Bakersfield, California

USA / California / Bakersfield /
 city, county seat
The City of Bakersfield, California (pop. 347,483) is the county seat of Kern County, California. It is one of the fastest-growing, large-population cities in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 347,483 inhabitants within the city limits, making it the 9th largest municipality in California and 52th largest city in the nation according to U.S. Census. The greater Bakersfield area has a population of around 467,000, including unincorporated areas, according to local municipal sources. It is California's third largest inland city, after Fresno and Sacramento. The city's economy relies on agriculture, petroleum extraction, and refinement industries.

Bakersfield also known as "The Oklahoma of the west"
Yokom, Buck Owens, Haggard, are all from Bakersfield and created the "Bakersfield sound" in Country music. Quite different than the Grand 'Ol Opry stuff, and the predecessor to today's country music. Buck Owens was the creator of the "Hee Haw" TV show.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakersfield,_California
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Coordinates:   35°21'26"N   118°57'51"W

Comments

  • Buck Owens was not the creator of "Hee Haw". Wikipedia says 2 of the 3 creators were Canadian- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hee_Haw John Aylesworth and Frank Peppiatt were Canadian. Bernie Brillstein, the third, was from New York. From IMDB- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063908/ Buck Owens was only a co-host with Roy Clark.
  • Agree with the above statements, Bakersfield is boring. Come and visit Arvin instead, it's located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Bakersfield. Now thats a city you should visit if you come by the Valley. If you stopped by here, visit Casa Burger Drive-In (301 Bear Mountain Blvd), best hamburgers in the Valley! GO BEARS!
  • Worst pollution in the US, yay Bakersfield! http://www.citymayors.com/environment/polluted_uscities.html
  • Yes, still the most polluted in the US https://web.archive.org/web/20160423183902/http://www.lung.org/assets/documents/healthy-air/state-of-the-air/sota-2016-full.pdf