I’ve been reading about Stockton for several years now.
Have any Freepers lived there? or are they familiar with the city?
Where are the bad parts of Stockton? Are there any decent areas of Stockton?
is this city really as much of a hellhole as media stories are making it out to be?
N.W. Stockton - O.K.
Southwest - Life into your own hands
I know a resident who lives there, has a boat in a marina there and is familiar with the city issues. He says these projects such as the sports arena and grandiose marina complex are due to an out-of-control city manager who has a record of screwing up other cities as well and who has since been fired by the city council. City council was way slow to fire him though and now Stockton is stuck for all these financially disasterous projects.
Just bought a house in a small town south of Stockton 1 year ago.
I’ve been into Stockton a few times. It has a very large immigrant population.
I generally avoid going there, preferring the 8 mile drive south to less depressed/distressed locales.
is this city really as much of a hellhole as media stories are making it out to be?
I worked in Stockton for several years - I had a fence topped by razor-wire surrounding my mfg plant, plus a 24 guard service, just to protect our employees and assets. Coming from Kansas, I was truly shocked there was a city like this in the U.S. While there were some nice suburbs, you could never be sure that one of your neighbors wasn't into illegal activity, and your neighborhood is always at risk of going bad. Abandoned houses, maybe turned into a meth-lab.
I lived about 30 miles outside of Stockton just to feel safe. Even there my property value was negatively impacted by sketchy neighbors.
OH Calcutta!!!