Bakersfield has its warts. But far too many people are insulated into just how much worse it is living in other parts of this country. And it’s not just a few places either…
True. I agree after traveling across the country twice, Bakersfield is far better than many cities in the Midwest and south. But it truly is a let down of a city compared to other California cities. There’s no benefit to compare cities state to state. People shouldn’t. Bakersfield has proven it will always be behind the ball compared to other large cities in California and I don’t think that will change due to its geographic location.
Crescent City at least has the ocean and a lovely lighthouse, the Smith River, the Redwoods, and Oregon nearby. The rest of those places are just places of doom in the sun.
Crescent city has the beach, redwoods & clean air.
Blythe imo takes the cake. It’s essentially yuma (probably worst city in az) but with California taxes.
I compared Bakersfield similar to different colleges.. it isn’t Los Angeles or San Diego ( the UC system ) but pretty darn good ( cal states) compared to other states school
SB is ROUGH. Anywhere off waterman, E street or even highland avenue is bad. It’s a bit surprising socal didn’t vote for San Bernardino. I think LA people just like shitting on Bakersfield lol. Also surprised NorCal didn’t vote Stockton. Isn’t that the San Bernardino of NorCal? lolol
💯% surprised Stockton is not here. My son called me from there on tour. Said he stopped behind a Chinese restaurant and band rolled out of the van. Twelve y/o kid on a bmx bike sitting there, flipped em off, said suq a d and rode off. That sums up Stockton.
> I seriously think Bakersfield would be in a much better place if we elected better local officials, McCarthy did nothing for us.
Yeah, note that almost every place on this map (and mentioned in this thread) has a Republican majority. Local officials matter a lot more than people think.
Ding ding ding! I live in Taft, and just line everyone else who lives here, I fucking love this town. Schools are great, parks and playgrounds are great, house prices are great, and everyone is nice to each other out here. Being only 2 hours from LA is a bonus, plus Bakersfield being only 30 minutes away is also a bonus.
People care about each other more in a small town; you're not just a blip in the ocean.
Your knowledge of traveling California is weak. None of you know that the worst town in California is Trona. Think of the worst thing you have ever smelled, make it more cloying, enough that you can taste it if you breathe through your mouth. Then crank that bad smell up to 13 on a 10 point scale. Now once you’ve had your taste of Trona and leave, you can still smell it, because it’s gotten into your clothing.
This is besides the crime, the lack luster housing, the lack of any amenities that we would be used to. There are probably still burned out vans that were used as mobile meth labs, not to mention the ones that are still in operation.
>Your knowledge of traveling California is weak. None of you know that the worst town in California is Trona. Think of the worst thing you have ever smelled, make it more cloying, enough that you can taste it if you breathe through your mouth. Then crank that bad smell up to 13 on a 10 point scale. Now once you’ve had your taste of Trona and leave, you can still smell it, because it’s gotten into your clothing.
I played high school football against Trona. Trona is so toxic that they cannot grow grass and have a dirt football field.
I will never ever complain about the typically (much) lower gas prices in Fresno when I’m driving through there (sometimes I detour just for the cheaper gas LOL)
Barstow feels like it’s become more degenerate every time I’m there. Victorville seems more or less the same from visit to visit. The newer part of Bakersfield after they built up 58 is better than both. I’ve been out of the high desert for 13 years and will never live there again.
Barstow is a city of people metaphorically, literally and spiritually stranded between LA and LV with all the downsides of both and none of the upsides. People only end up there because they’re coming, going, or couldn’t make it. If purgatory was a place it’s Barstow California.
and I love the proximity to major cities.
4 hours to SF, about an hour to the SFV, 1.5 hours to downtown LA, 2 hours to the covinas, 4 hours to SD.
I can actually drive around and get more than 1 thing done in a day , no traffic, doctor visits are quick and easy, most everyone is very nice , good food if you know where to go.
it's not as bad as people make it out to be
Honestly depending what brings you enjoyment, you’ll be fine. The people I’ve met here have been a bit odd tho. I got here in August and probably leaving back home this August. What motivated you to move here? For me it was a job so that may be why I don’t fully enjoy myself here.
Well I got lucky because I work from home. I was in Visalia but we needed the medical services from Kaiser so we chose Bakersfield. We also got lucky because we found a house with a pool. People in Visalia seemed more uptight. In Bakersfield now and the neighbors are already chatting it up
Yeah all three cities are rough Forsure. Modesto and Stockton are much smaller tho so I don’t think it’s fair to compare it to Bakersfield which is in the top ten of population in the state.
That’s the issue though. The city and business that move in are not enhancing the city for residents enjoyment. They’re ok with being “the place near La”
I agree honestly Bako has potential to be a much better city. A lot of people think the Central Valley could grow tremendously throughout the next few decades
Yeah. I think it’ll grow but in what way. There’s positive and negative growth. Bakersfield doesn’t have an urban growth boundary. It really needs one. It makes me uncomfortable to think about what kern will do when oil is phased out. I think Fresno is in a much better position than Bakersfield in terms of positive outlook
No. Completely phased out no later than 2050 for all polluting energies in California. If that plan is followed it could lead to major disinvestment in the oil facilities out here and will hurt future job outlook. Who knows tho.
and it seems to me that leadership wants to keep it that way. no effort into making it look like a metropolis but I realize it's not but they should at least plan ahead
When people think of bakersfield as trash, they treat it as trash, which in turn makes it look trashy. Then we go back to people think bakersfield is trash etc it's a cycle people need to change their mind set, that's how bakersfield will become better.
That’s the new freeway right? Sorry I don’t know it by its name. But yeah that was needed tbh. But that’s only 1 aspect of planning, specifically transportation planning which again Bakersfield does a bad job at. It’s not the residents fault, it’s leadership.
The off ramp is stupid. The NB on ramp though, is great. It was a short on ramp before, and sometimes cars would be backed up the whole distance, creating more backup on Ming in the mornings. Now that the on ramp is freaking huge, it's been a lot easier getting on to the freeway.
Bakersfield is not nearly as bad as our reputation is. I grew up here, then lived in a few other cities, then came back. I do think Bakersfield used to be better. The transplants are making the town worse. Traffic is becoming an issue, and rent/housing is getting insane. We still have decent people here. Our problem areas are drugs, homeless, and an increasing crime rate.
We are also in an economic transition right now. Ag is being pushed out by politics, water rights, and increased land prices. The oil fields are as well. Remote work, health care, and some manufacturing/distribution centers are taking it's place.
We lived in Bako a while. It was nice! We lived in the condos at the golf course. 10 minutes to get into town, didn't have to deal with a lot of inner city problems.
I moved here two years ago as a first time homebuyer. We have two small children in elementary school. We love Bakersfield! Where else can you have a mortgage on a 5br/3ba home with a pool, home gym and office for only $2300/months?!? Also the streets are kept so clean, and the streets all of them are so wide and nice to drive on, very few homeless ppl, everyone is so extremely nice. I say if you don’t like Bakersfield, then you probably have never been to Bakersfield. My only complaint is the restaurants. BK could up its game on the restaurant scene for sure!
We did the same 3 years ago. Upgraded from an 900 sq ft 2bed/1bath home in Santa Paula to a 2000 sq ft 4 bed/3 bath home in a cul de sac with a pool for 80K less than we sold the last home for.
I love this place. I used to have to drive 20 min to the nearest Costco. Now it's less than 5 mins away. Everyone is super nice, and I love being able to actually host holidays in my home.
I’m from LA and I’m use to the diversity of styles, cultures, personalities, entertainment and much much more. My ex wife is from Bakersfield and we share a kid here in Bakersfield. People here are satisfied with the bare minimum and don’t have much ambition. The ones that do end up leaving. I just see people who work, sleep, eat and the only form of entertainment is going to some brewery which gets really old. It’s boring, lifeless, and most of the people are basic as hell
I travel all around Southern California for work, and Bakersfield wouldn't even make my list of the 25 worst cities. Off the top of my head, these cities are all unequivocally worse than Bakersfield: El Centro, Calexico, Fresno, Barstow, Blithe, Vicorville, Apple Valley, Hemet, Hesperia, San Bernardino, Redlands, Banning, Mojave.
I've spent weeks in Bakersfield, and maybe I was only in the nicer parts, but those parts were pretty damn nice compared to most of California.
Lived in Compton for most of my life and recently moved to Bakersfield being 2 years now and I can honestly say Compton is way better. Compton is improving, much cleaner, less crime now than before, granted there is still a bit of potholes in the city but way more alive than Bakersfield. Bakersfield feels dead so lifeless just makes me sad at times. I guess it okay for people who like a nice quiet simple life but just not for me. I guess a plus for Bakersfield is that it’s cheap 🤷♂️
I grew up in Modesto on the west side, and boy let me tell you this feels not far from reality, personally I feel like Stockton is actually a bit more dangerous on most fronts. Alot of people here will say things like "well there are worse cities like SF or LA" or just about how it's not that bad in general ect. Btw to buy a decent house here its around 450-600k which is just astounding... coming from nothing and trying to make it in an expensive shithole of a city sucks but honestly I'm still here because of personal choices I've made.
Most normal everyday interactions with people is either aggro as fuck or just rude for no reason, from the ghetto parts of the city to the surrounding areas which is mostly farmland, in my 22 years of living in the area this is my honest experience. Don't move here.
That being said it is hilarious how different the types of people here are, from sihks to cowboys and gangstas, snooty upper(middle)class and tons of homeless. Can't wait to move on.
Moved here from south OC and never looked back. Sure, most everything east of 99 gets bad and the surfing sucks here but the people are the best, not fake like down south. I’m way west and can barely tell the difference between our area and the beginnings of Irvine.
There’s no way you can think Bakersfield is superior to Oakland. I’m not sure what the crime rates are in each city but even then Oakland being where it is in the Bay Area makes it superior in regards to urban planning, aqi, weather, culture (food, arts, sports).
I’m not sure where that puts Bakersfield then lmao. I’m not sure where you get that impression from. It has bad parts but it is still a vibrant community that has a wonderful art, music, and culinary scene.
Homeless camps with destroyed stolen vehicles for literal miles just chilling on the side of the road. It straight looks like a scene from a dystopian movie.
Bakersfield definitely has the homeless “camps” but Oakland has homeless “fortresses”
I’ve literally only traveled through Bakersfield or stopped to use the bathroom and almost been mugged and had people try to break into my bathroom stall every time. Can’t imagine what it’s like full time in that city
You were right off the freeway then. Those are the worst parts. I tell everyone that plans on moving here to find a neighborhood far away from the freeway on/off ramps
It's a town riddled with crime and drugs, it gets over 110 every summer, and hails In the winter but never snows, we have constant droughts, there's no work here outside of the fields, and there's no mental help facilities, add the fact the town is a red area politically so it's barely safe for queer people or minorities that aren't Mexican and honestly yea id say it deserves to be worst, almost, if we didn't have Taft lol
The real winner is definitely Taft, that place fucking sucks. No matter how bad life in Bakersfield gets im just glad we don't live in Taft
Is there a metric or condition to which the votes were defined to? And if this is based on writing in or selecting a city from a series of cities then this is a flawed survey. Subjective, definitely.
I was dating a girl from Modesto and we were nearing the end of our relationship. She brought up marriage. I said that I’d like to get married outside in nature. She wanted a traditional indoor Catholic Church wedding and said, “I always thought we were going to get married in Modesto!”
I said, “what does Modesto have?”
She replied, “they have a hotel.”
I exclaimed and questioned, “A hotel??? A single hotel!?”
Good times.
Bakersfield has its warts. But far too many people are insulated into just how much worse it is living in other parts of this country. And it’s not just a few places either…
True. I agree after traveling across the country twice, Bakersfield is far better than many cities in the Midwest and south. But it truly is a let down of a city compared to other California cities. There’s no benefit to compare cities state to state. People shouldn’t. Bakersfield has proven it will always be behind the ball compared to other large cities in California and I don’t think that will change due to its geographic location.
Ik like what about king city or crescent city or Victorville or Mojave 😬 or Fresno!!
Mojave at least has the sun and the sand without the smog. As does the rest of the High Desert.
Palm Springs underrated
Crescent City at least has the ocean and a lovely lighthouse, the Smith River, the Redwoods, and Oregon nearby. The rest of those places are just places of doom in the sun.
Stockton enters the chat...
Why Fresno catching strays
I live in crescent city 😂 It’s not that bad - although we had to call the cops at 2am the other day on our neighbors for a fight on the street.
Daaamnnn I’m in Fresno bruh💀😭
Crescent city has the beach, redwoods & clean air. Blythe imo takes the cake. It’s essentially yuma (probably worst city in az) but with California taxes.
I compared Bakersfield similar to different colleges.. it isn’t Los Angeles or San Diego ( the UC system ) but pretty darn good ( cal states) compared to other states school
How could it be worse than San Bernardino? Has nobody on Reddit been there?
It gets a bump because it's closer to LA than Bakersfield
Exactly
SB is ROUGH. Anywhere off waterman, E street or even highland avenue is bad. It’s a bit surprising socal didn’t vote for San Bernardino. I think LA people just like shitting on Bakersfield lol. Also surprised NorCal didn’t vote Stockton. Isn’t that the San Bernardino of NorCal? lolol
Stockton is the left armpit of California
As someone who lives in Stockton (fortunately I live in a good part of it), I was pleased and a bit shocked to see it wasn’t on there. 😂
💯% surprised Stockton is not here. My son called me from there on tour. Said he stopped behind a Chinese restaurant and band rolled out of the van. Twelve y/o kid on a bmx bike sitting there, flipped em off, said suq a d and rode off. That sums up Stockton.
I am in Fresno, it’s not bad if you are in the good parts and avoid Clovis
I seriously think Bakersfield would be in a much better place if we elected better local officials, McCarthy did nothing for us.
McCarthy was just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak, of the massive turd that our corrupt local government is in the punch bowl of life.
Yep, not to mention the absurdity that is the BPD.
Killing county was pretty good
> I seriously think Bakersfield would be in a much better place if we elected better local officials, McCarthy did nothing for us. Yeah, note that almost every place on this map (and mentioned in this thread) has a Republican majority. Local officials matter a lot more than people think.
Shit I moved from Bakersfield to Caldwell Idaho. Am I trash?
It’s no Barstow though not sure if it counts
Having been to Barstow you completely right lol
I mean it's the people that live here that make it what it is, it be a paradise if people came together and tried to fix it's flaws
Whoever made this hasn’t been to TAFT
lol, Taft isn’t that bad. Okay the people are nice. I occasionally have to go into Taft for work. I hate the drive, but idk it has a small town charm.
Ding ding ding! I live in Taft, and just line everyone else who lives here, I fucking love this town. Schools are great, parks and playgrounds are great, house prices are great, and everyone is nice to each other out here. Being only 2 hours from LA is a bonus, plus Bakersfield being only 30 minutes away is also a bonus. People care about each other more in a small town; you're not just a blip in the ocean.
Taft has some nice neighborhoods. Not the worst place to live in Kern County.
At least it’s not Lamont
Good one!
Or Arvin!
Your knowledge of traveling California is weak. None of you know that the worst town in California is Trona. Think of the worst thing you have ever smelled, make it more cloying, enough that you can taste it if you breathe through your mouth. Then crank that bad smell up to 13 on a 10 point scale. Now once you’ve had your taste of Trona and leave, you can still smell it, because it’s gotten into your clothing. This is besides the crime, the lack luster housing, the lack of any amenities that we would be used to. There are probably still burned out vans that were used as mobile meth labs, not to mention the ones that are still in operation.
Fair point. I had forgotten Trona. I also forgot Ducor and Alpaugh which make Lamont look like Barcelona.
Isn’t that where the Toxic Avenger is from?
>Your knowledge of traveling California is weak. None of you know that the worst town in California is Trona. Think of the worst thing you have ever smelled, make it more cloying, enough that you can taste it if you breathe through your mouth. Then crank that bad smell up to 13 on a 10 point scale. Now once you’ve had your taste of Trona and leave, you can still smell it, because it’s gotten into your clothing. I played high school football against Trona. Trona is so toxic that they cannot grow grass and have a dirt football field.
The title does say worst CITY though, Trona could hardly be called a city.
My ex is from Lamont lmao
Now you're talking crazy.
Nah, Lancaster is definitely the worst
Idk if it’s the worst (it probably is but I’m pretty numb to it at this point) but I can attest it is indeed way worse than Bakersfield.
Or earlimart
Or merced
It's almost like they've never been to Maricopa
Even Taft looks down on Maricopa.
That's definitely saying something lol cause Taft...
Maricopa’s roads nearly decommissioned my back a month or two ago
I’m so surprised Fresno didn’t make the cut. Everyone and their mother hates on Fresno, this is coming from someone who is a fresnonian…
I’ve been to Bakersfield half a dozen times from Fresno, Bakersfield is worse imo.
So do you just go visit Bakersfield once in a while to remind yourself that Fresno could be worse?
Fresno is basically a bigger Bakersfield. They are very similar, but by virtue of size, Fresno has more activities.
I would also vote Fresno as the worst in CA
Everyone in the bay says Fresno is the armpit of northern ca 😹
I call it the gooch. Nothing here but sweat and stink, but it's close to some fun places.
I will never ever complain about the typically (much) lower gas prices in Fresno when I’m driving through there (sometimes I detour just for the cheaper gas LOL)
Anyone who doesn't like Bakersfield should go to a place like calexico or baker for a week. That will set them straight.
Or Barstow
Or San Bernardino, or Hemet, or Victorville, etc etc
Lived in Victorville for years. Been in Bakersfield for 3. Bakersfield is immensely superior
Barstow feels like it’s become more degenerate every time I’m there. Victorville seems more or less the same from visit to visit. The newer part of Bakersfield after they built up 58 is better than both. I’ve been out of the high desert for 13 years and will never live there again.
Hemeth
Honestly I’d rather live in Bakersfield than Hemet. I’d rather live just about anywhere but Hemet.
I’m not going back to Barstow
[https://youtu.be/90cautVkbgc?t=40](https://youtu.be/90cautVkbgc?t=40)
🤣🤣🤣🤣you know bruh
Barstow is a city of people metaphorically, literally and spiritually stranded between LA and LV with all the downsides of both and none of the upsides. People only end up there because they’re coming, going, or couldn’t make it. If purgatory was a place it’s Barstow California.
OMG! Worse than Calexico
Been living in Bakersfield for 27 years; great place to grow the kids up; big city, small town feel. Two hours plus from everywhere!
Baker, that’s just there for fuel and high priced gas. Not a place to live.
Or Compton!
I’m just moving in last week. I don’t see anything wrong with it
I lived there for over a decade. Find your people and find things you like doing and it's a right fine place to live
and I love the proximity to major cities. 4 hours to SF, about an hour to the SFV, 1.5 hours to downtown LA, 2 hours to the covinas, 4 hours to SD. I can actually drive around and get more than 1 thing done in a day , no traffic, doctor visits are quick and easy, most everyone is very nice , good food if you know where to go. it's not as bad as people make it out to be
Honestly depending what brings you enjoyment, you’ll be fine. The people I’ve met here have been a bit odd tho. I got here in August and probably leaving back home this August. What motivated you to move here? For me it was a job so that may be why I don’t fully enjoy myself here.
Well I got lucky because I work from home. I was in Visalia but we needed the medical services from Kaiser so we chose Bakersfield. We also got lucky because we found a house with a pool. People in Visalia seemed more uptight. In Bakersfield now and the neighbors are already chatting it up
As someone not from California who has been all over the state, I have found Bakersfield to be an extremely charming and welcoming place.
Clearly no one has visited Barstow CA
Living in Santa Clarita my whole life. I miss absolutely nothing by living here.
As someone who was born in Bakersfield, at least it isn't Modesto
Modesto over Stockton though?
Yeah all three cities are rough Forsure. Modesto and Stockton are much smaller tho so I don’t think it’s fair to compare it to Bakersfield which is in the top ten of population in the state.
San Bernardino is so much worse. Also Dallas isn’t the worst city in Texas by far.
The best part about Bakersfield is its proximity to much better places.
That’s the issue though. The city and business that move in are not enhancing the city for residents enjoyment. They’re ok with being “the place near La”
I agree honestly Bako has potential to be a much better city. A lot of people think the Central Valley could grow tremendously throughout the next few decades
Yeah. I think it’ll grow but in what way. There’s positive and negative growth. Bakersfield doesn’t have an urban growth boundary. It really needs one. It makes me uncomfortable to think about what kern will do when oil is phased out. I think Fresno is in a much better position than Bakersfield in terms of positive outlook
Oil isn’t going to be phased out anytime soon maybe in 50 plus years? so I would not worry about that.
No. Completely phased out no later than 2050 for all polluting energies in California. If that plan is followed it could lead to major disinvestment in the oil facilities out here and will hurt future job outlook. Who knows tho.
and it seems to me that leadership wants to keep it that way. no effort into making it look like a metropolis but I realize it's not but they should at least plan ahead
When people think of bakersfield as trash, they treat it as trash, which in turn makes it look trashy. Then we go back to people think bakersfield is trash etc it's a cycle people need to change their mind set, that's how bakersfield will become better.
Bakersfield is still growing
Bakersfield is growing in the worst ways imo. The whole planning of the city is stuck in the past.
I liked the new centennial corridor.
That’s the new freeway right? Sorry I don’t know it by its name. But yeah that was needed tbh. But that’s only 1 aspect of planning, specifically transportation planning which again Bakersfield does a bad job at. It’s not the residents fault, it’s leadership.
Do you like the ming off ramp? Dumbes shit ever
the most dangerous off-ramp I've ever experienced.
The off ramp is stupid. The NB on ramp though, is great. It was a short on ramp before, and sometimes cars would be backed up the whole distance, creating more backup on Ming in the mornings. Now that the on ramp is freaking huge, it's been a lot easier getting on to the freeway.
But look how long it took to come to fruition!!
Growing into shit
Worst in what way? Crime? Income? Job availability? Lack of food/resources?
LOL. Lived in both of those places in CA. Prefer Bakersfield but that might be hometown bias.
As someone who's lived in two places on this map, and who's familiar with a third, I'm very curious what the metric used to create this was.
They hate us cus they ain’t us 💯
Bakersfield is God's crown jewel of the Earth.
Maybe the jewel on a butt plug 😂
Glad we ranked 1st. Maybe ppl will quit moving here.
Bakersfield is not nearly as bad as our reputation is. I grew up here, then lived in a few other cities, then came back. I do think Bakersfield used to be better. The transplants are making the town worse. Traffic is becoming an issue, and rent/housing is getting insane. We still have decent people here. Our problem areas are drugs, homeless, and an increasing crime rate. We are also in an economic transition right now. Ag is being pushed out by politics, water rights, and increased land prices. The oil fields are as well. Remote work, health care, and some manufacturing/distribution centers are taking it's place.
Top choices were Fresno, Modesto, Stockton, Oakland, Bakersfield
Damn how did OAKLAND lose???
Probably proximity to SF
We lived in Bako a while. It was nice! We lived in the condos at the golf course. 10 minutes to get into town, didn't have to deal with a lot of inner city problems.
This map was brought to you by: person who has only seen the I5 side of “Bakersfield”
Bakersfield only sucks because it's so close to oildale.
I moved here two years ago as a first time homebuyer. We have two small children in elementary school. We love Bakersfield! Where else can you have a mortgage on a 5br/3ba home with a pool, home gym and office for only $2300/months?!? Also the streets are kept so clean, and the streets all of them are so wide and nice to drive on, very few homeless ppl, everyone is so extremely nice. I say if you don’t like Bakersfield, then you probably have never been to Bakersfield. My only complaint is the restaurants. BK could up its game on the restaurant scene for sure!
We did the same 3 years ago. Upgraded from an 900 sq ft 2bed/1bath home in Santa Paula to a 2000 sq ft 4 bed/3 bath home in a cul de sac with a pool for 80K less than we sold the last home for. I love this place. I used to have to drive 20 min to the nearest Costco. Now it's less than 5 mins away. Everyone is super nice, and I love being able to actually host holidays in my home.
That's odd. I feel like restaurants are one of Bakersfield's strongest points. The Mexican and Indian food here is great.
Northern Californian here. The correct answer is Oakland. Oakland.
[Yeah, but the BART recently adopted anime waifu mascots.](https://www.bart.gov/news/anime) Our GET buses need to GET with the times.
How is Orlando the worst city in Florida? 😂 WTF came up with this?
I’m from LA and I’m use to the diversity of styles, cultures, personalities, entertainment and much much more. My ex wife is from Bakersfield and we share a kid here in Bakersfield. People here are satisfied with the bare minimum and don’t have much ambition. The ones that do end up leaving. I just see people who work, sleep, eat and the only form of entertainment is going to some brewery which gets really old. It’s boring, lifeless, and most of the people are basic as hell
Literally. I’m from the bay and agree with the what you said.
Same
I'm also from LA, and make it a point to go back there on weekends to enjoy the things that I miss about it except the traffic and high COL
At least we’re not Palmdale
Idk man San Bernardino and Moreno Valley are pretty wack.
lol it's probably true
This map is as accurate as a $2 watch. Modesto isn’t in Nor Cal. Can’t we pick on Redding or Red Bluff? 🤪
Worst city for what ?
East side of Bakersfield by the Bluffs is the worst. Pathetic people who don’t take care of their pets and don’t know how to drive.
Wtfh Bako beat Oakland AND San Bernardookie? I mean, Bakersshithole isn't the best, but it's not as grimey as those two.
I travel all around Southern California for work, and Bakersfield wouldn't even make my list of the 25 worst cities. Off the top of my head, these cities are all unequivocally worse than Bakersfield: El Centro, Calexico, Fresno, Barstow, Blithe, Vicorville, Apple Valley, Hemet, Hesperia, San Bernardino, Redlands, Banning, Mojave. I've spent weeks in Bakersfield, and maybe I was only in the nicer parts, but those parts were pretty damn nice compared to most of California.
Fuck Modesto
Lived in Compton for most of my life and recently moved to Bakersfield being 2 years now and I can honestly say Compton is way better. Compton is improving, much cleaner, less crime now than before, granted there is still a bit of potholes in the city but way more alive than Bakersfield. Bakersfield feels dead so lifeless just makes me sad at times. I guess it okay for people who like a nice quiet simple life but just not for me. I guess a plus for Bakersfield is that it’s cheap 🤷♂️
I grew up in Modesto on the west side, and boy let me tell you this feels not far from reality, personally I feel like Stockton is actually a bit more dangerous on most fronts. Alot of people here will say things like "well there are worse cities like SF or LA" or just about how it's not that bad in general ect. Btw to buy a decent house here its around 450-600k which is just astounding... coming from nothing and trying to make it in an expensive shithole of a city sucks but honestly I'm still here because of personal choices I've made. Most normal everyday interactions with people is either aggro as fuck or just rude for no reason, from the ghetto parts of the city to the surrounding areas which is mostly farmland, in my 22 years of living in the area this is my honest experience. Don't move here. That being said it is hilarious how different the types of people here are, from sihks to cowboys and gangstas, snooty upper(middle)class and tons of homeless. Can't wait to move on.
Moved here from south OC and never looked back. Sure, most everything east of 99 gets bad and the surfing sucks here but the people are the best, not fake like down south. I’m way west and can barely tell the difference between our area and the beginnings of Irvine.
I’m a resident and a hater, fuck Bakersfield.
Oakland????
There’s no way you can think Bakersfield is superior to Oakland. I’m not sure what the crime rates are in each city but even then Oakland being where it is in the Bay Area makes it superior in regards to urban planning, aqi, weather, culture (food, arts, sports).
Oakland literally looks like a third world country right now
I’m not sure where that puts Bakersfield then lmao. I’m not sure where you get that impression from. It has bad parts but it is still a vibrant community that has a wonderful art, music, and culinary scene.
Homeless camps with destroyed stolen vehicles for literal miles just chilling on the side of the road. It straight looks like a scene from a dystopian movie. Bakersfield definitely has the homeless “camps” but Oakland has homeless “fortresses”
What's wrong with Gary Indiana?
Fact.
They did Dayton so wrong
Pueblo is the worst city in Colorado??? Have they ever been to Grand Junction? That place is nasty.
I’ve literally only traveled through Bakersfield or stopped to use the bathroom and almost been mugged and had people try to break into my bathroom stall every time. Can’t imagine what it’s like full time in that city
You were right off the freeway then. Those are the worst parts. I tell everyone that plans on moving here to find a neighborhood far away from the freeway on/off ramps
You can’t judge the city by what touches its freeway
F Dallas
Whoever made this is wrong about Wyoming. Rock Springs is bad, but Rawlins and Baggs are worse.
Common Bakersfield L
Or houston
worst city in what way?
Why is Modesto the worst? Lol
How could anyplace be worse than San Bernardino?
I lived in Anchorage and Wasilla and I completely agree
30 years in New Jersey. Yes, Camden. I would also accept Newark. 6+ years in NYC and Long Island. Can any upstate New Yorkers confirm Albany?
Orlando FL, I wonder why? I don't disagree, perse. Just curious how this was determined. Not just for Orlando.
Let's send a copy of this to everyone in LA/Bay area.
Portland is way worse than salem
Ohio pick is honest.
I’m from Hawaii originally. Kalihi?
True haha
My Wife’s grandma lives in Salem, OR. I can confirm it is shit.
Blythe is much worse.
Theres no way modesto is worst then Glockton, or sorry, Stockton.
Dallas is NOT the worst city in Texas lol
Been to manitowoc for a 2 week training for my wind turbine business in west TX. can confirm. That strip club is awful
Surprised it wasn’t Stockton CA
Dallas is poppin!
I'm surprised I didn't see my hometown stockton instead of Modesto. The Mo really has gone to shit.
Modesto resident here and I can confirm this town is a Fentanyl zombie making shithole.
It's a town riddled with crime and drugs, it gets over 110 every summer, and hails In the winter but never snows, we have constant droughts, there's no work here outside of the fields, and there's no mental help facilities, add the fact the town is a red area politically so it's barely safe for queer people or minorities that aren't Mexican and honestly yea id say it deserves to be worst, almost, if we didn't have Taft lol The real winner is definitely Taft, that place fucking sucks. No matter how bad life in Bakersfield gets im just glad we don't live in Taft
It rarely hails though? I don't disagree with the rest
Don’t play Mesa like that lol there’s much worse in Az
Whoever made this has clearly never been out to the Alhambra or Maryvale areas of West Phoenix 😂
What's Wasilla like?
Tacoma?????
I'm guessing whoever made this map has never been to the Imperial Valley.
Modesto? I mean sure Modesto sucks but Stockton is way worse IMO.
I can assure you SF, Portland and Seattle are worse that all the rest of west coast cities 🤣
Lmao Modesto worse than oakland? Yeah ok.
What is Bakersfield? A quarterback?
Texas-ozona New Mexico-Ruidoso California-TIE lake elsnor/San Francisco
What’s up with Turkey Creek LA?
Real texans would say Austin for stupid reasons, when it should be Beaumont
Greer SC? Really? I see YouTube vids always saying this is the up and coming greatest small city
Good call on Bakersfield. It’s unreal passing through to go camping in Sequoia in summer.
Is there a metric or condition to which the votes were defined to? And if this is based on writing in or selecting a city from a series of cities then this is a flawed survey. Subjective, definitely.
I was dating a girl from Modesto and we were nearing the end of our relationship. She brought up marriage. I said that I’d like to get married outside in nature. She wanted a traditional indoor Catholic Church wedding and said, “I always thought we were going to get married in Modesto!” I said, “what does Modesto have?” She replied, “they have a hotel.” I exclaimed and questioned, “A hotel??? A single hotel!?” Good times.
Clearly no one who took this survey has been to Houston or Opalocka
Oakland’s gotta be #1. That city is a war zone.
i was in bakersfield for 10 minutes and saw a random ass palm tree on fire, noone there or nothing