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I’d fear for my life in Bakersfield and Fresno


Lived in Bakersfield for 1 year in the late 1990s, not my cup of tea but I never felt unsafe there.

Friend of mine moved to Fresno because his wife is part of a large extended Sikh family there. He is very happy and is making a killing.
 
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Lived in Bakersfield for 1 year in the late 1990s, not my cup of tea but I never felt unsafe there.

Friend of mine moved to Fresno because his wife is part of a large extended Sikh family there. He is very happy and is making a killing.
The problem with the entirety of the central valley is that the weather is absolute ****. You're paying the so-called "paradise tax" to live in California, but the climate is horrendous.

It's boiling hot and dry for months in the summer, eternal drought, and consistently has several of the top 5 worst air quality cities in the nation. Might as well pick a spot in New Mexico or west Texas.

The best thing that can be said about the climate is that you're only a couple hours from the coast, and a couple hours from the mountains.
 
The problem with the entirety of the central valley is that the weather is absolute ****. You're paying the so-called "paradise tax" to live in California, but the climate is horrendous.

It's boiling hot and dry for months in the summer, eternal drought, and consistently has several of the top 5 worst air quality cities in the nation. Might as well pick a spot in New Mexico or west Texas.

The best thing that can be said about the climate is that you're only a couple hours from the coast, and a couple hours from the mountains.

I mean with airplanes you're always only a couple of hours from the coast or mountains
 
The problem with the entirety of the central valley is that the weather is absolute ****. You're paying the so-called "paradise tax" to live in California, but the climate is horrendous.

It's boiling hot and dry for months in the summer, eternal drought, and consistently has several of the top 5 worst air quality cities in the nation. Might as well pick a spot in New Mexico or west Texas.

The best thing that can be said about the climate is that you're only a couple hours from the coast, and a couple hours from the mountains.
People from the area like to spin the 3 hr drive to LA or SF as a benefit but that trip gets old real fast to a point that anyone rarely does it. If you’re into lakes and the national park nearby than I can start to see the appeal of living there….sort of
 
People from the area like to spin the 3 hr drive to LA or SF as a benefit but that trip gets old real fast to a point that anyone rarely does it. If you’re into lakes and the national park nearby than I can start to see the appeal of living there….sort of

Yup, did my intern year in central cali and the drive back to SoCal was not fun.
 
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