their golf prestwick is great with the 'Old course', the setting of the first Open Championships.
Dont forget though that Glasgow is a 30-40min drive (depending on the time of day) and its a great place to live. I stayed there during university and if i end up posted at prestwick i think i might try and move back to glasgow.
And last but not least, and im going to get slaughtered for this, Prestwick is 15mins from kilmarnock so theres always the chance to go see the mighty killie playing
If anyone wants to PM me with any questions feel free