Growing Fast
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6/24/2005
Antioch, Ca where I love is a very fast growing city.Over the last 30 years or so the population has increased by about 80-90,000 people. It feels like a big mini city.the population is now around 110,000 or more and there is new homes being made now and are going up with a snap of the fingers. Now the city wants to extend the urban limit line which will give the city another 1,000 acres to build new homes on. Antioch is in the Bay Area but close to being in the outskirts.Being in the Bay Area also brings many differnet new types of cultures that havent been in Antioch since it once was a small town in the 60's and 70's which was mostly caucasian people. Now the city of Antioch is way more diverse which is a good thing. The growing has also caused a increase in crime which will happen when you have a city of 100,000+ people and the schools have began to increase, city officials want a new 3rd high school since both of the citys high schools enrollment is over 2700. So in the end a rise in population brings you the feeling of a new small city in your own backyard.
june 24,2005
willie | Antioch, CA