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Comment

I'm mildly concerned about the neutrality of this article, especially when it comes to the segment regarding supposed activities in Richmar, Bradley Park and Twin Oaks. San Marcos is a gang injunction zone, and reported incidences of gang activity are lower than in surrounding areas. As for "drug trafficking" and "prostitution," I would ask where the editor obtained this information -- there is no citation. I think the addition of these elements is designed to make the city look worse than it is and raises questions about the credibility of the article as a whole.

Uncited Gang/Race references

I have removed what appears to be a paragraph based more in opinion and hearsay than any cited information, however if the information can be cited by all means return the paragraph to it’s original location.

Specifically: San Marcos is rapidly expanding as one of the most growth oriented cities in northern San Diego. The influx has largely consisted of younger, educated, White, upper middle-class people moving into a community that was previously dominated by older, White, retirees. Such influx has deteriorated the infrastrucute of older communities throughout the city. Among the affected neighbourhoods are the Bradley and Richmar communities whose housing projects are notorious for gang violence, drug trafficking and prostitution. Several industrial complexes are also victim of such tribulations. The balance of power and controll over the streets of San Marcos is constantly shifting between rival gangs affiliated with the Los Angeles and San Diego alliances. Many residents in such areas complain of gang activities among them vandalism and random acts of violence. San Marcos is one of several cities in northern San Diego County affected by gangs. Other affected cities include Escondido, Vista, and Oceanside.

Trinidadiv 21:08, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

History

There is no mention of anything happening before the university was built. What about the Hollandia dairy, the high population of Serbian immigrants, and San Marcos' pioneer past? I'll try to dig some references up... Sonicshaboom (talk) 17:33, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GHETTO CITY????

I am offended by the reference to San Marcos as a "ghetto city". I just recently purchased a home here and this is far from a ghetto environment, please remove that term when describing this quaint little town. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.192.186.208 (talk) 22:25, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Illustrations

Most of the images obtained to illustrate this article are very nice; however, I was wondering if anyone has a photo of the actual "Old California" sign, rather than the one simply reading "Entrance"? Also, a photograph of Grand Plaza from a better angle (preferably including the tower on the corner of Grand and Las Posas, rather than a shot of a lefthand-turn lane) would be great. Anyone have the rights to these? --SchutteGod (talk) 21:12, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

New San Marcos City's 2012-2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report http://www.ci.san-marcos.ca.us/modules/showdocument.aspx?documentid=9233

Rank	Employer	# of Employees	% of total employment
1	Hunter Industries Inc	725	2.45%
2	United Parcel Service	433	1.46%
3	Wal-Mart Stores, Inc	350	1.18%
4	Southern CA Permante Med Group	301	4 1.02%
5	Lusardi Construction Co	300	1.01%
6	Vanpike Inc	286	0.97%
7	Fry's Electronics	270	0.91%
8	Oncore Manufacturing Svcs, LLC	257	0.87%
9	Costco Wholesale	253	0.86%
10	RB III Associates Inc	237	0.80%

Lake San Marcos

Does anyone besides me think that the fact that Lake San Marcos is a man-made lake should be added? I know because I live down there but not many other people do. The article is pretty old but I think it is convincing.

The fact is part of San Marcos history. ^[1] Little Frog (talk) 16:43, 30 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ http://articles.latimes.com/1987-06-28/local/me-381_1_lake-san-marcos

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Transportation

Is there any way to get to this place? No mention of bus, train or plane access is made. Is there a highway that connects it to the rest of the world? 136.36.180.215 (talk) 16:05, 26 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://articles.latimes.com/1987-06-28/local/me-381_1_lake-san-marcos

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