Is anyone here from Bakersfield?

[ben young]

Originally Posted by ElDiabloJoe

Wait! Do I understand what just happened here correctly?!?

Did kttam186290 call out my post asking if the OP is involved in City marketing or Chamber of Commerce as a racist post? What long arm of desperate victimhood produced that epiphany? What on earth in my post caused kttam to label my post (and therefore me) racist? I questioned whether the OP came onto a forum largely used by people to explore places to live and did nothing but sing Bakersfield's praises in order to promote Bakersfield from a professional, biased perspective. Seeing a racist intent or overtone because I sought clarification as to the OP's motives in posting is such an incredulous leap of logic that it renders me nearly speechless. Jaw dropped at the very least. Gobsmacked, certainly.

Someone who sees such evil behind every innocence is likely one who fosters such evil themselves. One may as well have stated that the comment of "I like cement floors instead of wood floors in a house" is also racist because cement floors are generally of a lighter tone than most wood surfaces. Or because cement is "made" and wood is "organic", therefore it is racist. Or the number in your username, which is a data sheet for a specific machined part with male threads. Does that make you mysoginistic, a sexist, a male chauvinist? At least that accusation is based on something concrete and objective, unlike yours.

What warped sense of reality must one live in to possess such a twisted perspective of an everyday statement that implies no such intent other than that which is clearly evident on its face?

I am offended and astounded. I am going to assume you made such a baseless and serious allegation because you can't help yourself and not because you attacked me, someone you do not know, you have never met, and you based your very serious allegation on a medium that does not allow for the conveyance of tone, expression, or other non-verbals to solidify a text-only post's intent.

I feel sorry for you kttam if I understand correctly that you directly stated that my comment (which you quoted when you made the claim) was racist. Your grasp of reality is fleeting and you should seek professional and possibly medicinal assistance before you hurt someone or yourself.

If I understood your post incorrectly, I apologize, but I'm not certain I could see it any other way as you quoted my one sentence before accusing it (and thus me) racist.

WOW..love the rebuttal..Near classic.

[Sam Hobbs]

Originally Posted by Mike930

Fairly high crime rate.

I have read that one reason Bakersfield is considered among the worst for crime is that there are fewer police based on the amount of crime or the population or something like that. The Wikipedia article about the Bakersfield Police Department lists a West, East and South substation but the City of Bakersfield - Bakersfield Substations page of the official website says nothing about the East substation. I consider that poor management.

The Wikipedia article did not give the street number of the East substation but it is barely visible in the photo so I was able to add the street number to the Wikipedia article. Google Maps also does not have all the substations but I think I submitted an addition of the East substation.

If the Bakersfield Police Department want to clean up crime then they can start by cleaning up their website and relevant other information.