The city of Bakersfield has expanded in every direction possible, from the north and northeast to the south and southwest. Bakersfield continues to develop new housing projects and continues to build new schools, stores and parks.
It is evident that the city of Bakersfield is being built with an idea of extreme growth in population, but with the economy and the housing market in a negative position, will Bakersfield continue to grow and thrive?
I’ve heard people say that it sometimes seems as though there aren’t very many people living here. You see the same people that you know all the time around town. If you’re a Bakersfield native, forget about it. You’ll run into people from high school and previous jobs all the time.
But in my experience working in retail, I often see people I have never seen before. sure there are regulars, but I’m constantly seeing new faces and new people.
The bottom line is, whether the economy is doing well or not, Bakersfield continues to be a city that is less expensive to live in than many other cities and suburbs in California and features a quiet town-like community with a little bit of the city thrown in.
In every direction you go from Bakersfield, you can experience a very different place.
If you drive two hours in any direction, north, east, south or west, you can go to beaches, lakes, campgrounds, mountains and big cities.
Bakersfield is an attractive place for others to live because it hosts many things that people want. That, my friends, is why Bakersfield continues to grow, and will thrive into a rich multi-cultural small city.
Times are changing and Bakersfield is too.