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REPORT: Two California cities in top 10 best cities for Veterans to live

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Bakersfield is the 59th best place to live in the U.S. for Veterans, according to a new report by WalletHub.

The best city for Veterans to live in is Scottsdale, Arizona with Irvine, California ranking 3rd.

The worst city for Veterans is Detroit.

WalletHub put together a report comparing 100 of the most populated U.S. cities across 21 key metrics from “housing affordability” to “availability of VA health facilities”.

The top ten cities are as follows:

  • Scottsdale, AZ
  • Laredo, TX
  • Irvine, CA
  • Plano, TX
  • Austin, TX
  • El Paso, TX
  • Colorado Springs, CO
  • San Diego, CA
  • Tampa, FL
  • Orlando, FL

461,000 Veterans were unemployed as of October, the report stated.

Veterans Day is November 11.

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