A new report finds the Central Valley of Bakersfield has one of the nation's largest populations of young people who are not going to school or going to work. The report from "Measure of America" finds that one in five teenagers and young adults are sitting idle in Bakersfield. Two other cities with the highest rates of so-called "disconnected youth" are Memphis, Tennessee, and Lakeland, Florida.
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