Today we're looking at the best places for veterans to live. If you're a veteran,
married to one, or a child of one this video is for you. This is also one of those videos that I
get requests for all the time if you don't know most veterans come out of service with some form
of injury or disability. I saw one report that said 75 percent, I saw another one that said 90.
Now if you do have those injuries or disabilities and you go through the process you end up getting
benefits after you leave military service so being in a place that has easy access to
veteran facilities is a big deal that's normally what makes a place good for veterans along with
that some states and cities give veterans additional benefits and breaks so to speak
being a veteran I always avoided this subject I really don't know why but it just kind of feels
weird to make it I also think it won't interest as many people as my normal videos do so it kind
of hurts the channel if a video doesn't do good and it doesn't get many views the next few never
seem to gain traction I'm sort of looking at this one like a public service announcement at an army
buddy pass away last month from cancer and one of our our last Facebook back and forth he asked me
why I've never made this video and that kind of spurred me on to want to do it's not like it was
his last request or anything like that it's just like one of our last conversations so now I feel
obligated if you could leave a comment hit the like button and maybe share it on your Twitter or
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today we explore the best cities for veterans and why got it get it good let's take a look
number 10 Washington DC I think it would be really weird if Washington DC wasn't on this
list I mean it's the nation's capital and without the United States military we wouldn't have a
nation's capital now Washington DC offers quite a few things for veterans they have a retirement
community that's available for enlisted retirees and Veterans they offer property tax exemptions
for when a veteran property owner hits 65 or is disabled they can apply for property tax relief
that would reduce their property tax by 50 percent Washington DC also has an employment preference
program for veterans so if you have two people that are equally qualified let's say they have
the same education and work experience the job will go to the veteran first of course you had
to serve at least 100 consecutive days on active duty and have an honorable or general discharge
those are the two you want you want honorable or general discharge if you get any of the other ones
usually you did something wrong and you lose all your benefits now this is another big one that a
lot of national Guardsmen take take advantage of they have scholarship reimbursement the Washington
DC National Guard program will reimburse up to fifteen hundred dollars per semester the only
reason Washington DC isn't higher on this list like you know number five or four or something
like that they don't have as many facilities as some of the other places on this list
number nine Dayton Ohio Dayton Ohio is not the greatest place to live but if you're a
veteran it's a pretty solid place to live the Dayton VA Medical Center is one of the three
oldest Healthcare facilities in what is now the Department of Veterans Affairs and it's
a good size facility the other two are in Wisconsin and Maine this Medical Center
accepted its first patience in 1867 and has been serving Veterans for more than 150 years
in 2021 the Dayton VA Medical Center had 2576 employees who served the health care needs of 40
000 veterans the Dayton VA Medical Center is also a research hospital and they are researching TBI
which is traumatic brain injury Prosthetics and amputation care PTSD pain management and mental
health issues Ohio also has a lot of different programs to help veterans like Crisis counseling
they have a homestead exemption in order to qualify for this exemption you must be a veteran
of the Armed Forces of the United States including Reserve components if you go to your local County
auditor you could apply for that but one of the best things about Dayton is their VA facility
number eight Atlanta Georgia if you don't know the entire state of Georgia is a military State
Fort Benning Georgia near Columbus is one of the largest training facilities in the United
States military system you have a handful of Air Force bases you have U.S Army's Fort
Stewart down by Savannah besides all those bases which veterans get to go on and do their shopping
and use the hospital there Atlanta has one of the largest VA facilities in the nation
along with a dozen or so VA clinics so they got you covered Atlanta is also home to vet
Lana it's a club operated exclusively for veteran social and business networking and
Community Services Atlanta is also ranked third for the most veteran friendly jobs in the nation
number seven Tampa Florida Tampa is another place that has some really good VA medical facilities
including the James a Haley Veterans Hospital which opened in 1972 and it was named for James
Andrew Haley he was a congressman that served Florida from 1953 to 1977. the VA Tampa Health
Care system has approximately 5 000 employees 30 percent of those are veterans every year VA Tampa
healthcare system provides primary and Specialty health care services for more than one hundred
thousand veterans living in the four counties in Central Florida Tampa is also known for its
retiree friendliness and military discounts they also have mcdill Air Force Base which like I said
if you're retired military you can go on the base and do all your shopping and they usually have
good hospitals on bases if you have a certain amount of disability they rate your disability
by percentage that you're disabled and if you have a certain level you have access to that stuff too
number six Des Moines Iowa did you know nearly 40 percent of Iowa's employers prefer to hire
veterans Des Moines kind of Prides itself on how they treat their veterans they say
they are dedicated to continued support of active military and Veterans Des Moines is
an inclusive place for local service men and women whether veterans active duty military
or reservists that's what they say on their City's website this is also another place
that veterans get the job before other people do they have a ton of different facilities for
veterans bunker Labs Camp Dodge which it's Iowa National Guard base and offers many amenities
including Veterans Affairs facilities museums youth programs families support resources and
a lot more they also have this thing called home base Iowa this is one of a kind program
that provides veterans and transition service members and their families with resources
including employment education and other continued Services Des Moines also has the
VA Central Iowa Health Care system now I was looking for this program that I thought Iowa
had a lot of states have this where you can go to Community College or state colleges for free
if you're a veteran or in the National Guard or something like that I could find nothing on Iowa
and that kind of shocks me because I was the type of state that would do that and you know
what Des Moines in Iowa if I'm wrong on that one uh hey I couldn't find it on their website so if
they do have a program like that they need to be a little more forward with it but if I am
wrong and anyone knows anything about that one please let me know in the comment section below
number five Syracuse New York other than being cold Syracuse is a great
place for veterans to live especially if you're veteran like shoveling snow
Syracuse is ranked number three for the most VA Health Facilities per 10
000 vets in the nation Syracuse New York has a program called Syracuse serves and it's there to
help military families and Military connected families navigate the care system you also
have Syracuse University which has a bunch of different programs to make College affordable
for veterans Syracuse University is trying to be like the number one college for veterans or
university for veterans in November of 2021 they opened up a 62 million dollar Veteran Center now
the hospital they do have there for veterans in Syracuse is pretty big and even back when I was
in the military I always heard that this area of New York was a great place for veterans they got
Fort Drum about an hour north of Syracuse and a few other smaller military facilities in the area
number four St Louis Missouri the entire state of Missouri's always been kind of known as a
great place for the military they have one of the larger training facilities called Fort
Leonard Wood which is southwest of St Louis now obviously St Louis has some pretty good military
facilities you have a VA Medical Center downtown called you know they use called Cochrane when I
was uh in the military but it's actually called the VA Medical Center John Cochran division down
on the south side of St Louis on the Mississippi River of the Jefferson Barrack VA Hospital which
is another place that's a pretty good size besides all the VA stuff you also have the
Salvation Army's homeless veterans service program and the Veterans Administration in
St Louis it offer safe havens for veterans while they work and get their lives back on track after
being homeless which this is something we need in every single major city it is alarming how
many homeless people are actually veterans this all takes place in a 9 million dollar three-story
building that houses 48 single apartments for both male and female veterans veterans staying
at the facility ideally will leave with job money and savings and a home to call their own not just
having to stay at this VA Hospital thing and the entire state of Missouri just has a whole
bunch of different programs for veterans and that's why St Louis is number four on this list
number three Miami Florida yeah believe it or not Miami is a pretty good place for veterans
there's a ton of veterans living in Miami Miami is ranked fifth in the nation for Mental Health
Counselors for veterans they have the Bruce W Carter VA Medical Center which opened in 1968
it's on 26.3 acres in downtown Miami that's some expensive real estate I bet the one in
Los Angeles which Los Angeles isn't on this list I bet their property where they have
the VA hospital and the VA complex I bet that's a little more expensive it's not
too far from Beverly Hills it's in West L.A amongst like four million dollar homes in
the area you know and then there's this this massive property VA Miami's healthcare system
provides primary and Specialty Health Care Services to about 63 000 veterans in three
South Florida counties Miami-Dade Broward and Monroe the Miami VA Health System operates a
comprehensive behavioral health program focusing on the mental health care of the veterans I also
read their one of the leaders when it comes to spinal cord injuries and Rehabilitation
number two Salt Lake City this one sort of surprises me I've never really known Utah to
be a military friendly place I mean I don't think they have other than National Garden
reserves I think they have a test range I can't think of any bases and I kind of looked it up and
I couldn't find any not cast any shade on the National Guard of Utah it's just I don't think
they have any real regular army or Air Force military bases but here Salt Lake City is at
number two Salt Lake City is ranked number one in the nation for veteran friendly jobs
Salt Lake City has the George E Wallen VA Medical Center and 10 community-based outpatient clinics
that Medical Center also has a 72 room home for veterans in transition Called Homeless to
Hopeful they also have the Fisher house where families can go stay while their veteran loved
one receives treatment at the hospital so if they gotta stay there a week or two or whatever
they've got a nice little place to stay that facility completed 703 000 outpatient visits
in 2021. overall I mean not just Salt Lake City but Utah is kind of known for being helpful I
mean they're called The Beehive State not because they got a bunch of beehives because they work
together like in a beehive it's kind of their thing they help each other even though like I
said they don't have any big military bases uh you know I could see Salt Lake City and Utah
in general being a great place to help anyone especially veterans so this one makes sense
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and number one Providence Rhode Island out of nowhere Rhode Island shows up who saw this one
coming I didn't I had no idea Rhode Island was a good place for veterans I know they're a great
place if you're needing insurance I know they got a lot of insurance providers there didn't
think the veteran thing was strong here but here they are they're ranked number one in the most
VA Health Facilities per 10 000 veterans they're ranked second in the nation for the most veteran
friendly jobs the VA Providence Health Care system is one of the leading Health Center systems
serving veterans in the VA New England Health Care System the Providence Health Care system has about
150 board certified Physicians this is amazing because Rhode Island's not that big and Providence
a good sized city it's just not one of the giant ones Providence VA Medical Center offers 32 sub
specialty clinics to meet the needs of veterans and their research programs they have there in
their projects total more than 20 million dollars in funding Providence Rhode Island also has the
most VA Health Facilities PTSD programs substance use disorder programs per 10 000 veterans alright
that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope some of you got some information out of it it's
not our normal type of thing but I hope it helps someone have a great day be nice to each other