| 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 |
