Right, I was working in that area just six, seven years ago. The Lake Merritt area was cool and a co-worker and his wife lived in a very nice high-rise in Oakland. I attended a couple of parties there.
I left in early 2017 and I hear it’s really gone down the tubes now.
I worked just south of Oakland in San Leandro and lived in Hayward. I wonder if those areas have become third-world leftist armpits as well?
I used to live (and work) just outside Modesto and Oakland was always considered a dump. Locals called it the Oakland Gun and Knife Club.