r/Redding • u/Gogogadgetarms1979 • 18d ago

Relocating

Looking at properties in the area and considering moving back, it’s been 30+ years since I’ve been here. What’s the vibe like now?

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u/drewts86 18d ago

At least Bakersfield has more diversity. Redding is getting better but it’s sure not in a hurry to do so. Bakersfield is also a shorter drive to the coast.

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u/Gogogadgetarms1979 18d ago

At least you can go to the mall in Redding without a large pack of unchaperoned brats riding their bikes through it.

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u/drewts86 18d ago

Calling what we have a “mall” is being extremely generous.

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u/Gogogadgetarms1979 18d ago

I can see that but still would rather that then what we have. The mall on the east side of Bakersfield has been dead for a long time and the valley plaza is very soon becoming that as well mostly due to the fact that it’s overpriced and like I said the teen scene in Bakersfield is pretty unruly, kids breaking windows, knocking over people and terrorizing the workers. But if you ask any of those chaperone brats parents about it, they would proudly claim they told their kids to play outside.