It’s a shame what’s happened to that city. Haven’t been there in decades but went there numerous times as a kid to visit relatives and back then (1960’s) it was a beautiful area.
I was in Stockton a month ago, for my wife's cousin's wedding. He said he and his new wife would live there. I told him that was a very bad idea. I don't plan on going there again anytime soon.
“It’s a shame what’s happened to that city. Haven’t been there in decades but went there numerous times as a kid to visit relatives and back then (1960’s) it was a beautiful area.”
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Just a WILD guess, but were Whites the dominant demographic back then?
I grew up in an area just 45 miles from Stockton, up in Amador county in the 1950s(graduated 1959). My cousin lived in Stockton and went to high school there, I visited her frequently(she knew a lot of Stockton girls)on weekends. Stockton had an extremely high crime rate even then, and you had to watch out for bands of roving Mexicans(Pachukos)who would jump on you and beat the sh** out of you for no other reason than you were white. You must have seen a different Stockton than the one I remember.
I was raised in Stockton and lived there for over twenty years. Left in 1979. Most of my family (parents, siblings) still live there. Sad day.