All you (n)ever wanted to know about Ridgecrest (Los Angeles: gynecologist, houses)

[shutup]

Nice ignorant posts in here. Very cultured. Keep your filthy, crime-ridden city. We'll take a clean town without the undesirables, thanks. Hope you can live with turning your children into consumerist zombies.

[David Aguilar]

Originally Posted by shutup

Nice ignorant posts in here. Very cultured. Keep your filthy, crime-ridden city. We'll take a clean town without the undesirables, thanks. Hope you can live with turning your children into consumerist zombies.

Great way to add another ignorant post.

Don't know what filthy, crime-ridden city you are referring to, but the one I live in is anything but.

Ridgecrest isn't exactly clean. Many neighborhoods are well-kept, along with some that aren't so well-kept. There are also plenty of abandoned, empty lots and urban/rural decay. Those empty big-box stores sure gave me the impression of a "clean town".

Undesirables? What exactly does that mean? Parolees? Tweakers? Drunks? The chronically unemployed? Ridgecrest has plenty of those.

The consumerist zombies comment is just way off base. So all people that live in a city are obsessed with money and stuff? Ha. I live as frugal a lifestyle as possible and don't feel the need to shower myself or my kids with "stuff". They're lucky they have what they have.

[Ready2Retire]

My husband and I have read all through your comments and really got a chuckle We left Ridgecrest in 2004 after spending 3-1/2 years there. Transferred to Albuquerque. We made a lot of friends there from the NAWCWD (Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division). My husband is a scientist and the people we met in Ridgecrest were all from the base so I can't attest to Ridgecrest having a lot of drug addicts, LDS, lowlifes, bums, know-it-alls, misfits, etc. The people we met were all professionals in their field. You would find a mix of people like this in almost any city. If you go to youtube.com and type in "Ridgecrest, California" and "China Lake, California", there are some pretty good videos from the area.

If you're going for a job at the base, it's a great place to work and get experience with the military or government. You'll be able to work on things there you'll never be able to work on anywhere else. If you don't like it after a few years you can always transfer somewhere else. If you have job experience from China Lake, it carries a lot of weight in the military/government community.

We spent lots of weekends on the coast...and eaten many many wonderful Basque meals in Bakersfield. We're not desert lovers so were very glad to move. Albuquerque was still desert. We're retired now....but not in any desert!

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by KNJO

The Apartment complex in Ridgecrest I was living in was 70% LDS. It's the Christian children that pay the price, lets just say they don't play well with others. If you take your kids to the park, they will either shun your kids or get up and leave, the LDS teachers also play favorites with LDS children. Our new neighborhood is also surrounded by them, including the Sheriff and code enforcement officer; they really do think they are above the law, and the cop is there to remind you they are.
If it was not for the LDS factor, Ridgecrest would be a nice place to live with everything close by, you could almost do without a car. And the cost of living is among the lowest in the nation, with housing cost low by California standards.

If you look around other boards on this site, you will find I'm not the only one that has had to deal with their bigotry, and it's not just Utah, but also western Colorado & Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona and eastern Oregon and Washington.

Brigham Young hated Christians with a passion, and would ordered them slaughtered whenever they got in his way. Moving to Aurora, CO was a good choice, if I could afford to move the family, I would do it in a heartbeat. I remember the folks being allot friendlier there than here.

Which parts of Arizona are strongly LDS? I live here and there are relatively few Mormons here compared to either Idaho or Utah.

[David Aguilar]

Originally Posted by ArizonaBear

Which parts of Arizona are strongly LDS? I live here and there are relatively few Mormons here compared to either Idaho or Utah.

I've heard of Colorado City, AZ (I know, small and isolated, and near the Utah border) and Mesa (per KNJO) as having large LDS pops.

[ArizonaBear]

Originally Posted by David Aguilar

I've heard of Colorado City, AZ (I know, small and isolated, and near the Utah border) and Mesa (per KNJO) as having large LDS pops.

Colorado City's FLDS 'Mormon's (Warren Jeff's cabal of losers) are not accepted by the LDS--------they are to regular Mormons what Osama bin Laden is to mainstream Muslims.

As for Mesa: it is only about 10-15% Mormon anymore.

[ackfam]

My husband recently started a construction job in Ridgecrest and has been staying at a local hotel. Because his job, for the most part requires him to work out of town he lives in a hotel room Mon.-Fri. and comes on for the weekend. His co-workers / room mates are all pretty young and are in a bit of a different place in there lives than he is so needless to say staying with a bunch of guys gets old. We are looking for a decent room to rent for him untill the end of Jan. He leaves for work around 4:30am and gets home around 6:30pm. He comes home friday after work so he prettymuch needs a room but will only occupy it 4 days out of the week. We are looking for someone that is past the party stage in life (although my husband likes to hang out and drink a beer with someone that may reciprocate an interesting conversation) We are trustworthy, family people. I just really want a comfortable place for my hard working husband to stay while he is away from us. If anyone can help please call me at 661-717-8773
Thanks,
Erin from Bakersfield

[Ready2Retire]

Erin,

Your husband might want to pick up the "Swap Sheet" which comes out every Wednesday in Ridgecrest. All the stores usually have it or he can pick it up at the Swap Sheet office on Ridgecrest Blvd. The Swap Sheet Online - Ridgecrest, CA
Or you can read it online. It seems like that's where most people put their ads.

Or he can pick up the Ridgecrest paper anywhere Homepage - Ridgecrest, CA - Ridgecrest Daily Independent.

Another option would be to rent a camper and put it in one of the RV spaces on Inyokern Road or on Brown Road. They both are pretty nice and reasonably priced, but he could compare the prices by month and what they offer. Our son bought a small camper and stayed in the one on Inyokern Road when he was working in the summer at China Lake.

Good luck to you and your husband.

[dt4066]

I have lived in Ridgecrest for over 40 years; moved here from Bakersfield. I agree, Ridgecrest would not be for everyone, but I've loved it here from the first day we arrived. There are many reasons I like it here: the friendliness of the people, the clean, clear air, the lack of traffic, the seven minute commute to work, the view of the mountains, the inexpensive housing prices - just the small town feel in general..... Granted, there may not be much available in the way of shopping, bars, or expensive restaurants, but the people here seem to find plenty to do. We have lots of activities for kids including soccer, hockey, baseball, football, karate, and more. We have a theater group, a concert association, book clubs, bridge clubs, hiking groups, quilt clubs, RV clubs, political clubs, travel clubs, a museum, and of course churches.

Over the years, we've known many people who moved here right out of college with the plan of staying just a few years and then moving on; quite a few of them are still here thirty or 40 years later and loving it.

[KNJO]

Which parts of Arizona are strongly LDS? I live here and there are relatively few Mormons here compared to either Idaho or Utah.

Northern Arizona still has a very high concentration of LDS, the norm for the USA is 1.57%
With total religious population around 30%, 9.48% of that in Flagstaff is LDS, many surrounding communities are at or near that level. Mesa may only have a 15% population of LDS, but nearly 90% of the city of Mesa government is LDS. You can Google "Mormon Corridor" of check out Wiki Mormon Corridor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for more information. You can also check out Sterlings Best Places www.neighborhoods.homeseekers.com/
Google "Mesa Corruption" to learn more about LDS control in Mesa.

LDS typically can be found in control of the local governments; including law enforcement and school boards, often giving preferential treatment to fellow LDS members.