| What
do you like about Greater Bakersfield?
What are our strengths? |
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| Low
cost of living |
13 |
| Short
commute |
11 |
| Local
University |
11 |
| Oil
industry |
9 |
| Geographic
advantage - close to everything |
9 |
| Small
town atmosphere |
8 |
| Good
municipal water supply |
8 |
| Centennial
Garden |
8 |
| Strong
law enforcement |
7 |
| Good
transportation/communication links (L.A.-S.F.) |
6 |
| Good
medical facilities |
6 |
| Open
space |
5 |
| Golf
- good and cheap |
5 |
| Local
presences of TV networks |
5 |
| Access
to air travel |
5 |
| Diverse
population |
4 |
| Downtown
redevelopment effort |
4 |
| Friendly
people |
4 |
| River
(bed) runs through it |
4 |
| No
snow or ice - weather |
3 |
| Good
place to raise a family |
3 |
| Transportation
hub |
3 |
| High
educational diversity of populace |
3 |
| Symphony
and art museums |
3 |
| Accessible
local elected officials |
2 |
| Some
excellent examples of well-planned developments |
2 |
| Low
unemployment |
1 |
| Close
to agriculture |
1 |
| Low
cost commercial real estate |
1 |
| Flat
inexpensive land |
|
|
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| What
are Greater Bakersfield's key weaknesses?
What don't you like? |
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| Air
pollution/air quality |
15 |
| Poor
road planning |
12 |
| Local
University limited in scope/majors |
11 |
| Leapfrog
development & urban sprawl |
10 |
| Low
educational standards and expectations |
9 |
| Strip
mall development |
8 |
| Dangerous
roads |
8 |
| Airport |
7 |
| Lack
of trees and poor maintenance |
7 |
| Lack
of urban renewal - need to focus on E. Bakersfield |
7 |
| Water
diversion from the Kern River |
6 |
| Low
median income |
6 |
| Limited
fine dining & quality shopping |
6 |
| Lack
of planning for water needs |
5 |
| Low
paying jobs |
5 |
| Zoning
for collecting money more than planning |
5 |
| Pedestrian
difficult |
5 |
| Poor
mass transit |
5 |
| Low
rate of post-high school matriculation |
4 |
| Lack
of economic diversity |
4 |
| Concern
about dairies |
4 |
| Low
quality parks |
4 |
| Oil
facilities within metro area |
4 |
| Benchmark
of "success" too low |
4 |
| No
water conservation |
4 |
| Excessive
speed in Bakersfield |
4 |
| "Beautification"
not beautiful |
4 |
| Multiple
names for the same streets |
3 |
| Poor
sidewalk planning |
3 |
| Rosedale
Hwy ugly |
3 |
| Lack
of points of interest for children |
3 |
| Lack
of emergency medical care in SW and NW |
3 |
| Poor
process for community involvement in planning process |
3 |
| School
district boundaries change too often & not reasonable |
3 |
| Inequality
in distribution of school funding |
2 |
| Lack
of political cultural diversity |
2 |
| "Cowtown"
image- Ag influence |
2 |
| 99
& 58 gateways lack beauty |
2 |
| Septic
tanks in city limits |
1 |
| Public
swimming pools close in August |
1 |
| Macy's
SFO not same merchandise as Macy's Bakersfield |
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| No
curbside recycling |
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