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The northern side of Bakersfield, CA estimated 6 sq miles. Roughly East of Airport Drive, West of Manor Street, South of James Road, and North of Columbus.

Shopping is limited to a strip mall on Airport Drive, and a Vons shopping center on China Grade Loop.

School districts include Beardsley and Standard school districts, both of whom have sub-par, underpaid staff who actually care about elevating the intelligence of humanity - otherwise they'd go somewhere else.

Typical ethnicity make-up is about 90% white trash, 5% hispanic, & 5% other random minorities, most of whom work in the oilfields, hence the name "Oildale".

Oildale was once known for severe racism and violence towards minorities. Beardsley Street was the criminal heart of Oildale - drug dealers, arms traffickers, racist gangs such as the "Beardsley Street Krew" BSK and the "Nazi LowRidaz" NLR, and plenty of sex offenders to boot.

Due to increased Kern County Sheriff activity in Oildale, crime rates have dropped significantly, but is still considered the 2nd highest crime rate in all of Bakersfield, second only to the Cottonwood area on the East side of town. This is partially due to the fact that the cost of housing is roughly 60% of the median housing cost in Bakersfield - as such, many low income (criminally prone) individuals are forced to live in the community.

Usually, police can respond within a minute of an emergency call, and the fire department just under two minutes. EMS is just under four minutes away.

Generally speaking, if you can afford to live anywhere else (except Cottonwood), don't live here...

Consider yourself warned!


Nigga #1: Yo nigga, you fuckin crazy?!
Nigga #2: Why?
Nigga #1: We headin fo Oildale - nigga turn this shit round fo we get shot nigga!
Nigga #2: No shit!
Oildale by warpixel October 3, 2008
A down ass town next to Bakersfield where them White Power Gangsters put in work. Some people call it the dale, Or the 08.
Man, I ain't neva goin to oildale.
Oildale by Clyde Double Barrow January 21, 2009
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A place in CA whose residents are overly fond of illegal fireworks.
Bro, I spent the 4th of July in Oildale.
Dude, how many people got arrested?
Bro, like five cop cars came to the street I was on within two hours!
Oildale by mrmngrl July 4, 2016

Oildale Baby Rattle 

A glass methamphetamine pipe containing one or more shard-like pieces of unmelted methamphetamine.
I loaded a fat chunk shard of bomb dope in my pipe and shook it around like and Oildale baby rattle.

Oildaleian 

A person who lives in Bakersfield California and lives on the wrong side of town, renting a house in a low income neighborhood. They also get drunk and have teenage pregnancies
Look at that Oildaleian over there in the chain link fenced up house. He must have a ton of kids that are grown.
Oildaleian by Pheonixfire468 November 4, 2019
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