Surprised SSU has put up with the place for that long! AsA will be in even more trouble when the training bonds run out.
As to the answer, the centre of the city is beautiful if you are just after an apartment for you or you and another. If you have kids and want them to have some room to run around, there are bigger places the further out you get. Some people live out about 30-45 minutes have have much bigger places for good prices. You'll get a few people from DFS post here soon hopefully with more information than I can give!
Have fun there.
Cheers,
NFR.