Modesto travel guide

Modesto is the county seat of Stanislaus County in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 888,856. Current census estimates place the population at 906,300. According to the California State Department of Finance January 2006 estimate, 514,370 people live in the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Roughly from Yosemite National Park, from Sacramento, California's capital city, and about from both San Jose and San Francisco, Modesto is less than 2 minutes from many prime locations in California. This proximity to major business centers has turned the agriculturally based city into a bedroom community. Over twenty percent of the workforce travels outside of the county to their place of employment. The area is plagued by some of the worst air quality in the nation, on occasion surpassing even that of Los Angeles. It is also reported to have had the highest car theft per capita rate in the United States in 1985 and 1986, although it dropped to fiftieth in 2007. (...) more....

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