What's up with Stockton CA?

[rickca]

Stockton is not a desirable place to live and its very cheap to buy real estate there so a lot of people thought it would be a good idea to buy up 5, 10 even 15 houses through financing and rent them out, these "slum lords" were unable to keep up the payments when the housing prices dropped (which in turn dropped the rents) so there are a lot of foreclosures.

[ripley44mag]

Originally Posted by DogLady321

Okay I just heard on NPR today that Stockton CA has THE HIGHEST foreclosure rate in the US!

Why? What's going on there?

Is it a nice place to live? Would you buy there since you can find a house pretty inexpensively there?

How would the commute be from there to San Leandro or Berkeley?

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[nillik]

Originally Posted by DogLady321

Okay I just heard on NPR today that Stockton CA has THE HIGHEST foreclosure rate in the US!

Why? What's going on there?

Is it a nice place to live? Would you buy there since you can find a house pretty inexpensively there?

How would the commute be from there to San Leandro or Berkeley?

If you move to Weston Ranch its OK Or Morada or the nice areas that are in gated communities but the south west and east are treacherous and the north is notorious outside of what few areas I named. If you plan on commuting to the bay area your best bet is Weston Ranch because its the closest thing to the outskirts of town that will make the commute almost bareable. Also that altamont during commute hours is a nightmare. All and all don't do it though you can get new and newer homes in Stockton the market is leveling off well enough for yoy to find something in the bay.

[LuckyJ26]

I live in Weston Ranch and its most definitely not one of the nicest parts in Stockton. You're right, it is okay, but it is a bit ghetto. The best parts of Stockton to live in has to be Brookside, Quail lakes, around UOP, East Benjamin Holt, and somewhat Eight Mile.



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[StocktonResident]

All I see or read about is people CRYING about STOCKTON,CA. whine whine whine. BAY AREA BUYERS are the ONES to blame for the COLLAPSE of the REAL ESTATE MARKET IN THE CITY of STOCKTON. Like what you have said there are not lot of JOBS here in stockton so what makes you think that its the RESIDENTS of STOCKTON are the ones to BLAME for the HOUSING MARKET COLLAPSE. I have lived here all my life and its what you make of it STOCKTON is not a BAD CITY to live in. If you go looking for trouble you will find it. If you looked at other cities in CALIFORNIA like OAKLAND oops(thats a BAY AREA city). You dont see stockton shooting at COPS or you dont hear about STOCKTON being that BAD.Its kind of like people that BUY LOW FARE tickets at an airline but want to get TREATED like FIRST CLASS its not gonna work.You get what you PAY for.Like I said all I see is people complaining instead of MAKING or HELPING that CITY all you do is LEACH OFF of it. You BUY PROPERTY here and when all HELL breaks loose you leave.Its kind of FUNNY how that WORKS.EVERYBODY needs to start being responsible for their OWN actions.Like SIR BARTON f*@%#g RACIST about ILLEGAL ALIENS You have a choice not to live here. Whos that magazine tabloids newspaper? That always seem to find the ANSWERS to EVERYTHING like TOP US CITIES TO LIVE IN. TOP CRIME CITIES IN USA BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH wow wait a minute thats a RICH or WEALTHY CORP. OR MAGAZINE Thats making STATS and JUDGEMENTS ABOUT city of STOCKTON.Wait a second SOME/ALL OF these people have never really lived in STOCKTON wow.And you have the NERVE to SAY STOCKTON IS A BAD CITY. We were an ALL AMERICAN CITY for a couple of years.

[iluvcj]

I happen to like Stockton, my grandmother settled in Stockton after coming from the south so I have a couple of uncles that still live there. My son currently plays little league baseball in stockton at one of the parks when I come to Manteca on the weekends.

[iTsLiKeAnEgG]

Originally Posted by StocktonResident

All I see or read about is people CRYING about STOCKTON,CA. whine whine whine. BAY AREA BUYERS are the ONES to blame for the COLLAPSE of the REAL ESTATE MARKET IN THE CITY of STOCKTON. Like what you have said there are not lot of JOBS here in stockton so what makes you think that its the RESIDENTS of STOCKTON are the ones to BLAME for the HOUSING MARKET COLLAPSE. I have lived here all my life and its what you make of it STOCKTON is not a BAD CITY to live in. If you go looking for trouble you will find it. If you looked at other cities in CALIFORNIA like OAKLAND oops(thats a BAY AREA city). You dont see stockton shooting at COPS or you dont hear about STOCKTON being that BAD.Its kind of like people that BUY LOW FARE tickets at an airline but want to get TREATED like FIRST CLASS its not gonna work.You get what you PAY for.Like I said all I see is people complaining instead of MAKING or HELPING that CITY all you do is LEACH OFF of it. You BUY PROPERTY here and when all HELL breaks loose you leave.Its kind of FUNNY how that WORKS.EVERYBODY needs to start being responsible for their OWN actions.Like SIR BARTON f*@%#g RACIST about ILLEGAL ALIENS You have a choice not to live here. Whos that magazine tabloids newspaper? That always seem to find the ANSWERS to EVERYTHING like TOP US CITIES TO LIVE IN. TOP CRIME CITIES IN USA BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH wow wait a minute thats a RICH or WEALTHY CORP. OR MAGAZINE Thats making STATS and JUDGEMENTS ABOUT city of STOCKTON.Wait a second SOME/ALL OF these people have never really lived in STOCKTON wow.And you have the NERVE to SAY STOCKTON IS A BAD CITY. We were an ALL AMERICAN CITY for a couple of years.

Are there any Best Buy's or mom and pop computer shops out in Stockton? I think your keyboard has a broken caps lock key which makes everything you say appear as if it was written by a third grader with an infatuation for clicky buttons.