i spent damn near my entire life in fairfield. for those of you folks asking, here it is:
in my 22 years, i've seen a lot of places. fairfield is one of the most diverse places ive ever been, in all senses of the word. it's about as racially diverse as any place i've been...i graduated from the high in 02, and my class got along with everyone...nobody was trippin off race, but i heard that it's a lil more segregated nowadays. financially, it's reaaaal diverse...there's some spots in the flats that are really hood, and there's spots full of million-dollar mansions out in green valley and shit. there's not too many cities where you're gonna get that full-spectrum like that. you hear a lot of cats saying that fairfield ain't ghetto at all, which is true for a decent chunk of the town...but there's some REAL spots in the flats though. i never heard anybody claim that fairfields on the level of east oakland, richmond and other hoods in the bay...but don't underestimate, it's real in the fields muthafuckerrrr.