| What
do you like about the Bakersfield area? |
|
| Wonderful people, easy to get
acquainted |
6 |
| Small town feel, friendly |
5 |
| Beautification of Chester
Avenue/downtown |
4 |
| Progress in cultural affairs
(new dinner theatre, Fox Theater) |
2 |
| Not too large, yet! |
1 |
| Family atmosphere-wonderful
place to raise kids |
1 |
| Low cost of living |
1 |
| Centennial Gardens |
1 |
| Involved community |
1 |
| Art Museum |
1 |
| Racquet Club |
1 |
| Restaurants |
1 |
|
|
| What don't
you like about the Bakersfield area? |
|
| The city manager form of
government/Alan Tandy arrogance |
3 |
| Lack of support by city &
county for art museum |
2 |
| Not enough parking downtown |
2 |
| Hodge-podge plan of of
development/lack of planning |
2 |
| No good retail stores |
2 |
| Smog |
2 |
| Litter |
2 |
| Disappearance of fields &
orchards |
1 |
| Business moving to suburbs |
1 |
| Urban sprawl leaving older
areas to become slums |
1 |
| Housing swallowing up
agriculture land |
1 |
| Cowboy hats |
1 |
| Too many new neighborhoods |
1 |
| Glut of new building |
1 |
| No master plan for paving
streets |
1 |
| Dust & dirty air |
1 |
| Heat and fob |
1 |
| Billboards |
1 |
| Traffic, and too fast in
residential areas |
1 |
| Noisy |
1 |
| No yuppy restaurants |
1 |
| Graffiti |
1 |
| Low socio-economic population |
1 |
| Highway 99 entrance
landscaping |
1 |
| Too big! |
1 |
