| What
do you like about Greater Bakersfield? What are our Strengths? |
|
| Low cost of
living |
29 |
| Central location |
22 |
| Friendliness/people |
20 |
| Minimal
traffic/traffic not congested |
17 |
| Family oriented |
15 |
| 4 year
university-CSUB |
14 |
| Entertainment |
13 |
| Centennial
Gardens |
12 |
| Sense of
community |
12 |
| Minimal traffic |
12 |
| Many good parks |
11 |
| Neat River |
11 |
| Health
facilities |
10 |
| Bringing in
diverse industries |
9 |
| Civic Pride |
9 |
| Climate/weather |
8 |
| Downtown |
8 |
| Non profit
services |
7 |
| Business
conference |
7 |
| Good restaurants |
7 |
| Music scene |
7 |
| Housing
affordability |
6 |
| Opportunities
for sports |
6 |
| Habitat for
species (incl. Hawks) |
6 |
| Philanthropic
businesses |
5 |
| People give to
charity/social responsibility |
5 |
| Bike path |
5 |
| Facilities for
all faiths |
5 |
| Spring
wildflowers |
5 |
| Recreation
facilities |
4 |
| Trees,
rosebushes |
4 |
| Graffiti wipeout |
4 |
| Educational
opportunities for all |
4 |
| Media
accessibility |
4 |
| Attractions,
concerts, etc |
3 |
| Small town
atmosphere |
3 |
| Cutting edge collaboratives |
3 |
| Vocational
Training H.S. |
3 |
| Live theatre |
3 |
| Plenty of
parking |
3 |
| Airports (3) |
3 |
| Symphony |
3 |
| Transit system |
2 |
| Railroad |
2 |
| Not too big |
2 |
| Take advantage
of L.A. without living there |
2 |
| Oil and Ag
mainstay |
2 |
| Growing/future
opportunities |
2 |
| College &
university |
2 |
| Many activities |
2 |
| Awareness |
2 |
| Affordable golf
courses |
2 |
| Art Museum |
2 |
| Trader Joe's |
2 |
| Up on the Roof |
2 |
| CSUB Roadrunners
sports |
1 |
| Good economic
base |
1 |
| Large
availability of land |
1 |
| Buck Owens |
1 |
| Radio stations |
1 |
| Scenery |
0 |
| Local govt. |
0 |
| Schools |
0 |
| Crystal Palace |
0 |
|
|
| What
are Bakersfield's key weaknesses?
What don't you like? |
|
| Air Quality/air
pollution |
24 |
| Poor image |
12 |
| Urban
sprawl-losing Ag land |
11 |
| Gangs |
9 |
| Poor
transportation system (airports, roads, taxis, public) |
8 |
| Teenage
pregnancy |
7 |
| Inadequate
funding for infrastructure |
7 |
| Lack of
teamwork/cooperation between city/county |
7 |
| Leapfrog
development |
6 |
| Quality of life
issues (health facilities, groceries, buses) |
6 |
| Unresponsive
city council |
6 |
| Underperforming
school |
6 |
| Limited Public
transportation |
5 |
| Biased newspaper
- monopoly |
5 |
| High crime rate |
5 |
| Blighted
neighborhoods |
5 |
| Not enough
trees/poor pruning |
5 |
| Children at risk |
5 |
| Substance abuse |
4 |
| Homeless
population |
4 |
| H.S. dropout
rate |
4 |
| Drug use |
4 |
| Restaurants
& retail |
4 |
| Failure of
Bakersfield to sell its strengths |
4 |
| Provincialism |
4 |
| Ickey water |
4 |
| Too much
influence of builders & developers |
4 |
| Education is not
a priority |
3 |
| Inadequate
teacher training |
3 |
| Lack of services
for ex-cons |
3 |
| Inadequate park
programs for children |
3 |
| Inadequate
library facilities |
3 |
| Inadequate
funding for public facilities |
3 |
| Recycling |
3 |
| Soil
contamination |
3 |
| School
districts' deficiencies |
3 |
| Overcrowded
schools |
3 |
| Too much
pesticides |
3 |
| Red light
runners-impatience |
3 |
| Water quality |
3 |
| Poor airline
service |
2 |
| Lack of indoor
recreational facilities |
2 |
| Rail service |
2 |
| Lack of
development in Southeast |
2 |
| Lack of infill
incentives |
2 |
| Reactionary
local government |
2 |
| Graffiti |
2 |
| TV-lack of world
news/focus on entertainment |
2 |
| Animal control |
2 |
| Barking dogs |
2 |
| Union Ave.
seediness |
2 |
| Limited positive
teen/youth activities |
2 |
| Lack of single
men |
2 |
| Racism |
2 |
| Personal safety |
2 |
| Out grow the
"good ol boy" network in government |
2 |
| Planning
process not taken seriously |
2 |
| Lack of
engineering programs for ag |
2 |
| No East/West
freeway |
2 |
| Racial
inequality |
2 |
| Lack of
international air service |
1 |
| Poor senior
citizen public transit |
1 |
| Juvenile crime |
1 |
| Newspaper
coverage |
1 |
| Conservative
radio talk |
1 |
| Cell phones in
cars |
1 |
| Too many SUVs/trucks |
1 |
| Poor road
conditions |
1 |
| Tule fog |
1 |
| Lack of
consistency of greenbelts |
1 |
| Loss of drive-in
theaters |
1 |
| Big Brother
monitoring/traffic cameras |
1 |
| Police radar |
1 |
| Lack of park
buildings-rec. facilities |
1 |
| City Manager |
1 |
| Ogden
Entertainment |
1 |
| 2 industries
(Ag/Oil) |
1 |
| Lack of
openmindedness |
1 |
| Bad traffic |
1 |
| Lack of
interaction between businesses & schools |
1 |
| Low literacy
rate |
1 |
| Quality of life
for disadvantaged |
1 |
| Poverty pockets |
1 |
| Environmental
sensitive landscaping |
1 |
| Too many septic
tanks |
1 |
| More water in
the river |
1 |
| Unequal services
to different parts of the community |
1 |
| Weather |
0 |
| Lack of fine
dining |
0 |
| Ambulance
monopoly |
0 |
| No free driving
range |
0 |
| Lack of trust in
govt. |
0 |
| No youth
activities except sports |
0 |
| Lack of
scientific research (air) |
0 |
