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Is this true? Bakersfield is no place to raise a child...
I read from this article that Bakersfield is one of the worst place for a child. Any comments?
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posted by
antiextremism
on Jun 18, 2007 at 09:29 AM
That study probably is mostly due to the immunization rates here in Kern County. The goal is 90% and the actual totals are less than 2 out of 3. That's not a regional thing, that's a personal thing. Many of our poorer residents, legal and otherwise, don't get the immunizations on a timely basis. The next strike against Bakersfield is probably air quality. Other than that, Bakersfield is no different than most places. The biggest environmental factor for any kid is how they are raised, not necessarily where they are raised. But, it's just another bad tag that Bakersfield can wear, and we need more bad publicity or there's gonna be a million people here by the next decade. Bakersfield's new motto should be.................. Fun, Sun, Spend, Leave. posted by
anonymous
on Jun 18, 2007 at 09:37 AM
Horrible place....too many conservatives.
posted by
marsh
on Jun 18, 2007 at 09:47 AM
Absurd. As parents, we can make a heaven of hell or a hell of heaven for our children. posted by
randomfactor
on Jun 18, 2007 at 09:51 AM
But it helps to have something to work with. . • For indicators of health, families’ own income and homeownership, the income and homeownership of their neighborhoods, residential and school segregation, and school poverty, black children fared most poorly. In most cases, Hispanic children were next, with Asians falling between Hispanics and whites, who consistently did the best.• • Black children encounter difficulties right from birth. In 90% of metro areas, the share of low birthweight births to black mothers was over 9%, much higher than the target rate of 5%, set in the health objectives in Healthy People 2010. In 60% of metro areas, the pre-term birth rate for blacks was over 15%, a rate found in virtually no metro areas for other racial groups.
• • o o o o posted by
dusty1215
on Jun 18, 2007 at 10:36 AM
I see your point Marsh..but there isn't a whole lot we can personally do about the nasty air in the southend of the valley. If your child is asthmatic..this ain't the place.And I know because I am asthmatic and I am suffering bad this year. posted by
adampayne
on Jun 18, 2007 at 12:52 PM
This report simply confirms what most of the education, health and labor statistics have pointed out for years. The kids here as an aggregate perform below the rest of the state when it comes to educational testing. There is a higher rate of teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in this county than almost any other county in the state. Bakersfield's average income is also way below the state average. The percentage of people with a college degree is half of the national average. This report can come as no surprise. posted by
Neverleft
on Jun 18, 2007 at 01:37 PM
Horrible place...Too many liberals.
posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Jun 18, 2007 at 01:43 PM
Neverleft, if this place had too many liberals, the education level would be much higher.
posted by
CalamityJanie
on Jun 18, 2007 at 03:04 PM
I have developed all sorts of allergies -- as well as asthma -- since moving to Bakersfield four years ago. It's hard to believe it's just coincidence. The air is SO bad. Most of the young kids I know are suffering from something...asthma, constant illness, wierd allergies (depending on what the air is doing), nonstop coughing, unexplained aches and pains, etc. Oddly enough, the only REAL allergy I ever had was an allergy to cats. That has disappeared! I don't know about the other socioeconomic reasons, but based on air quality alone, I would say that Bakersfield is not a good place to raise a kid. But compared to, say, east Los Angeles, your kid is probably a lot better off here for lots of other reasons. posted by
sagefever
on Jun 18, 2007 at 03:06 PM
It has pluses and minuses~as anyplace does..I raised two here,and I was raised here, all turned out OK,no mass murders or much else except nice kind people.After Kelsey was born I began to look at "facts and figures" with a healthy skepticism~it served us both well."They" per statistics said he would not live past a year, from tests he was blind,he was stupid..all turned out to be not the case.Power of LOVE does miracles~even though I hear some folks do not believe in them...sad.
posted by
Charlie
on Jun 18, 2007 at 04:14 PM
PPete2 You got to be kidding. You liberals are the ones that have destroyed our once great educational system. posted by
randomfactor
on Jun 18, 2007 at 04:16 PM
By allowing them darkies in, I presume. All went downhill with Brown vs. Board of Education, I suppose? posted by
ProgressivePete2
on Jun 18, 2007 at 04:16 PM
I destroyed nothing. Besides all that, which one of us uses proper grammar?
posted by
jfrancais
on Jun 18, 2007 at 04:22 PM
I've seen worse places than Bakersfield for children (Gary, IN/Mosul, Iraq/ Sullivan Co., IN/Appalachia)
posted by
NancyII
on Jun 18, 2007 at 04:33 PM
I was raised here and never had allergies of any kind. I moved to Tehachapi..the clean mountain air..and within two years had raging allergies that put me to bed as fast as the most severe cold did. Now they come and go..... Look what clean air did for me. ;-) posted by
jfrancais
on Jun 18, 2007 at 04:37 PM
I had an experience simialr to yours, Nancy. I never knew I had asthma until I moved to Indiana. I was born and raised in Bakersfield.
posted by
CalamityJanie
on Jun 19, 2007 at 04:56 PM
The air we breathe...it's a very strange thing. Toxic everywhere, I guess.....unpredictable.....poison.......
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