At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe - 12/11/2019

The positive of Barstow- yes there is something positive that can be said about Barstow. At least it's not as bad as South Lake Tahoe. The only reason it gets 2 stars instead of one. The negatives- everything else Lots of drugs, tweakers, very run down, high crime and trashy people and criminals everywhere. Not quite as bad as South Lake Tahoe but still pretty bad.

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Ashtray - 2/19/2018

Just a place to travel thru. Cheap alternative to LA suburbs, about 70 miles or Palm Springs. It is in high Mojave desert, hot in the summer, 100-110, can get down into the 30's in the winter. Usually windy. Kinda like living in an ashtray. Fairly remote, but heavy highway traffic. Alot of semi truck traffic. Would not be my choice if a place to move to.

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Burned out of home, disabled family used by FBI, C - 11/20/2016

Be careful is all I can say. I moved there with the focus to buy a home the investor Cliff Unegbu AKA Clifford Unegbu will rip off as many people as he can and use the crooks in the courts and high desert law enforcement to get away with his criminal actions. amazing how money can tarnish a badge and sword word of honor to protect and serve. End result when you turn people in for not upholding their sworn duty they will go behind your back and do all they can using people in various depts with positions of authority to undermine your ability to suceed or live life.. all for their vain corrupt focus of an attempt to make themselves right. regardless if they use a disabled autistic child as a distraction while running a stake out on the others in a multi tenant housing that doing criminal acts. years later and the game follows yet has grown and done in silence Stalking, Profiling, Brown nosing, Trash talking .. gotta love the high desert cult.. hell even the churches would rather give money to drug addicts to keep them housed than help a disabled family with food. how holy is that! anyone that enters barstow is flagged and used by the city, police and criminals that are allowed to run free .. in the end it's all JOB SECURITY.

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Drugs and prostitution - 3/11/2016

I lost my husband to drugs (Meth) and a prostitute in Barstow Ca. My husband already had a severe drug problem with meth for many years. He was an Iron Worker and very intelligent. But going ther was like walking into the Devils playpen. He lost himself on the drugs, left his family, and is now with a prostitute with all the same addictions if not worse. He went ther to work but never came home. If you have any information on him please contact me at yvonnevelarde64@gmail.com we are desperately trying to find him. He is in bad shape. Don't move to Barstow, it's a dead in.

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Police - 5/29/2015

Barstow police do not honor their own Charter. You are guilty. Period. Not a place to move to.

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dying city in distress - 2/10/2012

The city of Barstow what more can i say...well not much, everybody who live here know this city is dying.If everybody just stop talking negative about this city and do something then maybe we could see a change.No matter where we go, every city in America have the same problems not just Barstow,Ca.We do need another major department store besides Walmart(such as a super Target,Kmart,or J.C.Pennys).We do need more entertainment(Scandia or a family fun park),we do need more business here(Winco or Albertsons),but just sitting around talking about these problems will not make any changes.We need to be heard and we need to be heard fast.In other words if you want to make this city a better place then take a look at yourself and make that change let's all go to these city council meetings and express our opinion.

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Fascinating, unreal. I actually love it. - 3/12/2010

This place is an ideal setting for any movie. I think parts of Kill Bill were shot here. It's.. I can't even begin to describe it. All it has is a small Walmart, which put it's tiny mall out of business. Decrepit to the point of being overly quaint. "Barstow Betties" are the skuzzy women you might see wandering around, the soldiers and marines unlucky enough to be stationed nearby cram into the one tiny bar and pick up any Betty they see. They do have a cute little college, cute little versions of many things. Dilapidated, creepy, they will shut down a whole restaurant if they spill a little grease. It's the type of place someone can get killed and no one will even investigate.

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sad place - 12/7/2008

boring, hot, bums everywhere

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Barstow, the Meth capital of America!!! - 8/21/2008

I have lived in Barstow since 1992. In 17 years of living here I have seen this little town take on growth spurts and then all of a sudden the bottom drops out and business move on. Gangs, drugs and the homeless have taken over this town. The majority of the city council seats are filled with those who do not live in Barstow and as such their interests are not of Barstow, but rather of their own areas in nieghboring towns and cities where they live. If you are a business owner or entrapanure looking to expand, don't... look elseware because all you will get is legal red tape and political rhetoric. If it were not for the railroad, the marine corp base and the ARMY post, this little town would dry up in the hot desert sun and blow away in the wind like ****. All that would be left here would be the prostitutes, drug addicts, and the homeless. Sorry, I almost forgot about AM/PM and many other fuel service stations, Wal-Mart, HomeDepot, The Outlet Center mall, etc. Home Depot, a new arrival in this little town endured extreme difficulties attempting to gain local new employees to maintain and opperate their store. It took a while, but they were finaly able to gain the needed employee's, albiet most of the new employee's are from nieghboring cities. The main reason for this is drug use and the local undesierable drug populace of this little town. I must recant at this point. Not all of the populace of Barstow's residents are drug users and loosers. Many are very good, decent upstanding hard working citizens trying to survived in a depressed environment/town. There is little entertainment to be had here, the weather is very hot and arid with little to no annual rainfall. The best thing that I can say of Barstow is that late summer/early fall sunsets are beautiful, the air is clean and fresh through most of the season with a scant aroma of some illegal barbituate/drug that is either being illegaly manufactured or used. If you are a dope head or cook Methamphetamine, you could easily call Barstow your home!!! I for one do not concider Barstow to be my home... It is only the place where I became traped, unable to move on.

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Small town, coming up... - 8/10/2008

Barstow is a small town, with a population of just over 23,000. But it has grown tremendously over the course of only a few years. There is an outlet mall with many well known stores, including Old Navy, Banana Republic, Coach and Anne Taylor (to name a few). As far as recreation goes, there is one movie theater, as well as a drive in theater, a bowling alley, several well maintained parks and a Sports Arena with basketball courts, soccer and baseball fields, with park equipment for the children. However, the Sports Arena is open only in the evening. For nightlife, there are several small bars and clubs located in the town, with Los Angeles and Las Vegas located less than 2 1/2 hours (drive time) away. The town has become known as a "truck stop" by many, or a place to eat and relieve yourself before continuing on to Las Vegas, but it is growing rapidly. Check back in five years, we'll be as big as Victorville!

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Nasty little town - 1/2/2008

My family and I moved here about 2 months ago due to Military obligations and I have just been horrified by the town. There is NOTHING recreational to do (there is a movie theater - dirty with rude employees)...yes there is a Wal-Mart, however, there are security guards circling the parking lot and wandering around inside. Not exactly the sort of thing that makes you want to hang around. There is no where else to shop. If you want anything, you have to drive another 30 or 40 miles down the interstate. There are a lot of homeless people on the streets, trash everywhere, everything just looks dirty and run-down. We just thank goodness everyday that we don't have to live in this area forever.

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Youth Gangs & Drug use - 7/20/2007

Too many Transplanted illegal aliens from Mexico have made Barstow their place to hang! Drugs & gangs hace infiltrated this small Desert town & the surrounding areas. The education deptartments in Barstow are dealing with many drop out or very low score children with many socialwoes. The Social Service Department in Barstow is overwelmed by all the very low income families torn apart by crime or drugs. Single families are the norm. The soon to be ?Casino? has yet to appear. Housing costs have risen way above the majority of salaries. Help is needed for this once quiet, small town.

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Cheap houses in SoCal - 9/14/2006

Only place left in Calif. where you can buy a house under $200K...as long as you can handle 115 degrees in the shade for half the year, but hey, we have Walmart!

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Buy cheap! - 9/13/2006

The only place in California where you can still buy a house for under $200k--as long as you can stand 120 degrees in the shade for half the year! Come on down! We have Walmart!

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