I live in Stockton. If I had the chance I would move if I could. I live on the southside of stockton, I do not like it at all. Like Rockmeister said, Stockton has a high crime rate. A few months ago I was driving downtown and saw some bums fighting with eachother and one of them had a knife chasing the other guy. Crazy stuff, if you want to move to stockton I would recommend the northside of stockton. Maybe the Brookside area, it's clean over there. I've been living here for 15 years now, I wish I could move out of Stockton. Anything else just ask me.
Where in the south side do you live?
I use to live in the Northside, Whittier Ct. to be exact. And behind the house we were renting was Malvern Ct., were almost everyday you can hear and see 8 cops cars parked on that street. A house on the corner almost burned down because of a meth lab. There is a kid I know whose brother shot a another guy on the same street.
After almost 8 years in that house, we decide to buy a house on the southmost part, Weston Ranch is what the area is called. It's a little bit clean and quiet although there was a house in the area that got busted for marijuana plants.
Brookside area is a good part of the North, but houses there are expensive. You might also try the Spanos West or Spanos East areas. They have a big shopping complex on Interstate 5. Sadly though, there was lso a house raided in that area for MJ plants. Then there are the new developments on 8th mile road or all the way to Morada which is closer to Hwy 99.
Schools? The best grade schools for me are the schools under the Lincoln Unified School District on the north. Colleges? There is the University of the Pacific (Kandi's alma mater) and San Joaquin Delta College.
I've recently heard some people refer to Stockton as, "Baby Oakland". To why, I have no idea.
