Bakersfield California Experience

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Additionally, having experienced living in Bakersfield California for a month with my grandmother was not a good experienced. Even though I was with someone I knew I didn’t feel satisfied. Usually everything I did was with my family together, having family Sunday, celebrations, and supporting each other at the best and worst. What made it a worst experienced was that there was not a lot of places to go to. In Bakersfield California there are more ranches than anything else. So before conforming if I was going to attend California State University, Fresno I had to go to Fresno on a little trip to explore the place and look around if I was going to be comfortable living there or not. As I saw that is pretty lonely and a really reserve place I

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