5 Best And Worst Things About Living In Oakland California!
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- Опубліковано 28 лип 2024
- If you want to know the 5 best and worst things about living in Oakland California, this video is for you! Understanding the pros and cons of Oakland CA can help you determine if the city is really right for you.
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I've been here for close to 10 years and this is the most accurate video I've seen about moving to Oakland. Everything from the property crime to the beautiful regional Parks to the accessibility and housing costs 💯
I lived in Oakland the first 16 years of my life very few of us left that made it to 30
Thanks so much!!! These are really useful tips while I’m debating to live in Oakland
You're welcome! let me know if you have other questions.
I hella love The Town! Born and raised here and there's no other city in Northern California like Oakland. TownBusiness!
Hella love lol
No place like it!
Born and raised here this is spot on! Thinking of moving from California but needed a reminder of why I love my town.
I've been in Oakland or the surrounding areas) for 30+ years ... it's changed (for better and worse), gotten WAY more expensive and the traffic is tough ... but you STILL can't beat it! I've travelled all over the country ... grew up in Chicago and lived in NYC ... NO place like Oakland!
I moved to redding for three years and couldn't get back home fast enough!!
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Don't do it. I have lived in 3 other states since I left the Bay Area and they've all been pretty blah.. Arizona was one of the states and it was terrible! Wretched, ugly ass desert state. You feel like you're on fire the second you leave the comfort of your air conditioner. All flat and everything is brown and dead.
Same here bra moved to hayward ca but im from oakland.
Thanks for this! Very helpful.
Good morning folks and fellow Oaklanders,, I'm JJ I've been here 55 years! I love Oakland! Thank you,Rich, for making this channel.
Happy blessings ,sacred Sunday to all.
Thanks for stopping by the channel and showing support for Oakland!
I was born and raised in Oakland I totally agree 100% my of my favorite things about Oakland is the diversity and weather 😊 YES OAKLAND IS THE HEART ❤️ OF THE BAY AREA
So true! It isn't perfect, but WAY more good than bad! Thanks for watching and commenting.
I got a love and hate relationship with Oakland. But I miss home. Currently in west Texas.
My friend.Stay in West Texas.Oakland has nothing to offer right now.No real entertainment,sports or nice places to shop.Me and my wife goes to Safeway,Target,Wal Mart in either San Leandro,Hayward or Union City.We don't shop in Oakland.
@@silverado2004 I was shopping outside of Oakland when I was living there too. That Walmart they had on hegenburger was as ghetto as it got. I just miss the taco trucks, Chinese food, weather and the beach in alameda
Lived here many years and loved it.
I love how tactful he is about being conservative in Oakland. 😂
If you're a political conservative, Oakland might not be right for you. Have you tried looking anywhere else?
That sold me right there :)
LOL ... just being respectful of various political views. But, if you're conservative, you'll pretty much hate EVERYTHING about Oakland politics!
I love majority of your presentations of Eastbay cities. Then only thing I debate about is Oakland being centrally located to other parts of the SF Bay Area. Centrally located IMHO is Vallejo which you also did an excellent video on.
GREAT VIDEO, from oakland
Oh wow first time our family relocated to Oakland was on 1988 I was 17 years old but we only lived there for about 3 years then moved down to Hayward lived there for a few years in overall I lived in northern California for 22 years till me and my wife decided to try Florida and that's where we been living for almost 10 years I miss the golden state I'm trying to convince my wife to move back but so far no luck 😊
Born and still being raised in the town it has its ups and downs but it’s home for me
I completely feel you! It's home!
Born in Oakland raised in Oakland can’t afford it the bay is to expensive I want to live in bay but cheaper I need some help I am 33 years old looking for a place to stay and where to start
Drop me a text or email and we'll talk.
Grew up in El Sobrante and honestly, most of Oakland scared me as a child. I moved out of Cali 20 years ago so I have no idea what Oakland is like these days. I'm actually moving back soon, but am probably gonna go to Sacramento instead since the cost of living is lower there, but I can still be in the Bay Area in an hour drive whenever I like.
The Sac area is definitely more affordable than Oakland. A lot of changes for the better in Oakland! Not perfect and has its challenges, but I love it here. Don't fall for the doom and gloom offered by some.
Sac pretty bad these days
@@durtylyfeeso7889 not nearly as bad as Oakland
@@AreaSlidin yes it is. Look it up. A lotta people from Oakland/Richmond/SF had to move to Sac due to the rise of prices in the economy
@@AreaSlidin besides that sac always had there on thing to begin with. There some killers up there forsure
I'm new here from Washington DC and need a point in the right direction
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Thanks for the tips.. was looking into San Jose for a long time just not considering Oakland or Texas but u need diversity so leaning towards cal
Thanks for watching. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.
The bay is diverse but not. Races click up and segregate themselves. The people that don’t are not from here.
Like almost every city, the biggest separator is access to financial resources.
Post pandemic where do you see the state of homelessness?
It hasn't gotten better and it's almost certainty has gotten and will get worse as evictions ramp up after the end of the moratorium. The problem really escalated during the last local super bowl and, with more SF and peninsula people moving to the East Bay, the pressure on housing has only gotten worse. I will say Oakland has been one of the better cities in the Bay Area about building new housing in recent years.
It’s not the same as back then ! Now u have homeless everywhere n I mean everywhere leaving trash n car parts everywhere ! car theft became a huge problem now and it’s making Oakland look real shitty ! Also a lot of “ Karen’s”starting to move in and complain about ANYTHING!!
Like all cities, Oakland has challenges, but if it was as universally bad as you claim, housing prices wouldn't be going up faster than SF or the peninsula. You're focusing on the minority of bad and not the majority of good. Your choice though.
U rt Oakland sucks
@@RichFlemingRealtor Housing prices going up is a huge problem when the wages are stagnant. This is not unique to Oakland unfortunately.
@@RichFlemingRealtor the housing price is only going up to move the poor (lower class) out to the valley or out of state. That’s the white man being selfish. people have life’s and families to fed too. Just no opportunity’s, more of them just trying to disclassified the average person... it’s a mind game to the keep the white man on top. -lived here my whole life. East Oakland, California. 29 years old.
@@durtylyfeeso7889 ... you're summarizing the challenges of gentrification. I won't go into a political diatribe, but I will say is I believe in focusing on how to beat others at the game. A mugger isn't going to come back, pick you up and give you your wallet back and put some extra cash in it for the inconvenience, will they? Either avoid getting mugged or learn self-defense. BEAT THEM AT THEIR GAME!
Thanks for watching and commenting!
I did love Oakland once upon a time ago when it had the East Mont mall,the Raiders,the warriors etc.But today's Oakland is a shit hole with city leadership that does nothing but talk.East Oakland is worse then ever with homelessness and wreckless driving out of control.Mayor Schaff is the worst mayor thatr this city has ever had.Ray Bobbit and his group AASEG is nothing but talk so I don't see any real substance from them.Oakland is just full of pipe dreams right now and it's embarrassing to see how this city couldn't keep it's sports teams.I live and work here and yes it hurts me to see how much this city has lost in recent years.
Very True
what part of Oakland do you live?
I just recently moved, but I lived in Adams Point for 11 years.
Taco trucks are better than the restaurants😂
Hell yeah lol
That quote is often attributed to Mark Twain but he never said it.
Yes ... I agree.
Don’t move here
Any particular reason for your opinion?
lets See high crime robberies everyday homelessness . Gentrification has ruined this city.
@@hufair2215 - I agree with everything you said, except the part about gentrification. It ruined nothing. On the contrary, it should have been able to help Oakland, but it didn't work. I can't believe people are willing to pay over half a million dollars for a bungalow in war zone East Oakland!
@@AuroraBoarder1 by definition gentrification helps no one, except the gentrifiers. Pushing out longtime residents/businesses to install overpriced housing and foodstuffs. Gentrification creates an imbalance that takes decades to correct (if ever).
The biggest con in Oakland is its city government. Until this longstanding problem is corrected, this city will never be as great as it should.
Not sure what you mean about Oakland's city government. Your criticism seems a bit vague.
Other states are shipping homeless people to the bay area. Just talk to them
proof please!
a yr ago, i met a homeless veteran on the bus whose from out of state, idk if it's common though
Yeah I agree.. but he talking about like the 5% of the town lol. 30+ years here and is a little better due to gentrification but still pretty hood asf 😅
if you your view is 95% of Oakland is hood asf, I suggest you see more of Oakland! Oakland still has its challenging areas, but a LOT of Oaklanders don't agree with you.
When I say hood, its not in a bad way. You just gotta be use to it. But please, enlighten me of these areas that you're talking about that isn't being gentrified or in he day time. 😅 agreed,dt is a WHOLE lot better... but.. where else?
Oh and don't forget, we get hyphy during political turmoil and such. 🖖
@@dchawng4368 ... i misunderstood your use of 'hood' then. all of oakland is gentrifying ... west oakland is well along this path and it's evening happening in deep East Oakland. That comes with pros and cons ... like all changes do.
@Rex Icarus... this is not a sociology channel, however, your assignment of people as "productive" and "non-productive" is a slippery slope.
Oakland has a negative vibe. The homelessnes and lack of good jobs a good reasons to stay away from Oakland.
Oakland, like many other cities, does have a challenges with homelessness and violence in some neighborhoods. But you casting a blanket characterization that Oakland has a negative vibe and lacks good jobs would indicate that you haven't spent much time in Oakland recently.
I live there😊
I love the Town! Thanks for stopping by!
@@RichFlemingRealtor yea no problem
@Neal Baltierra to you it does but to me it doesn’t
@Neal Baltierra ... the great thing about the USA, no one forces you to live nor visit anywhere you don't want to. Hope you like where you live.
Dangerous city period
Drop me a text or give me a call and we can can chat offline.
I grew up in the Fruitvale area of Oakland. Learned from gangsters and OGs. But that was a different era. It's actually safer being a Latino kid these days as we aren't warring with each other like in the 90s and 00s. But I carry that trauma and still worry about my son, nephews, etc. becoming victims of violence. The main problem now is the lack of affordability that has whole families renting out one room for $1,000+ per month. There's always been two Oaklands, the well to do and the working class. The housing crises and inflation really has the working class on the ropes these days and the growing population of well to dos is rapidly gentrifying many neighborhoods and even pricing out much of what was the middle class. Out of state people think Cali and Oakland are these socialist dystopias, but it's really market forces and gangster capitalism that have resulted in the savage inequalities we see on the Oakland streets.
Where is south Oakland?
There is none East Oakland that goes on and on they call it Deep East
No area known a South Oakland. You are correct ... the most southern parts of Oakland are know as the Deep East!
Oakland needs send section8 housing to a island
alameda?
Show all the homeless. The crime is through the roof. It's a shit hole. I used to live there.
What racist, bigoted twaddle. CANCELLED...gleefully.
@@renechateaubriand2645 - blab your self-righteous twaddle to your heart's content. I am a black woman who grew up in Oakland in the 1960s and 1970s, when it wasn't nearly as bad as it is now. I tore out of there like a bat out of hell, soon as I turned 18. It's the best decision I ever made. I DESPISE the place!
@@AuroraBoarder1 : With all due respect, blab your own self-righteous twaddle to your own heart's DISCONTENT. Your claims about Oakland in the 1960s and 1970s is incredibly selective and self-serving, as the ACTUAL FACTS and statistics completely contradict you in full; cases in point: Oakland LOST most of its homegrown corporations and downtown leasing, which lowered the (a) taxbase and thereby (b) shattered the city's ability to uphold everything from strong school systems to maintaining of city streets and parks (e.g., Lake Merritt declined to trash-filled, stagnant eyesore, largely abandoned after 5:00 pm at night) (c) Oakland LOST TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS to the suburbs, Berkeley, San Francisco, ANYWHERE, sending the tax base even deeper into the basement and rendering vast stretches of the Town into a literal industrial wasteland, peopled almost solely by desperate, enraged, and drug and alcohol-fueled violent criminals who drew violent, brutalizing response from a second-rate racist police department starved of funds and in a city to which no top-tier candidates ever want to move or serve .
Today's reality is verifiably, objectively different, as in Night and Day: Oakland of the 2020s has a larger population than it ever has in its entire history--tens of thousands of young, educated, and affluent people of many cultures are moving INTO Oakland precisely because of the city's diversity in make-up and wildly creative culinary, arts, and music scenes, NONE of which could exist without an affluent local population. Corporations, from tech to large-scale utilities corporations, are moving TO and not from Oakland, drawn by young, educated population, amenities, and a rapidly modernizing downtown that STILL retains classic historical buildings. With the new, expanding tax base, Oakland's once ragged parks are now not only restored by Bay Area-wide attractions. For example, during the 1970s, Oakland Zoo was rated among the very WORST in the nation. Today, Oakland Zoo - with its expanded, innovative, and utterly stunning "California Exhibition" is not just rated among the nation's very best (and now reaching full parity and eclipsing SF Zoo in terms of being a bio-zoology-research-oriented zoo) but also a true world-class research-grounded zoo. And even Oakland's once fearsome crime rate, the measure and tragic proof of Oakland's shattering twentieth century decline, is but a FRACTION of what it was in the years between 1960 through 1999. The OBJECTIVE FACTS speak for themselves: greater population, greater tax base, much wealthier and higher educated population, extended downtown building boom producing more new square footage than during Oakland's first expanded boom in the 1920s; Oakland's dominance in culinary arts, surpassing vaunted Berkeley; the rise of Oakland's zoo to top-tier status; the continuing importance of Oakland in musical arts; the emergence of Oakland as feeder for Hollywood (Zendaya, Mahershala Ali,Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal, et al.), the world media of record--NYTimes, UK Express, Boston Globe, NPR, Le Monde, National Geographic, LA Times, et al.--ALL including Oakland in either "cities-on-the-rise" features and/or prestigious annual cities to visit list (Oakland has made the NYTimes list several times over the past ten years, whereas San Francisco has not) all forcefully refute YOUR subjective and bigoted opinion.
Oh, indeed you are entitled to hate Oakland to your heart's content. But it is to YOUR self-shredded credibility that you willfully confuse YOUR personal animus with reality, and that when confronted with your jaundiced, prejudiced views, you resort to barely disguised ad-hominem attacks. Bad form. Bad argumentation. FAIL.
Do better.
Actually, I did discuss and show clips of the homeless a little after the 4 minute mark in the video. I hope you're enjoying the utopia you're currently living in.
City is dying fast. I’m still here but The vibe is uhauls and pods everywhere.
I'm not sure what part of the city you're seeing this in, but I'm hope you're fortunate enough to get one of those uhauls or pods if you're unhappy.
Cut to the shit directly 🤷♂️
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I bet the elderly Asian population will beg the differ.
Dennis, attacks on any group anywhere are appalling. But, they certainly aren't limited to Oakland and, per capita, are probably less frequent than many other places. Oakland has a significant Asian populations and is one of the most diverse cities in the country.
@@RichFlemingRealtor Sure.....
that is nationwide
Oakland Is Ghetto
What utopia do you live in?
@@RichFlemingRealtor Oakland is very ghetto and crazy unsafe now. Just keeps getting worse and worse too. Look at the 2021 homicide and crime numbers. Highest they’ve been in decades. There’s so much theft too, so many break ins. Oakland is one of the US most dangerous city’s now
If you move here you will see naked homeless people, have your car broken into, and possibly witness a shooting or violent crime.
Thanks for returning to the video, after 7 months, to troll. The bad things you mentioned could happen anywhere.
@@RichFlemingRealtor Oakland just had its 100th homicide. That doesnt happen everywhere. Per capita its crime rate is worse than Chicago. Oakland also rounds out the top 10 for homelessness. Either you are delusional or lying to the public to sell property to further gentrify the area.
@@hufair2215 facts
@@hufair2215 ... I have NEVER claimed Oakland doesn't have crime challenges. Buts, let's deal with facts. Depending on who's stats you use, Oakland had about 132 murders in 2021 ... the highest number since the early 2000s. However, violent crime and murders are up DRAMATICALLY across the nation. Oakland had 5 murders in Jan 2022. A MUCH lower rate than in 2021. The last full year stats available from the FBI (2019) indicate that Oakland had the 31st highest murder rate at just under 18 per 100,000. Cities such as Chattanooga, TN, Indianapolis, IN and Dayton, OH had much higher murder rates. Spreading the narrative that Oakland is just one big battle ground shows YOU are the delusional one or only focus on the bad in life. Oakland has its challenges, but has a lot of good in it, too! Try contributing to positive change. Thanks for stopping by.
Best things about Oakland
1) diversity (race, age, education)
2) the weather
3) unbelievable access to outdoor recreation (city and regional parks)
4) Food scene
5) Central location
Worst things about Oakland
1) VIOLENT CRIME (atmospheric of a maximum security prison)
2) Cost of housing
3) VIOLENT CRIME (atmospheric of a maximum security prison)
4) Homelessness
5) VIOLENT CRIME (atmospheric of a maximum security prison)
6) Crime (car theft, with overwhelmed. Indifferent law enforcement)
7) VIOLENT CRIME (atmospheric of a maximum security prison)
8) Earthquakes
9) VIOLENT CRIME (atmospheric of a maximum security prison)
10) Rush hour traffic
11) VIOLENT CRIME (atmospheric of a maximum security prison)
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1000) VIOLENT CRIME (atmospheric of a maximum security prison)
Regarding the 5 best points, the parks are great places to get mugged, and the die-versity can turn you into an ultra-conservative, even a racist. You can find great locations, food, and weather in lots of places that don't come at such a high price.
I'm a black woman who grew up in Oakland. I tore out of there like a bat out of hell, soon as I turned 18. To this day, it's the best decision I ever made.
STAY THE F**K. OUT OF THIS S#ITHOLE!!@
Thanks for putting so much effort into your trolling comment. If Oakland isn't for you, it's great you left. Hope you're happy wherever you're living. Oakland is far from perfect, but PLENTY of people disagree with your OPINION.