# Diego Garcia

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diego-garcia/232742>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diego-garcia/232742 "2004-03-05T19:23:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diego-garcia/232742/1 "2004-03-05T19:23:46Z")

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What’s it like there - for civilians, not military?

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**Post date:** [March 6, 2004, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diego-garcia/232742/2 "2004-03-06T14:53:30Z")

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That depends somewhat on one’s outside interests. There are plenty of sports events to participate in. Plenty of bars to go drinking at. Live TV to watch. Library and Internet stations to use. Boats to rent for fun/fishing. Nothing in the way of family-oriented types of activities, since there are no families there, no kids.