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As the south side goes, so goes Stockton

“South Stockton” can sometimes be a label – for a sometimes-troubled, sometimes-hopeful, always-proud portion of a city.
Some streets in south Stockton, like Clayton Avenue at Odell Avenue, are without sidewalks.

Some streets in south Stockton, like Clayton Avenue at Odell Avenue, are without sidewalks.
“South Stockton” can sometimes be a label – for a sometimes-troubled, sometimes-hopeful, always-proud portion of a city.

But it’s a catch-all label that not always descriptive and accurate.

South Stockton is not one place. It has pockets of poverty, for sure, and some of them large and ugly. But also it also has tidy neighborhoods, well-kept parks and proud residents who wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

Record reporter Kevin Parrish, over the course of several months, delved into life in south Stockton in a series of articles that ends with today’s front-page look at potential solutions to problems in the area. The past reports all are available on recordnet.com.

Click here to read the entire article.

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