Rosedale
Rosedale is what happens when Bakersfield decides it wants a suburb but cannot quite commit to leaving the highway behind. The 93312 corridor stretches northwest along Rosedale Highway in a long, low ribbon of newer subdivisions, strip retail, and the kind of chain dining that telegraphs reliability over romance. The tradeoff is honest: more square footage, quieter cul-de-sacs, and a shorter drive to Costco, in exchange for a date scene that mostly involves driving back into town. Couples here tend to be married, mortgaged, and methodical. First dates lean toward the safe end of the spectrum, which is to say, dinner at a familiar booth.
Rosedale by the numbers
Rosedale runs male-heavy, about 57% men to 43% women.
Median individual income in Rosedale is about $50,800.
California registers voters by party, and Kern County is Republican-plurality, about 37% to 34% Democratic, the red county of the Central Valley, with a 21% No Party Preference bloc.
The median renter in Rosedale pays about $2,060 a month.
About 7,900 Rosedale residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Mauricio's Grill & Cantina
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Hungry Hunter Steakhouse
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Spencer's Restaurant
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The 18hundred
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Lengthwise The Pub
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Dutch Bros Coffee
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Social House Kitchen & Bar
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Gaslight Melodrama Theatre
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Starbucks Coffee Company
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Brazas Cocina Latinoamericana
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Lone Oak Lounge
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Vi's Cocktails
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The Whisky
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Wine Me Up
Outdoor seatingGood for groups