Well, if they can redevelop Oakland, which has a lot of blight, it woulf be a good thing.
No. Ever been to Oakland?
This will get real interesting.
Land is cheaper in Oakland...so is life.
It sounds crazy but this area of Oakland has some very good restaurants and a few tech companies. The issue is that you never feel totally safe, but with a few more companies I believe that could change.
Oakland is more like the next Detroit
But this year, Kopff became a scorned symbol of the angst over Oakland gentrification. He wrote an online essay describing his diverse, working-class neighborhood east of Lake Merritt as "mostly undiscovered" and a "virtual food desert" in need of an organic supermarket, better restaurants and "a coffee kiosk with patisserie bites."
I thought about posting this article, and I probably will.
Oakland residents are highly in favor of bringing in moneyed professionals on a daily basis, considering California’s strict gun and carry prohibitions.
You’ve gotta have a lot of courage to go to Oakland these days. A lot.
With all the talk about nanotubes it should be called Carbon-Town.
What part of “Mexifornia” do those dolts not understand?
It’s either immigration, progressives, the Bug One...or combinations of the three that doom the future third world nation.
Get out.
Now.
Oakland has every thug who can’t afford San Francisco and every communist islamoNazi community organizer pinko lesboqueer street person and academician who can’t afford Berkeley. Plus a horrible heavy drug gang problem and they kill and maim to protect their turf. Town can’t afford even minimal police either. Just a perfect place for the next busload of computer game metrosexual nerds. Like tossjng Christians in the coliseum with hungry lions. Might be fun to watch on the local NSA spy drone camera channel , however. Let’s do it!
I know a tech company that wanted to move to Oakland when Moonbeam was mayor. It was a billion $ company. Moonbeam demanded a two million $$$ bribe, under a different name of course, I forget what it was called, but it was above board, like many transactions of this type in this banana republic. The company moved down south closet to San Jose.
Oakland is on its way to being the next Detroit.
The Black Panthers will enjoy all the new targets. Easy pickings.
I could grow a third nipple.
It will be a dark day when Silicon valley moves to Oakland. Kinda like the fashion industry moving to Detroit
Oakland, Texas or Oakland, Tennessee maybe. Oakland, California? No thanks.
Do I REALLY have to say anything about Oakland???