going to Bakersfield CA

The houses are definitely more affordable in Bakers Patch vs other parts of CA. The air quality isn't great, the summers are hot and there's a noticeable homeless population.

Last time I drove through I stopped at In n Out and for the first time in years the tomato's were super fresh and tasty. Just about every other location I've been to has had anemic crunchy tomato's. Probably due to all the Central Valley farm land.

 

The housing is cheap for a reason!

Bakersfield is bad. If you want creepier, go visit Trona.

 

If you look at a topo map of California you'll see a large part of the state is a long valley right down the middle, ringed by mountains on all sides. A big bowl. The only break is the delta, to the right of San Francisco. Winds move air in and out of the valley through that notch. Bakersfield sits at the very bottom of that bowl and all the crap air ends up down there.

 

“2 hours away from everything!” My dad used to tell people as me and my brother were growing up in the SJ Valley. I’m not from Bako but I was raised in the Valley. Bakersfield and Redding have got to be the hottest places in the summer in the Valley!

 

I was talking to one of the doctors I work with and she was telling me when she was done with med school they offered her and her other med school classmates to go do their residency in Bakerfield and they would forgive all their loans. None of them took that offer.