What
do you like about Greater Bakersfield? What are its strengths? |
|
Cost of living |
14 |
Education
available-2 colleges |
14 |
Food-good
restaurants |
11 |
Family oriented
place to live |
10 |
Close to
everything-beach, mountains, etc. |
9 |
Small town
flavor |
9 |
Don't have to
commute to go to work |
9 |
Sports |
6 |
Easy to get from
one part of town to another |
6 |
Many activities
for seniors |
5 |
Not too big, not
too small |
3 |
Great ideas
started here, expanded state-wide |
3 |
Accessible
community leaders |
1 |
|
|
What
are Greater Bakersfield's key weaknesses?
What don't you like? |
|
Gangs |
17 |
Air quality |
17 |
Pockets of
blight/abandoned houses |
15 |
Drugs |
12 |
Lack of higher
paying jobs |
11 |
Streets as
playgrounds |
9 |
Need more youth
centers |
9 |
Illegal dumping |
9 |
Inequality
between city and county funds |
8 |
People don't
take care of their houses |
8 |
Graffiti |
7 |
Poverty and
child neglect |
6 |
Need to sweep
streets more often |
5 |
East Hills Mall
1/2 empty |
5 |
Loud excessive
music/noise pollution |
5 |
People running
red lights |
5 |
Narrow streets,
congested |
3 |
Inequality-
city/county services |
3 |
High
unemployment |
3 |