“Okieville” may have moved on to Bakersfield. When I
was in college on the Central Coast in the early 70s
there was a number of fellow students from that area.
Their parents had migrated to escape the dust bowl of
the 1930s. I knew students who were born in California
and raised in the greater Bakersfield area who spoke
with a cool Oklahoma drawl. As to Stockton whether you
travel on I-5 on the West side or Hwy 99 on the East
side of town your life is in danger. Those Asian and
Hispanic kids are pure freeway maniacs zipping in and
out of traffic in those little coupes.
There are a lot of Okies in Bakersfield as well as a lot of Basques. They helped to turn Kern County “red,” although there are a number of notable RINOs that come from there.