Gee, it’s been a few weeks since I blogged anything from the folks at WalletHub.

Time’s up!

With the holidays upon us, the prolific financial services website has a report on which cities care the most in America.

We are No. 5. Some stats of note:

  • 2nd — Caring for the Community
  • 15th – Child Poverty Rate
  • 3rd – Student-Teacher Ratio
  • 10th –  Violent Crime Rate
  • 10th – Care for the Environment
Hale Mauliola Sand Island IHS wide. 27 june 2016
Because we care: The IHS shelter facility known as Hale Mauliola at Sand Island. Cory Lum/Civil Beat

WalletHub’s analysts compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across 32 key metrics ranging from “homelessness rate” to “percentage of income donated to charity” to “special-education teachers per capita.”

The most-caring cities are Madison, Wisconsin; Lincoln, Nebraska; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Boise, Idaho.

The least caring are San Bernardino, Calif.; Laredo, Texas; Detroit, Michigan; Fresno, Calif.; and Stockton, Calif.

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