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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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So I was hoping for a promotion and a move to Monterey, but it looks like they now need me to go to kern county. I would appreciate some input on the areas to stay away from, I have been looking at real estate up there and I should be able to use my VA loan to get a house that is very affordable.

Any suggestions of areas to stay away from would be greatly appreciated.
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 03:50 PM
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bump for you i'm further up north but good luck
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I would highly suggest the northwest/west area of town "Rosedale". That is generally where you find the nicer newer and older homes with quality shopping, food etc...

Other than that the southwest is good in most areas.

I would completely stay away from the central, east and south sides of town.


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bakersfield!?!? dude that is more BFE than where lee is!
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bakersfield!?!? dude that is more BFE than where lee is!
Yeah I know but I would be getting killer pay and housing up that way is freakin cheap. Plus I would end up being in charge of 2 other techs when they hire them.
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I would highly suggest the northwest/west area of town "Rosedale". That is generally where you find the nicer newer and older homes with quality shopping, food etc...

Other than that the southwest is good in most areas.

I would completely stay away from the central, east and south sides of town.


If you are looking for a ls1/performance shop to get know whats going on in the car circles here, feel free to come by my shop as we are the only late model / performance / tuning shop within about 100 miles. I Theres a few machine shop type places that deal with older stuff as well around here.
Yeah I have seen you posting around here with stuff for sale, Thanks for the advice I will be trying to look in those areas now as I am more afraid of something happening to my car than anything.

If you could please let me know as well what are the dividing lines for the west/northwest area and such? Like what freeways/interstates seperate or any roads streets etc. Thanks

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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by SoCalSpd
I would highly suggest the northwest/west area of town "Rosedale". That is generally where you find the nicer newer and older homes with quality shopping, food etc...

Other than that the southwest is good in most areas.

I would completely stay away from the central, east and south sides of town.


If you are looking for a ls1/performance shop to get know whats going on in the car circles here, feel free to come by my shop as we are the only late model / performance / tuning shop within about 100 miles. I Theres a few machine shop type places that deal with older stuff as well around here.
+1 the east side is very ugly i would completely stay away from that area, my girlfriend lives up there but she stays right off of panama and wible thats also a pretty nice area
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Damn man, Bakersfield? lol
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Yeah I know but I would be getting killer pay and housing up that way is freakin cheap. Plus I would end up being in charge of 2 other techs when they hire them.
that sounds good. at least we won't have to road trip all the way up north.
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have you looked into frazier park? its a nice little town about 40 miles south of bakersfeild.
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well **** at least they have a nice track tehre
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Originally Posted by LS1Adam84
Yeah I have seen you posting around here with stuff for sale, Thanks for the advice I will be trying to look in those areas now as I am more afraid of something happening to my car than anything.

If you could please let me know as well what are the dividing lines for the west/northwest area and such? Like what freeways/interstates seperate or any roads streets etc. Thanks
Anything north of Hwy58/Rosedale Hwy and west of Hwy 99
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by ae13291
have you looked into frazier park? its a nice little town about 40 miles south of bakersfeild.
yes thats a really nice spot too, you get the best of both worlds nice summer heat and cold snow in the winter time
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Old Jul 2, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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Frazier park is like a mountain rural town... I would recommend it for a "weekend" getaway cabin, but not a place Id want to live.
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Old Jul 24, 2009 | 07:44 PM
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Ok hopw is it by Lake Ming? I found a house there that looks very nice but I still need to drive up there and look around.
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