We may move to Taft CA. Can anyone tell me about the town?

[maveric]

Crime?
Attitude?

The rental properties are very cheap there and we can’t rent anyplace in San Diego for $1200.00 or less.
Can anyone give any info on this burgh?

[Brother Buzz]

1. Taft is a dry (almost desert) dusty town

Two industries: Oil and prisons. Oil is on the downswing, prisons are on the rise.

I've always experienced bad juju around prison guards. YMMV.

[Lochloosa]

2. Looking into it I found this.."a new Taco Bell restaurant", so you should be good to go

[Faux pas]

3. Don't know what it's like now, but,

in the early 70's (I lived in Bakersfield then) it was pretty racially charged. I hope they have evolved by now. Anyway, good luck, and hope it's what you're looking for.


https://www.zillow.com/taft-ca/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taft,_California

[maveric]

4. Thank you all.

I’ll have to go there and spend a-couple-a-days to scope the place out.

[Xolodno]

5. California has two armpits...

...the first is Fresno.

...the second is Bakersfield.

Towns on the edge...are the hairs of those armpits.

And yes, I know people in both areas.

But you can get cheap property in these "outskirts". Just remember...the pay often goes down with it. Just did a post about an area where I will get a significant raise...but so the cost of living.

[maveric]

6. So it's a real shithole?

So to speak.

[Xolodno]

7. Well...

I don't usually drive through that area...but with that said, if its anything like some towns north of Bakersfield, depending which way the wind blows...well, there is a reason why my wife and I call McFarland...McFartland. So I would check the out the location of the non-existent "pastures", in other words, cows raised on corn predominately instead of grass.

Also in the summer, the heat can be horrible.

And finally, this is the heart of Repub country in California.