[cloudmountain]

As a civilian worker I've ridden along with cops in SF. A few decades ago on a first ride through a ghetto they advised me to slouch down in case someone took a pot shot at them from the surrounding low income housing areas. There was a bit of fear in them. A neighbor cop behind my house got murdered in the ghetto by a gunman maybe a decade ago. That ghetto has since improved from the hellhole it used to be. But yes, every city has it's bad area where you watch your back.

THANK YOU for your feedback.
You are correct: hellholes are improving because of the never-ending INCREASED property values in California.
Oakland always did have a VERY posh part of town as well.

[roadcat]

Oakland always did have a VERY posh part of town as well.

My youngest daughter lived in Oakland for a few years, in the upscale part of the hills near Piedmont district. Very upscale restaurants, stores and entertainment a block or two away. Unfortunately she had to commute the Oakland streets through ghetto areas to reach her job in Emeryville. People were getting carjacked and shot in drive-bys on those same roads she commuted on (Martin Luther King Blvd, need I say more?). Glad she moved away. When I worked with SF cops, the ghetto I spoke of was Hunters Point. Cops had a SWAT facility there full of tactical gear; I was very impressed seeing all the tactical equipment and vehicles in warehouses there. Too bad they had to go through the slums to reach it. Recently a lot of Asians are moving in, displacing blacks, and the area is improving.