Posted on Feb 8, 2017
2016’s Best & Worst Places for Veterans to Live
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Freedom is not free. Protecting that right demands hard sacrifices, including the loss of millions of American lives. Here at home, we have a duty to return the favor by providing our veterans with adequate benefits such as quality health care and help with housing and education upon re-entering civilian life.
But those benefits are not evenly distributed across cities. Although certain conditions have improved for veterans — both unemployment and homelessness have declined for this group — other issues still require attention from various levels of government. Veterans in many cities wait too long — 115 days on average in Phoenix, for instance — to see a mental-health professional, despite a $10 billion effort to expand their access to such care. Thousands this year also lost their GI Bill education benefits as a result of for-profit school closures.
In honor of our troops who fought bravely in the name of American freedom, WalletHub crunched the data to determine the most livable cities for service members with veteran status. Our analysts compared 100 of the largest U.S. cities based on 21 key indicators of veteran-friendliness. They range from “percentage of military skill-related jobs” to “availability of VA health facilities.” Continue to read below for our findings, additional expert commentary and a full description of our methodology.
What are your thoughts?
Freedom is not free. Protecting that right demands hard sacrifices, including the loss of millions of American lives. Here at home, we have a duty to return the favor by providing our veterans with adequate benefits such as quality health care and help with housing and education upon re-entering civilian life.
But those benefits are not evenly distributed across cities. Although certain conditions have improved for veterans — both unemployment and homelessness have declined for this group — other issues still require attention from various levels of government. Veterans in many cities wait too long — 115 days on average in Phoenix, for instance — to see a mental-health professional, despite a $10 billion effort to expand their access to such care. Thousands this year also lost their GI Bill education benefits as a result of for-profit school closures.
In honor of our troops who fought bravely in the name of American freedom, WalletHub crunched the data to determine the most livable cities for service members with veteran status. Our analysts compared 100 of the largest U.S. cities based on 21 key indicators of veteran-friendliness. They range from “percentage of military skill-related jobs” to “availability of VA health facilities.” Continue to read below for our findings, additional expert commentary and a full description of our methodology.
2016’s Best & Worst Places for Veterans to Live
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Thanks for mentioning the subject COL Mikel J. Burroughs. There are many variable in 'best and worst places" Here are some considerations I use:
1. Climate and health conditions impact many veterans - especially as we get past our 50s
2. Cost of living, proximity of food, gasoline/diesel stations, recreational activities
3. Proximity of suitable healthcare facilities
4. Government services and taxation
5. Proximity of airports, interstate, rail stations, etc.
6. City, suburban, country, deep in the woods, etc. Some of us are city dwellers while many want to get away from it all as much as possible.
1. Climate and health conditions impact many veterans - especially as we get past our 50s
2. Cost of living, proximity of food, gasoline/diesel stations, recreational activities
3. Proximity of suitable healthcare facilities
4. Government services and taxation
5. Proximity of airports, interstate, rail stations, etc.
6. City, suburban, country, deep in the woods, etc. Some of us are city dwellers while many want to get away from it all as much as possible.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs Tampa Florida top ten, agreed. Weather, gulf waters, nothing bad to say about Haley or Bay Pines VA. Wouldn't live directly in city of Tampa, but tons of great places to live all around city.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
MSgt C Madd Thanks for the great feedback. I'm looking and will make sooem final decisions in the next 10 years!
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SPC Douglas Bolton
The Tampa area is great. Been there. It is far from the coast where the hurricanes hit, and even has some major league Spring Training teams there.
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