City receives unfavorable ranking

By Xavier De La Fuente
Special to the NEWS

Recently, San Benito was ranked as one of the worst places to live for Texas families by the financial website WalletHub, who compiled the scathing report and released it as “2016’s Best and Worst Cities for Texas Families.”
In the report, the state’s 112 largest cities were compared using four categories: 1) Family Life and Fun, 2) Education, Health and Safety, 3) Affordability and 4) Socioeconomic Environment.
When Compared with the other Texas cities in this report, San Benito ranked 55 for Family Life & Fun, 63 for Education, Health & Safety, and 106 for Affordability. Overall, amongst the 112 Texas cities, San Benito ranked 106. The only other Valley city ranked lower than San Benito was Weslaco with an overall rank of 112.
Further rankings listed San Benito 109 for fewest attractions, 112 for lowest median family income, and 112 for highest percentage of families below poverty line.

 

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1 comment

    • Tired of these so called leaders on July 16, 2016 at 12:31 pm
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    Well maybe the city should fix up the downtown area, and make it easier to rent a location. Maybe the city should pay attention to how the streets look and all the graffiti and abandoned houses. Maybe they should actually do something so that the city starts to become more appealing to people. I am so disappointed in the complacency of city leaders. I hate to drive around and see run down abandoned house and graffiti and mattresses in the corners where ONLY branches should be. Code enforcement needs to drive around and issue out citations to people that are not keeping their property clean and well maintained. Get it together with the roads! Get it together with the downtown area! Do something!

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