These are the Best Cities for Veterans, Study Says

Wallethub.com just ranked the 100 biggest cities in the U.S. for vets. Rankings were based on things like job opportunities and VA hospitals.

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 safeguard the rights of our military personnel by providing adequate benefits — such as health care, housing loans and education assistance — upon their safe return from service.

Wallet Hub's 2015's Best and Worst Cities for Veterans list used things like job opportunities, number of homeless veterans, VA hospitals, education opportunities for veterans, and more.

Source: WalletHub

Here are the Top 20 cities:

Irvine, California.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Raleigh, North Carolina
Orlando, Florida
Gilbert, Arizona
San Diego, California
El Paso, Texas
Sacramento, California
Austin, Texas
Lubbock, Texas
Bakersfield, CA
Chula Vista, CA
Fort Worth, TX
Reno, NV
Chandler, AZ
Tucson, AZ
Tampa, FL
Laredo, TX
Denver, CO
Madison, WI

The worst city for veterans is Detroit, Michigan. Here are the rest of the bottom 10 cities:

Newark, New Jersey... Hialeah, Florida... Boston... Miami... Fort Wayne, Indiana... North Las Vegas... Memphis, Tennessee... Indianapolis, Indiana and Lexington, Kentucky.

For more on the 18 metrics used to compile this list, click HERE.