What
do you like about Greater Bakersfield?
What are our strengths? |
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Inexpensive to
live here |
21 |
Cultural
activities |
17 |
Close to
mountains, ocean, metros |
17 |
Small town
atmosphere-big city |
12 |
Friendly
down-to-earth people |
11 |
Diversity of
people |
9 |
Schools good-High
school-educational system |
9 |
All levels of
higher education |
9 |
Our own
newspaper-local news |
8 |
Parks |
7 |
Colleges |
7 |
Weather - heat |
7 |
Agriculture |
7 |
Theatres |
6 |
Varied restaurants |
6 |
Sporting events |
6 |
Fun place to live |
6 |
Churches-religious
diversity |
6 |
Kern County Fair |
5 |
Performances
coming to town |
5 |
Street fairs |
5 |
Centennial Garden |
5 |
Activities -
variety |
5 |
Good recreation |
5 |
Marketplace |
4 |
Farmers Market |
4 |
Support of kids |
4 |
Lowish crime |
4 |
Night clubs/night
life |
3 |
Fresh fruits |
3 |
Inexpensive
courses |
3 |
Family
oriented-First Night |
3 |
Positive growth |
3 |
Lack of some
congestion |
3 |
Lakes |
2 |
Basque Food |
2 |
People helping |
2 |
Bike path |
2 |
Golf - low cost |
2 |
Attractive women |
2 |
Community Connection for Child Care |
1 |
Bike path |
1 |
Ice Hockey |
1 |
Baseball team |
1 |
Buck Owns |
1 |
Freeways
sufficient for population |
1 |
Shopping close by |
1 |
View |
1 |
Attractive
men |
1 |
Responsive local
government |
1 |
Airport |
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Mountains |
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Friendly Caf� |
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Fountain at Civic |
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Fishing |
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Respect for law
enforcement |
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What
are Greater Bakersfield's key weaknesses?
What don't you like? |
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Bad air quality |
20 |
Too many prisons |
12 |
Crime |
11 |
Blight and decay
in E. Bakersfield |
10 |
Bakersfield
College falling apart |
8 |
Good stuff in
SW-need more in NE |
8 |
Develop more jobs |
8 |
Water quality |
7 |
Inefficient
redevelopment - no infill |
7 |
Non-acceptance of
diversity |
7 |
Amtrak doesn't go
South |
7 |
Street lighting |
7 |
Synchronize
traffic lights |
7 |
Improve
educational deficiencies at K-12 |
7 |
Improve public
transportation (valley to everywhere) |
7 |
Better acceptance
of disabled |
7 |
Teach tolerance
& acceptance at early grades |
7 |
Recycle old
buildings |
6 |
Recycling efforts |
5 |
Roads flood when
it rains |
5 |
More neighborhood
parks |
5 |
More concern for
homeless |
5 |
Improve EW
freeways |
5 |
Better paying jobs |
5 |
More activities
for youth |
5 |
More health-care
professionals |
5 |
Build up downtown |
4 |
Tagging |
4 |
Poor airline
service |
4 |
Maintenance in
unincorporated areas |
4 |
Summer heat |
4 |
Better response
from police |
4 |
More community
support to improve poorer areas |
4 |
Image of BFL
improvement |
4 |
Outlet stores |
4 |
Smaller classroom
sizes beyond 3rd grade |
4 |
Affordable sports
for kids |
4 |
Road closures due
to weather |
3 |
Teen pregnancy |
3 |
Roads flood when
it rains |
3 |
No evening buses |
3 |
Synchronize
traffic lights |
3 |
No more dairies |
3 |
Finish building
projects (Grad Canal) |
3 |
More large
businesses. Factories |
3 |
Revamp Hart Park |
3 |
Family activities
for all-low cost every weekend |
3 |
Not enough RR
overpasses |
2 |
Don't mess with Ag
areas |
2 |
Limited
entertainment |
2 |
Too frequent jury
duty |
2 |
More bike paths |
2 |
Revamp JBA
diamonds quickly |
2 |
Union Ave. needs
improvement |
1 |
Sanitation |
1 |
Fog |
1 |
Helicopter at
night |
1 |
Later mall hours
on Saturday1 |
1 |
Trolleys through
town |
1 |
Old Town Kern
development |
1 |
More soccer fields |
1 |
Professional
stadium downtown |
1 |
Better use of
senior citizens |
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