6 Best Cities for Starting Over in 2012, way to go Lawton #4!

[Old Fart]

Article:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/6-best-cities-for-starting-over-in-2012.html

Fourth-best starting-over city (tie): Lawton, Okla. / Logan, Utah

Population: 114,600 / 123,800

Lawton combines a low 5.6% jobless rate with a high 15.9% singles rate.

Sperling attributes both to the presence of the Fort Sill U.S. military base, which pumps an estimated $1.9 billion into the local economy and hosts some 16,000 troops. Lawton also has a large Goodyear (Stock Quote: GT) tire plant, as well as major government, health care and educational employers.

Put it all together and the city "offers a low cost of living, a small-town atmosphere and a stable economy," Sperling says. "It also sits in a very nice spot on the edge of the Wichita Mountains."

Logan, Utah, boasts just 5.7% unemployment and a 16.4% singles percentage.

Utah State University contributes to both, while the city's high-tech, biomedical, food-processing and call-center employers also give the local economy a big boost.

Sperling adds that Logan offers "tremendous quality of life if you love the outdoors. Utah's mountains offer skiing, snowboarding, cycling -- all sorts of things."

 

[Tinbender75]

No thanks. Lol!

 

[aestus]

No thanks. I grew up in Lawton and seen it change from bad to worse. Sure the employment rate is only 5%... that's great if you want minimum wage jobs that go nowhere. You're only other option is to work for one of the many federal contracting gigs in Ft. Sill where they pay you 1/3 of what they're charging Uncle Sam for your work or slinging tires at the Goodyear plant. I guess you could sling hotdogs instead over at the Bar S facility... Beyond that, there's nothing else.

It's the third biggest city in OK, yet they just got their first Olive Garden recently in the last year or so....

However, pawnshops, churches, and fast food is plenty on every street corner. Also, there's 3 strip clubs to choose from if you're bored on the weekends, because thats about all there is to do, especially if you're 18-21yrs old or have kids in that range.

 

[XDsooner]

Triple No Thanks, i hear all the stories from my friends that use to live there, LOL.