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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
I fully understand what you are saying but.... as someone who has been and is very close with someone who spent an entire year there, it is as rough as most are making it out to sound.
The crime index has them listed as safer than 3% of cities in the US. I know through my travels, a small population (300k) mixed with that high of a crime percentage translates to no nice areas.
http://www.neighborhoodscout.com/ca/stockton/crime/
Somewhere like Chicago is a good example of what you are saying is Chicago. A ton of nice places but a good chunk of the city that you do not want to wander in. I was told I wouldnt last 5 minutes without being beat up and robbed if we strolled past the United Center for a few minutes (opposite direction from the billy goat tavern) |
The crime map you link to proves my point--high crime rates are heavily concentrated in a relatively small area of the city (central and south). Those would be the high poverty areas as well. I am not saying Stockton is a place I would like to live and having never been there, I have no interest in defending it. Only commenting on the idea conveyed here that Stockton, on the whole, must be an unlivable place because of its high crime rate. Gaza City is an unlivable hell hole. Stockton CA much less so. The boys will be fine.