[easternsky]

First mistake, Never go to East Oakland in the Evening.

[Vendome]

Totally dumb thing to do after dark.

What next? Finding yourself in the middle of Watts, at midnight and asking for directions to Long Beach?

[dr_lew]

First mistake, Never go to East Oakland in the Evening.

Who remembers an incident in Chicago, in I guess the mid-80's, when a family from Wyoming parked their camper on the street near Cabrini Green, and were assaulted? I think one or more of them were killed, but I'm not sure. I remember being amazed at how this was brushed off with the attitude, "What do you expect?" It was barely news. People laughed about it.

[DontTreadOnMe2009]

First mistake, Never go to East Oakland in the Evening.

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Really.

[Tigerized]

“Never go to East Oakland in the Evening.”

Or West Oakland, for that matter. Or downtown.

Jack London Square might be OK.

Oakland used to be a beautiful city pre-war, until Henry Kaiser imported rural, uneducated workers from the deep South to work the shipyards. When the war ended, the jobs did, too. Generations of welfare recipients have taken over Oakland, and turned it into the cesspool it is today. Ugh.

[Farmer Dean]

“Never go to East Oakland in the evening”
At least get an escort by Blackwater if you must go in after dark.

[ElkGroveDan]

First mistake, Never go to East Oakland in the Evening.

..or San Pablo in the daytime.