For better or worse, Oakland is nothing like Detroit. Heck, Oakland is nothing like San Bernardino or Stockton, California cities that have already gone bankrupt. What Oakland has that they don’t is many beautiful neighborhoods full of lots of liberal rich people who can (and in most cases will willingly) be taxed to the gills if needed to keep the city solvent.
“Oakland is nothing like Detroit.”
You are absolutely correct! Even West Oakland has experienced a renaissance in the aftermath of the Loma Prieta earthquake that brought down the Cypress Freeway structure coupled with the closure of the Oakland Army Terminal. Oakland’s big problem areas are North and East Oakland. You don’t want to even drive through East Oakland at high noon if you are white! The places where blacks found employment are gone ( the GM plant, the canneries, the Army Terminal, NAS Alameda) but the blacks are still there with not much to do. But the weather is mild so they don’t fry or freeze like they do in Detroit.
liberal rich people who can (and in most cases will willingly) be taxed to the gills if needed to keep the city solvent.
One day I saw a liberal with his hands in his own pockets.. Never mind the fact that I am in Minnesota and it was -25 out.
Rich liberals are the tightest bunch with their money bar none. They’ll leave before they fork out more.
Indeed. One of my daughters lived in one of those ritzy Oakland neighborhoods for years before recently moving. I couldn't believe all the fancy stores, restaurants, and crowds of (non-black) people spending money without worry. A few miles away it's the opposite story.