Here's how AWFUL Oakland, California is Today. Is it Unfixable?
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- Опубликовано: 27 ноя 2021
- Some say Oakland is Hell on Earth.
Of all the bad places I’ve been to in the United States, I don’t know if I’ve ever been to a city that’s as vastly rundown, abandoned and out of control as Oakland, California. It’s a very ugly, rough, littered, dangerous place where the laws aren’t enforced and the crime is staggering. I drove around Oakland for an entire day in late October of 2021 to see what it was like these days. And I don’t recall seeing any part of this city that was welcoming, safe or clean. It was really quite an experience.
Oakland has had trouble for decades now. In the 1990s, it was home to an explosion of gangs and drug use, though a lot of the gang activity here isn’t nearly as bad as it was 30 years ago. Then, following the Bay Area tech boom came a spike in the cost of living, which priced out the lower class. Over the last 5 years, the cost to rent or own a home is pushing even more people out into the streets.
Oakland is drug filled. It’s a graffiti covered shell of its former self where you can’t let your guard down for a minute, or risk being robbed, assaulted or shot at.
At least in the greater downtown area. Here’s a map of the area I covered in my car on this day. Oakland can be broken up into many different regions, but we’ll keep it simple and split it in two - west and east Oakland. That’s usually how it’s divided anyways.
Here in west Oakland, you have the greater downtown area. Downtown itself doesn’t look that bad at all, but just a few blocks west of downtown and you find all sorts of abandoned warehouses and people lining the streets in their RVs and cars, clearly victims of homelessness. This is also the side of town where most of the homeless camps are located. Some look like something you’d see in Haiti - lean to shacks made of recovered junk that serve as four walls and a roof, but that’s just about it.
Other large areas just outside of downtown are home to hundreds of people camped out in makeshift shanties among piles of trash with rats. Parts of West Oakland don’t even look like the United States. And in between the litter and the gutted buildings are neighborhoods. Can you imagine being surrounded by this? I mean paying $3,000 a month for a crummy apartment? It’s an expensive ghetto. And that’s not a good combination, people.
I walked around downtown and within 30 seconds, I saw a mentally ill woman hanging on the wiper blades of a city bus, clearly out of her mind. This was just a block from the hotel I was staying in. It’s like this all over the place. I can only imagine the things that a city bus driver in Oakland California has to deal with on an hourly basis.
Just down the block, I saw a woman get punched by a man. He just socked her in the head right in the middle of the street during an argument. And everyone that saw just shrugged it off. It’s Oakland. Never a dull moment I guess.
There’s no law and order in Oakland anymore. The police are underfunded, or de-funded. Their morale is low, and they’ve been asked to direct their efforts to only the most dire needs. If someone isn’t bleeding, it might take a long time for help to arrive. People run lights and speed around town, and clearly littering and vandalism isn’t going to get you in trouble here.
Here in East Oakland is where it’s really dangerous. Like west Oakland is mostly just ugly and rundown, but this is where a lot of the poor people live and this is where a lot of the gangs are. Shootings happen down here every day, sometimes many times a day. It’s as gritty and grimy as the west side, just on a far larger scale. To me, it seemed like East Oakland has been handed over to the dregs of society, to do with it as they wish. And this is what they’ve done.
Oakland is hell on earth. It's lawless, it's rundown, it's ugly it's dangerous, it's woke. No wonder the warriors and raiders left. The As are next. They’re gonna move to Vegas soon. Look at the place - would you want to play here?
Oakland’s problems don’t just go block after block. it's mile after mile. And very few people I talked to who live here think there’s a chance it can be saved. I think Oakland, California is beyond repair. Forever.
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A friend of mine just got a job in Oakland, he's a tail gunner on a school bus.
No sheet? Does he receive flight pay?
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Hilarious!
What is that?
As a military-bound youth, we had to ride through Camden New Jersey to get to my sea cadet station on the battleship New Jersey. Seeing the utter ruins of Camden had a real impact on me and really changed my perspective on the idea of fighting foreign wars and military service in general. Fighting overseas makes no sense when we as a nation have let our own country become a wasteland.
Had the same thought before. Better choice to join the military and go overseas to escape the ghetto shit in the states. States is still a cool place but better personally to join and go somewhere nice overseas. Been doing it for 3 years
Exactly
I used to live near Camden and it looks like a war zone. It keeps getting worse and worse.
From England, l hear it is the Democrat's policies, maybe Republicans will change from the bottom up?
Every democrat ran area is like that. I have no idea how anyone is voting for them. All you have to do is drive through any city or area they control. If you talk to a leftist democrat you should be able to detect the stupidity and insanity dripping off of them. Completely mental cases in a cult.
My daughter lived there for over a year. I feared for her everyday. She lived on Jefferson Street. There were murders within a block of where she lived, and she lived in one of the “better” areas. Thank god she moved. She now lives in Berkeley and honestly, its still dangerous and filled with mentally ill and homeless people.
You have to move up to the hills or beyond to be safe in the east bay.
I was born and raised in Oakland. I’m still scared of Berkeley. Never been scared of Oakland. Lol
i lived near Jefferson i remember seeing the caution tape one time when a guy got shot my be the same dude
I was born in Oakland in 1966 raised in the East Bay Area and it sickens me to see such blight, homelessness, poverty, and social collapse. It’s not just Oakland as it is happening all over the US. God so help us all.
-Just wait until the WORLD start to dedollarize 😂.
God is not going to help us, WE need to take actions because the political casta also will do NOTHING.
last days. end times
This is what happens when you deindustrialize a City. Most of the abandoned buildings used to be well paying jobs.
Then again it's the pandemic that shut a lot of business! People got sent home to work and left their office space and that was the only thing that kept the hoods sane now it's every man for themselves!
Well said!
How is a building a well paying job? 😅
Yes and it's the 1% who are the ones who decided to move jobs overseas, not the working poor.
Unfortunately the victims of globalization seem to keep getting blamed for the results.
@@erico6247 this isn't the result of the pandemic. This is 40 years of economic policy.
It’s sad. I’m born and raised in Oakland and the city is being run to the ground with horrible policies, lawlessness, and homelessness. They need to fire these politicians but unfortunately Oakland keeps them in office for reason I don’t understand.
It's the machines and the mail ins keeping them horrible SOB's in power
They keep the politicians in because they pay people to keep themselves in.
Status Quo i say
Thanks Democrats
@@JonnyBeoulve It's not like the Republicans that run the poorest states in the country like Mississippi or Alabama are doing any better. Both sides suck
This is what happens when you're afraid to hurt people's feeling's because you don't want to implement laws.
we must make it a crime to steal, anything...we must make it a crime to poop on the street...we must make living in your car or rv for more than 24hrs a crime...we must make using illegal drugs a crime and enforce it....we must make it illegal to sleep on public streets, parks, greenways....if you want to camp, go to the camping parks.....
do you think the democrats with their left wing politics are to blame for this sh*thole? greetings from germany
What are u talking about ?
Lack of religion. Even in third world countries the poor do not get this bad, because of religion
@@GabbaGandalf420nibbers
This really is so sad. I lived in the US about 10 years ago, and have always loved America. I’m currently living in Brazil now, and there are so many problems here such as poverty, drugs, crimes and homelessness, but I must confess now, those places you’re showing look just as bad or even worse than the scenario we have in some places down here. Apparently the United States isn’t what it used to be anymore. But still, I’m sure changes can be made. God bless America!
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It will only get worse
33 million italians live in brazil. moved to one of those spots. alot better
I worked in Germany with a girl from China. She thought all Americans lived like in Beverly Hills 90210 because that is the standards shown on the average US TV show. Glad you are giving people a reality check.
That is true.
In Hollywood they show that USA is glittering, wealthy country and show india as poor filthy country. Now we know the reality what USA hides from the rest of the world.
democrats
It is true.
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I'm from East Oakland and have relocated to the mid Atlantic for the past 8 years. I lived in Oakland in the 1970's through the 2010's... I have a love hate relationship with my hometown. It's ALWAYS been a city full of drugs, homicide and human trafficking. So when I hear people say, Oakland's not like it used to be," I'm side eyeing them like " wait were you here in the 80's??" I am proud to be from Oakland because my experiences there required me to be resilient, street savvy and to live without fear. If you survive Oakland, you can survive anywhere. I said all of that to say this. I feel like your video is skewed to fit your narrative. Now, Oakland is what you've shown; but it's not ALL that you've shown. People watching that have never been are now under the impression that the whole city looks like that and it doesn't. You never went above MacArthur Blvd or anywhere near it. You didn't go by Lake Merritt, Rockridge, Piedmont, Redwood, Skyline, Montclair or even Maxwell Park (which is where I'm from) The places you've shown are deplorable and there's no argument there. It's just that you missed the parts of town that are decent and livable.
@Melonae Ellison You're right. He only showed the bad. So many really beautiful parts of Oakland. The Redwood forests in the hills. The parks & all the over a million dollar homes. The great views of S.F. bay & views of the hills to the east.
It doesn't fit his narrative. Maxwell Park? Over by Mills College? I lived in Rockridge & Piedmont in the 70's & 80's.
Melonae, I agree. He primarily drove around the industrial areas. He completely avoided all of the decent areas. He definitely has an agenda.
I lived in CA for 38 years. 30'of those years in Oakland near Lake Merritt. I didn't want to live anywhere else. I fell in love with Lake Merritt. I enjoyed the shops, Grand Lake Theatre, restaurants, walking around the lake, farmers market on Saturdays, etc. I left CA years go. It's sad to hear and see Oakland in such disarray. I love CA, especially Oakland. I think Oakland will make a comeback someday.
They need to help the homeless. They've been neglected for much too long. Also, their high rents aren't helping much. I will always love Oakland.
@@Nowhereoh He didn't go above foothill.
I really wanna know how much of it is decent and liveable and how much of oakland is not??
I left Oakland 3 years ago. I love Oakland, I love the Architecture the Diversity and the City Vibe. I lived there by myself (a woman) during 2011 until 2020. It was a wonderful time during the first 6 years, then homelessness really came out of hiding. It was horrible, I lived off the Lake. I saw homelessness go from a couple of people in the middle of the night to Large Gangs. I was chased on my bicycle by a homeless man on a bike who did not like my light.
When the govt all live in their $$$ homes, they have everything they need, why would they want to provide structure for the homeless, who are the homeless, THIS would be the way many , or all would be thinking, outrageously disgusting, they have power that needs to be taken away, not a decent human amongst them, video of old man Pelosi with his ? Boyfriend in a violent situation, like I said, not a decent human amongst them!
Yeah, the politicians in oakland just don’t care about the people
Let me guess, you moved to a red area and voted blue?
diversity//what a lie
I can handle graffiti if the public are safe. Seems like society goes through waves of violence when something political happens, then everybody becomes prone to violence like they were the victim. Goes through waves.
I grew up in Oakland, boi! has it changed!! I could NOT live there and if I did I would move! who can live in this filth?
I was born in Oakland and watched this beautiful city become what it is today, lost. It’s really a crying shame. I finished 30 years on their police department watched 10 of my co-workers die on the streets. I left and never returned.
Geeeeez
Oaklands been a tough and rough place, but it seems like things have gotten worst the last 10-5 years. It’s like the 90’s again smh
OPD is the worst. They don't give a flying f**k. Some of the biggest assholes in law enforcement.
@@BasedBurrr It's WAY worse than the 90s tbh. I lived in Oakland 1988-2001 and it was pretty nice as long as you stayed out of east and west Oakland (the flat areas.) I lived in the Grand Lake neighborhood by the Piedmont border and I still miss that. It was a pleasant place to live and crime was manageable, typical levels for a city really, nothing out of the ordinary. TONS of really kind, fun people and nice small businesses, restaurants etc. Went into downtown regularly (lived by the Chinatown BART station for a year) and it was okay then too. Shabby and run-down, kind of a faded grandeur thing--and abandoned for quite a bit after the earthquake due to many damaged buildings--but it wasn't actively dangerous, for the most part.
You still live in California? Or you moved from state?
Now why don't you drive to and around the mayors, senators and Pelosi's house and show that neighborhood, this way you can show the difference between the two
Yessssss plzzzzzz do!
Shes moving to Florida lol
May not even be able to get into the neighborhood if it's a gated community
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Gotta love those BLUE states. The politicians are determined to turn their states into third world shitholes. RED states beware, like locusts these people will spread to your neighborhood.
This is beyond scary, I couldn't imagine living in a city like this
It was NOT always like this, I "honest to God" don't know what or why this is happening or allowed to happen!!
@@ellapresley8634 because of homelessness
Remember the root of all of California's problems is they are a one party state controlled by liberal democrats without any balance at all. This has been repeated before in Detroit, Chicago and in every city the liberal democrats control is one of depravity and hopelessness when democrats always find another victim behind every fence post with zero accountability for anyone.
@@ellapresley8634lol.. capitalism. As simple as that
@@Juju-jo1pl LOL, woke communism. As simple as that.
It’s a walking dead zombie town, I lived in Alameda since 2012 to 2019 right next door Oakland an I worked in both town San Francisco and Oakland at different time and the landscape is a complete dystopian mess. My wife an I moved to Hercules much better environment we do miss Alameda sometimes but now Oakland influence has slowly effected Alameda. The criminals run San Francisco and Oakland and it’s to bad because both towns could be great but the people are too selfish to do the right things to fix the place.
Been to Oakland one time, by accident while trying to leave San Francisco. You know it's bad when a Subway restaurant has more protective glass plates on their counters than the banks of your town.
It’s literally only downtown
razor wire around the neighborhood Safeway store, security gates and bars on widows (look on zillow ) Cokeland we called it in the mid 80's SO, International blvd you cant tell what country your in.
@@rockydowns830 I mean it clearly isn’t
Frisco ain't no playground neither
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This makes living in Eastern Europe a luxury. We are not doing that well financially as the USA does, but it's safe here, you can walk at night and the chances of something happening to you is very low
the financially well-being is only for the wealthy in the USA.
People ask why we carry.
Exactly! I've lived in Moscow's poorest neighborhood for all my life, never ever was affraid to walk at night, never heard a signle story of anything bad happening to anyone I ever knew, worst case scenario - it's friday night and a drunk weirdo says something rude to you.
So one day my American internet friend told me (he lives in Cali) "I couldn't sleep all night tonight cause of gunshots outside in the street" And my first thought was "wh.... where do you even live?... Saigon 1975?..."
America is entrenched in (N-word)worship. Making heros, martyrs out of dope fiend and thugs. If we don't deal with it once and for all it will destroy the nation.
There's money to fix this... But is all going to help Taiwanese and Ukrainian politicians 👍👍👍👍👍
It's happening in most cities of Europe too... Everywhere the same disease, normal people are disapearing.
But how could we act? We aren't even allowed to speak out about (we all know) what's happening!
BOLSHEVIKS
@@mikefrancis8223 What?
People need to take their societies back.
@@user-id1qw5fv1h look up the doc "with open gates" its not on youtube. its only like 20 min.
"t's happening in most cities of Europe too".
Haven't seen anything in Europe like this, TBH.
"We aren't even allowed to speak out about (we all know) what's happening".
Well, you are literally speaking about it. And that was 7 months ago.
What or who is stopping you?!
Used to live in Oakland for a brief while when I was a kid back in the early 2000s even then Oakland wasn't the safest city. I still drive by Oakland sometimes and it looks like a post apocalyptic city, it's quite frankly disgusting it's a shame and I believe it has absolutely to do with the people we're electing into office.
This can't be fixed, it will just be left to remain this way, we could fix it but it would require the overhaul of the entire system and the powers that be will never allow that to happen
Exactly this
Yeah, true, it's pretty much like communism. The Powerful are enriching each other and let the state rot. They drink wine but preach water.
All i have to say is you all 💯voted for the ppl in control of change🤔 hmmmm
That's the problem... You people just quit because it's difficult. You have to learn to have the guts and the will to do so.
@@okamijubei it requires everyone being on the same page , the two party system coupled with identity politics also prevents this being fixed . I would love to see a fair, just and equitable world but it just isn’t going to happen under the current system
Perfect example of what happens when you break the backbone of the economy, the middle class.
Every symptom of these bad neighborhoods is that manufacturing jobs left the city. The working class(middle class) have no jobs to turn to. Sad
I agree and it is becoming a nationwide occurrence.
Additionally Oakland had a massive fire that destroyed or damaged over 4 thousand buildings and was ground zero for the government's crack distribution initiative of the 80's and 90's.
@@bkreed27 interesting. Did not know that I'll look it up.
That says it all
I worked in Oakland for 5 years about 10 years ago. Yes, East and West Oakland are exactly how you described them. Hard to imagine it has gotten worse since I left. Not all Oakland areas are bad. Crocker Highlands, Adams Point and the Hills have houses in the millions. It's a total different world out there. Hard to believe they're in the same city.
Oakland has the honor of having the only In-N-Out Burger to ever have closed. Not because they weren’t busy…they couldn’t keep people safe. Stay classy, Oakland.
“It’s okay folks, we’ve had several committee meetings and have determined that, from now on, we all will call them The Unhoused. Problem solved!”
Thats Wokism in a nutshell. Trying to distance yourself from a problem that you caused by offering a token of empathy to your victim. Its like a murderer saying sorry to a victims family. You are still guilty.
"WE'RE GONNA USE THOSE SENTENCES FOR FUTURE ANTIFA PROTEST!!!"
lol
Lol
Yep paint over rotten wood.
“You will own nothing and you will like it…” should be Californias motto. The cost of living and the increase in housing costs are so bad that families are moving together to be able to make it. It’s ridiculous.
The entire world is going down the drain untill Americans wake up
@@user-by5qo8nh7w They want to charge you an arm and a leg to live then pay you pennies. The people running these states are crooks plain and simple.
I moved out of California as soon as I turned 18. I knew it was to expensive
I like California and I own two beautiful homes, wouldn't change California for any other state.
@@martinsalazar1142 Another zombie
Its funny and sad.
I own and operate an auto glass replacement company and order parts from a major distributor that has branches all over California-Oakland included.
Sometimes, a specific part that I need is not available in my city's warehouse, but they have one in the Oakland branch.
I would rather lose a sale than to traverse to Oakland to get the part from their warehouse.
I have been there on 2 occassions and I tell you, it's in the middle of a graffiti laden neighborhood, down the street from Myrtle street where all the prostitutes are at.
The entire area looks exactly like the intro to this video
Even other companies refuse to go and get parts their due to the grit and just how unsafe the area is with all the crime and transients.
You should also visit upper Oakland which is better in order to have a more balanced picture of the city. My cousin is a bus driver in Oakland and has seen a lot also!!😉
This is a very one-sided video for sure.
A friend and I were robbed while working there. When we called the Police they told us unless someone was hurt to email them. We had to question all the buildings security, looking for video and nobody wanted to help us. We finally got this really sweet Mexican Janitor oddly enough to find the video for us. We called the police again and told them we had the car and the person. They told us "unless someone was hurt to email them the evidence"
You can only send very small files through email. They obviously know this so they know you won't be sending anything.
You didnt go to the station?
Biden’s rule …
Black privilege
"Unless someone was hurt email it"😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@El.Nigga. Really? and waste more of my time. Have you ever been to the Oakland PD?
I left Oakland to joined the U.S. Army (1976-1996). Before then, I knew a few people that were murdered. I tried to joined the Oakland police, but I was too short.
While in the service, I 've seen better communities and cultures than living in Oakland. Last time I was there was 1991, after the Gulf War to see relatives and friends. Since then, they moved out of Oakland.
As teens, my friends and I joked around, how national TV will never show the ghetto near the Coliseum during a game.
I've seen it
We came to Oakland in 1979, and it was very, very nice!! I immediately got a job, and even worked in San Francisco about 2 years, I'm just appalled at how it looks now. It didn't look like this when we lived there!! I really would like to know "what happened to this city"?? This was a beautiful city when we came there in 1979. My kids went to school there and graduated, I'm just really, really SAD just looking at this!!
Excellent content! Appreciate the effort.
Little Bagdad was what we called it back in 2010 ..I think real Bagdad looks better..smh
I think Aleppo looks better…
I live in the South Bay Area and recently drove through Oakland. I follow our local news and I knew it wouldn't be a cruise through Beverly Hills, but I too was stunned at the "Haiti" style homeless camps, the filth, the overall depressed look of the city. Such a multi-level problem - mental illness, drug addiction, insane cost of housing, lack of political will at local and state level - I don't have a answer.
I do! Throw all the Democrats out & RINOS and get some Conservatives in high govt offices and see what happens. I moved from San Jose to a Conservative run city and I go walking the trail at midnight, early morning, whenever my heart desires, without fear.
The Politicians are lining their pockets with Federal Aid.
Here's an answer-enforce the law and raze the city.
@@eddiet204 I like it! Operation "Fresh Start"!
I would suggest putting that train underground which is no more than digging a ditch then covering it and putting a park on top. What is the purpose of a train over head but to degrade the neighborhood.
I think a city’s trash disposal says a lot about it’s quality of life. I currently live in a city where trash is always strewn about outside and it bothers me to no end as my puppy always tries to eat it! Anyway, trash outside equals crappy place to live lol.
You are right. You can estimate the demographics of a city by the trash in the streets,
What city do you live in?
What differentiates a third world county from a sustainable society: refuse pickup and responsible relocation, human waste (shit) treatment and freshwater (potable) plumbing in public and private places of gathering. Of course, this goes all out the window when citizens don’t give a shit.
I’ve been here. Some area in downtown and east Oakland are really awful and sad, but area such as Montclair are much, much nicer.
Unrelated fun fact: Oakland has the largest rock climbing gym in the US, and third largest in the world.
The issues plaguing Oakland have been going on for well over 80 years. When Oakland was founded in 1850 it was lawless. Even Oakland’s first mayor was a crook.
Mexico owned California is was called Alta California till 1848. And Russia owned Alaska. Till 1867. And the Dutch owned New York. Then the Dutch give up New York to the Irish. 1820. And so on. But no one really realize how America really looked before the explorers came remember the land of beauty by our ancestors the Natives. And was cut down . The home of the buffalo deer bear. And rabbit. The wolf the fox.the wood land Forest of our ancestors . Now look what they have done. America exactly deserves what it gets. everything made with cement and concrete. Crazy how the government doesn't think about what about the food shortage. Is there not any farmland to grow vegetables and fruits. City council members wake up. Everything is coming over sea especially food that can cause contamination from the sea air. Just as people get sick too by crossing the on sea waters. Citizen of American need to get involved it the land of this country.or it will get invaded again by
another foreign country. Russia wants Alaska back.
Seems to me they kept the trend going this is unbelievable
Dosnt matter. I rather have a currupt mayor that cleans up the city vs a currpt mayor that pushes for trendy woke crap.
@@rcbrothers1000Your ancestors are not from America that's why you don't care about America. But if you were In Thailand then that's a different story. You would care. But you live in America do you not. And what about the future of our children. What kind of government do you want your children to follow. A government which is corrupted or a government who helps the citizens of the land like a good king will do for his kingdom.
DUDE IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE BIG SHITHOLE
I was a kid in Oakland back in the mid 80's. My parents saw it and all of California falling and thankfully we escaped.
To what other crumbling metropolis in this crumbling nation?
@@softshell812 never lived in a town of more than 8k since. Now I got 10 acres of my own in the free state of Iowa.
Good for you California Dreaming became a California nightmare.
@@alistair8915 Someone in the comments above you just said that Iowa is headed downhill fast due to poverty and methamphetamine usage. I definitely understand the small town vibe but California has that as well. Shasta County, Mammoth Lake, Bridgeport and many more towns out of the way do not deal with any portion of that which is normal in Oakland. I think prices and taxes is still the main reason people leave Ca.
@@alistair8915 hooray for kkk iowa. Who soaks up endless taxpayer welfare from the Blue coastal states
I really do think Covid had a massive impact in making this place worse. Actually relo’d to work for Clorox back in 21-22. We weren’t even allowed to go in the office, and when we finally did in April 22, all the equipment and office was literally untouched for 2 years, and completely unsuitable for virtual meetings or really any productive work.
No one went to the office. I’ve headed back east but from what I heard the management just gave up on having a normal in person experience and just have been mostly remote ever since.
So without it’s largest employer in person, and many other employers doing the same (or completely shuttering their offices for remote work), why would anyone:
A) live in Oakland
B) buy any of the food or grub near downtown?
It’s just going to be an East Bay hangout spot on weekends, where some of the hipsters escape for ‘cheaper’ rent, and ultimately fare even worse than SF will in the coming decades….and SF is going to fare poorly too.
BOLSHIVICS
My ex-wife just got back from a funeral in Oakland and she said if she sees another cardboard Shanty or RV trailer she's going to lose her mind, she said it was like the movie "escape from L.A." except this is "Escape from Oakland" it looks third world, Homeless destitute people everywhere panhandling. Everything's run-down and trashy even the palm trees look depressing, they were only there for three days and somebody tried to Insurance scam them by running his bike into their rental car, a cop just happened to be on his beat and saw it and tried to detain them, and they told him the bicyclist ran into them and sped away when he saw the cop,she told me she couldn't wait to get back to the Atlanta metro area which is paradise compared to Oakland.
The problem is there is no one left in the community who is willing or capable of making change. Oakland is a failed city. Oakland Police officers are resigning and going to other agencies. I was born and raised in Oakland. This is sad to see.
U ain't lying....this is rough man...I mean rough
"Oakland is a failed city" = Oakland is just another failed democrat run city.
@@orangecrush5512 It doesn’t matter what political party is in charge. Oakland would be in the same predicament. You know why? Because all politicians don’t care about the ghettos. As long as they’re safe in their mansions, it’s all good.
@@DIGITALMIND63 Wrong. That is a leftist talking point comeback. Never ever take responsibility is the left mantra. I saw those failed "art" drawings on the side of the road that was big in the early 2000's leftist cities as a way to "brighten" and clean up the city. Always in ghetto neighborhoods. Politicians use federal funds and local taxes to make swan songs to get the funding then pocket 90% then throw 10% at the problem. Portland Oregon for example just got 10million off of the tax payers to "study" homelessness..STUDY! Not solve anything. Just study.
Any honest person trying to bring change is destroyed by the many agencies working together against regullar people. The public are angry.
Have lived in Oakland for 18 years and it’s been going downhill over the past 8 years or so. Outside developers have come in and built unaffordable matchbox-sized apartments, condos and dormitory styled units. There has literally been 20 or more mixed use high-rise buildings developed in the downtown area and bleeding into Chinatown. Average rents are around 3k/month ! This has forced so many people out on the street and to top it off the trash and dumping problems are off the chain as you’ve shown here. With a growing tax base you would think that basic services would get better…. Where are the elected officials that should be addressing these problems? You don’t see or hear from them until election time !
It’s amazing how people don’t understand that the lack of affordable housing is creating homelessness and more crime.
10:51 doesn't resonate with you?
Vote Republican. Stop voting in these Democrat idiots.
@@landajimmy what specific programs and interventions would a Republican do to stop the crime, homelessness and blight? Saying vote Republican is partisan none sense. What is the plan and how can it be implemented. Who will do the work and how much will it cost?
well developers can't really build enough because how restrictive California building laws are. other states seen growth because but 50 to 75 percent less than oakland rents.
I remember when Oakland had it all it's so sad to see what it looks like today this is so sad it break's my heart💔☹️
My ex and I drove in Oakland Ca at night to a party. The place is very sketchy. When we are in the traffic light, I saw a person with a black hoodie near my rear window and I couldn’t see the persons face at all which makes it even more haunting.
Visited San Francisco for an analyzer school about 5 yrs ago. During our orientation we were told to "Never go to Oakland. If you do we are not responsible for what happens". Seriously.
Lol san Francisco is super pretty with the golden gate bridge the Ocean sea Lions and that wharf area
@@michaelsuzio4364 lol .. talk about *( LIVING IN A BUBBLE! )*
@@michaelsuzio4364 san francisco has its problems now
@@josephaugello1527 sure it does but it’s not as bad as Oakland. I know, I lived in SF, and traveled between the two.
That's because they want to keep their crime in town for their criminals,,,,
It's affecting the nice areas too. Walnut Creek and Santa Rosa recently got hit. Just keep voting in woke mayors, DAs and legislators and see if you ever get a different result.
This
You comment is like it's the flu. These are human beings destitute in misery. My grandchildren in North Carolina went to the school cafeteria for lunch and the cafeteria NO LONGER HAS ANY FOOD! Yet Jeff Bezos who is the richest man on earth and pays no taxes just got gifted 10 BILLION dollars out of OUR tax funds for his space toys from the "infrastructure" bill! This is the corporate fascist state with the centralization of wealth stealing EVERYTHING from us while we follow like sheep and fight each other. The billionaires are laughing on their private jets all the way to one of their many mansions. Voting? It doesn't matter who is in office, they follow the orders of their billionaire overlords. The DOD budget bills are over a TRILLION dollars a year. That is well over half of our income taxes. An estimated million people homeless and they are no longer counting hungry children. The United States constitutional republic is now a myth.
Lol.... Vote don't mean anything.. the counters always pick the winners...
Free phentynal for everyone ... Then we just clean up the mess and start over with people that have some pride in themselves.
@Jesus heard dat JC ... How bout a flood ... Maybe a quake ... Talk to your dad .. we can start fresh with real people that have some civic pride in where they reside .. " Not telling ya how to do your job .. but,. This ain't working.
@Jesus You can thank our woke CA politicians and voters for reducing felonies to misdemeanors.
I was 7 in 2003 back then, Oakland wasn't anything like this or the SF BAY AREA in general. It was a paradise place, affordable, no racial discrimination, no ghetto and people were happier.
It’s been like this for 40 years 😂 you probably don’t remember it well or you weren’t in the city lmao
How do we begin to fixing. Where do we start ?
Start voting republican.
I lived there 1986 through 1997. It was good old Oaktown back then, classic rough city, but you could get around without much worry unless at night. But now it’s unrecognizable. East Bay Hills have always been better, but the decay creeps. Good luck to those still there, and thank you Nick, for the great videos and accurate commentary.
You are right - decay creeps.
It's the white man's fault!
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG....
@@GEVINCHYGAMEZ ITS ALWAYS YHE WHITE MANS FAULT ...
Just go along with me on this.
Everybody's saying it ...
you can be cool like us.
What? I'm been going to Oakland for almost 60 years...and Never had any trouble in Oakland. I'm from Hayward and I've had one vehicle stolen, my vehicle broken into, several vehicle hit and run (6 times), constantly asked for money, had a drive by and killed a child in front of our house...all in Hayward. All cities have their crime and some worse than others. I know east Oakland and west Oakland.
Oakland is the unfortunate combination of San Francisco (homelessness problem) and Detroit (crime rate problem particularly in shootings and homicides).
Now... What do those both have in common ... ??? I wonder ...
@@jjrdias Since I live here in Detroit I'd love for you to tell me what it is we have in common...🤨
@@jjrdias Aren't Pelosi representing San Francisco?
@@we.americaningenuity8682 - Rep. Pelosi represents most of San Francisco.
Detroit doesn't have much crime. Detroit is ugly but safe.
Funny how they forgot to show all the nice things
To solve this mental hospitals would have to come back, and forced admittance would have to be instated with laws. Rehabs would have to be free in that area.
I grew up in Deep East Oakland and I can't stand to even be in the city anymore, it really saddens me to see how my city has just neglected it's roots and heritage
In the 90’s
Oakland became HIP
Great restaurants, art
I lived in emeryville at that time
This is a shame
So much history
Just Go to Maine, It's Pretty Peaceful There.
How was the divide back in the day in Oakland? I just new it was ruffer than some of the other cities. Like early Too Short and before East Coast vs West Coast.
@@YoureRatharStewpidMate probably not long. I hear that's a massive immigrant dump. They'll change it. They have to to be in good graces with the 2030 Crew.
@@bakerfresh It will revive from the massive immigration dump, in some years, I Think.
I was born in Berkeley in 1959. and raised in hills of Oakland . I am an ex pat of nor cal. Oakland used to have industry and active downtown. Bart although wonderful closed downtown for years. People stopped going to downtown and when Bart was finished why go to Oakland when u can just jump on Bart and go shopping in SF. Public projects usually have unintended consequences and killing downtown was one of them. Politics in Oakland is left/liberal/progressive whatever. This is what you get. The road to hell is paved w good intentions. Oakland is a poster held for that saying. At the age of 12 I used to meet my cousin at the mcarthy-broadway center and that the bus to see the Austin. I wouldn't want to do that now. WW2 created a huge number of jobs that after the war disappeared. Industry and private business is somewhat looked down upon in Oakland. They make a profit and exploit workers etc bs. Those same people probably never started a business and risked their own $ in hope of not loosing $ and someday making a profit. Last time I was in downtown Oakland I noticed a high % of office buildings were state offices. An obvious attempt to get something in there albeit tax taking vs tax generating. So you have an area with less business tax revenue, artificially pumped up home prices, fewer regular jobs not a pretty picture. I have no desire to go back. Maybe the " big one" will flatten everything and they can start over.
But,but,but they have diversity and that fixes everything.
Satire dripping.
@@humid-rb7rt I've had my fill of diversity. My home state is getting worse and worse. I'm gonna wind it down well north of here. No one here seems to know how to use a turn signal or a trash can
@@FixIt1975 That's so sad. All large cities run by "do-gooders" eventually turn into shitholes
Hi there! Awesome video! I encourage you to looking into the deindustrialization of Oakland, the multiple drug epidemics, and redlining. I’m third generation Bay Area, and can attest to the huge changes in the Bay Area in the last two decades. My aunt is a 50+ year west Oakland resident and internationally known for her work in environmental Justice! Thanks for the coverage! I just encourage you to enlist perspectives from both side of the coin.
Redlining was outlawed in the US in 1968.. The city was much nicer and more prosperous for decades after redlining ended than it is today. That's kind of a lame excuse to use in this modern year.
Left Oakland to go to UCLA and came back to a drastic rise in murder… just sad but I never felt safer in west Oakland than the East. Maybe because I grew up in the east and I never experienced anything too crazy but west Oakland was crazy to me.
Here in Texas, I've met many California refugees who have fled their homes due to the numerous unbearable problems that have arisen within the last several years. I'm always amazed at how proud and arrogant they are and how completely delusional they seem when it comes to their former home. The first thing they want you to know is that they are definitely not native to Texas and that they've had to move to my state like it was a forced choice against their will. As a native Texan, I love my state just as much, if not more, than they love California and THEY chose to come to us in search of a better life. We're welcoming to new people but for crying out loud, don't lecture us on your politics or look down on your new neighbors for driving trucks, attending rodeos, having barbecues or owning guns.
Eventually the more Californians who move to Texas, the more Texas will be like California.
@@victorsuarez3546 true, cuz Christians just can’t help but embrace their demise with open-arms.
Very true, all Californians are like that. Have yet to meet one that isn’t.
Well do you expect a traitor to have morals?
Californian here. I dont get to meet much texans here in California, but when I do (via military) theyre pretty cool and down to earth folks. If I were to move id move to Tennessee. I used to live there a a child and have had many fond memories. If outside the U.S., definitely New Zealand.
How many representatives live in their own district? Just asking. Politicians need to see each and every day what their people go thru. You need to live the problem before you can hope to fix the problem!
Her district is a one party area where the Republicans only run token candidates who never bother campaigning. Like all ultra liberals, she'll sympathize with your plight, but her seniority in the party precludes doing anything that's going to buck their slavish Wall St. butt kissing.
@@AbandonedMaine And she'll live elsewhere thsn in her district
like, none?
Politians cant solve anything!!!
@@FixIt1975Her residence is in a wealthy area of Oakland.
The high cost of living in Oakland is really bad. Pretty much California is only for rich people.
It's one year later and things are worse in Oakland. I was just offerred a job in Mendocino and get to escape to paradise.
Nice. I love Mendocino
There is no reason for this. My partner and I lived in California for almost 5 years, and recently moved back to our home state of Texas. I know every city has it's problems and it's "bad" areas, but it seems like California has it much worse than most other states. California's leaders always say that Texas is a mismanaged, lawless and dangerous wasteland where people are pulling guns on each other oppressing the "have-nots", but I saw more of that kind of stuff in California than here at home. I'm not saying that my home state is perfect by any means; we definitely have our problems. It feels like the leaders of California are forcing a narrative that their state is "paradise" while simultaneously running it into the ground and lining their own pockets. A small apartment in Oakland costs $3000/month, and there's no reason for that other than corruption. We paid $900/month plus utilities in rural southern California for a 450 square foot one bedroom shack with terrible landlords that were constantly trying to evict us, even though we were never late on bills and rent. We moved home into a house that's twice the size for $800/month. Granted, I'm making a dollar less an hour working, but I'm also not paying $4 or $5/gallon for fuel. California is the true wasteland, a place of hope and promise that has fallen into a shameful cesspool of despair. The leaders of the cities and of the state have made it very clear that they care noting for their citizens, and actively engage in brainwashing propaganda to stay in power while allowing criminals to run free with few to no repercussions or consequences for their actions.
California? Not all of California. One dot on the map doesn’t represent the state. That’s like saying all of Texas is Dallas Fort Worth. There’s a reason California is a place many want to live but can’t afford. You also have paradises in Cali like San Diego. Oakland has nice areas as well. Every city has bad areas.
@@HanSoloBolo the issue is California is fcked up ALL OVER, affordability is almost non-existant, Every large city has a horrible homeless issue that will never be fixed because the politicians absolutely do not care and they even put in city planning to prevent homeless from having areas to rest. There are just about NO affordable beach towns there in anyway whats-so-ever-- in Florida (my home state) theres still plenty of affordable places in beachtowns all over. How does California have high state income taxes but does absoluteley nothing with it that helps areas in need?? it isnt just "ONE DOT" its the whole state
for real, California has enough issues and then mediocre Mexican food on top? Boo. Texas is way better even with all the issues.
@@txwebber4250 Mediocre Mexican food? No, I they have terrible Mexican food.
@@txwebber4250 After watching all these videos, Texas does look nice for being a red state compared to all the other blue states he covered. Texas might be an underated state.
The America that I was born in and grew up no longer exist.The time when homelessness, drugs and crime were just words and were hard to find.
Yeah I remember just hearing about it...now its like it's in youre face....I ven got family members begging for money......it's hortible
Well there was many factory jobs that paid well, people kept their legs closed more and didn't have all these kids all over the place, and people grew their own food and didn't eat all this fast food crap that caused people to develop all these mental and physical problems. And we weren't bombarded with all this technology that has destroyed real human relationships. Smfh.
mostly democrats, but Republicans didn't do a thing to really stop it either
@@GEVINCHYGAMEZ even these people doing this show don't have the courage to say what race mostly lives there and how they are willing to live!
Sort of but the 80s and 90s were pretty bad as well.
My name is Tony Anderson and I lived in Oakland California 63 years, before I moved away to North Carolina to live, basically What's going on locally now? Is everything is too expensive to buy to rent to and people? That can afford to move is stuck so they end up living in their cars and on the street. And that's the main problem there and politics is all over United States. Then I wasn't for us. They're working for each other to get the power in an autvariety. But to fix Oakland it will take a lot of money. A lot of change right now politics is not gonna let that happen. If you want to know the real story about Oakland California, actually one who's been there for years and still there or just moved away recently, ask people like me, I've been gone For 5 years and just to see this just hurts my heart. I wanna come back but not to this and not to the sky high prices Of living there. There's more that needs to be said!!
by the way .
on 4:15 of this video .a white cheverolet company car is there .whats the name of that car ?
just wanna know it .cuz i like it .
good job Nick as a former resident of westcoast homeless encampments i really appreciate your work..it has always bothered me the media just flat out ignores the 3rd world transformation of our country..did u know one of the biggest issues is foreign companies own a vast amount of property? ya key issue
Yes that's a big deal now
You bet it's a big deal! When we don't own your homeland....you have NO PLACE TO BE! Plane and simple as that.
And illegals/refugees get the government subsidiary housing.
@@kennethroth6757 Aint that a batch!!!
The media is OWNED BY those who are 3rd-worlding the country. Why can't you understand that? Is it too real for you?
The only thing I can think to say is, “Who Did You Vote For?”
Well I can tell you one thing it was definitely not let's go Brandon!!
Vote for? Same trash just different garbage bag!
Maybe it’s better to just boycott the elections …
If I voted for something different Oakland would be Disney land?
@@bobbyus That would make sense once upon a time .but with all the illegals that have come up .and we have brought up in here they don't need our votes no more.👌🏽💯
I lived in Oakland Chinatown and it was great and affordable . NOW it's a dangerous shithole.
Gentrification of West Oakland seemed to take off after the real estate crash of 2008-09. Within a few years the homeless camps appeared and increased in size. It boggles my mind that newer housing projects such as the Brooklyn Basin, The Skylyne at Temescal, Orion (to name a few) are within a few miles of the Hegenberger corridor where businesses are closing down due to "rampant crime."
born and raised in Oakland been surrounded by this "neglect, disgusting scenery" my whole life and to be honest this video was really eye opening for me about how bad things really are here but I can't help but comment. How did it get so bad in the last few years? Short answer COVID. Because of the quarantine these buisnesses and nonprofits that were genueienly trying to help and build the community were left without funds. This businesses have been the backbone of Oakland it was estimated that in 2024 something like 25% of the small business are going to have to shut down. like that's crazy. its just frsutrating that all of this was because we as citizens were neglected its so sad that this is the city that shows it though. This is my home.
If I was blind folded and dropped off in that area, and not knowing where I was, I would seek sanctuary in the nearest embassy thinking I was in a foreign country.
So some things never change?
And you would be right.
A foreign country known as Commie-Fornia.
🔴🔴🔴 To vote for marxists (comunists, socialists) is a vote for satanists. Karl Marx was a Satanist! The inventor of communism was a Satanist!! The Satan theme is most explicitly set forth in Marx's "The Fiddler," dedicated to his father:
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- See this sword? the Prince of darkness Sold it to me.
...And...
- With Satan I have struck MY DEAL
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✸ Dear ones... in communism it was never about atheism but about worshiping Satan!
Atheism (unbelief in God) is for the popular masses or working slaves (rats) as the Marxist elite calls them!
✸ Don't let the communists rise to power! Get communist cancer out of your country!
Nah, America is just a shithole nation.
I moved out 12 years ago. I used to run community meetings focused on crime. It is worse now. Oakland is careening toward being a failed state. A lot of community meetings are emotional rants with no outcome.
"We deserve this", "It should be this or that". Over obvious issues. Yet the woke politics ensures ineffectiveness.
History: During WWII, many African Americans migrated from the South to Oakland/Richmond for well paying shipyard jobs. There was a lot of industry there too. All those jobs are gone, but the people remain. In the 1990s, the Clinton Administration shipped a lot of jobs offshore. This certainly did not help.
In my opinion, a solid middle class job is better than endless social programs. Yet all you hear about are
social programs.
Damn, you nailed it. That's exactly how things went down
It's a shell game that a few people profit from.
BRING OUR MIDDLE CLASS JOBS BACK!!! That is the main truth to America's problems today. We have no place for a kid to get a job and work alongside family and friends and build a decent middle class life. Thise days are gone and we are massively suffering for the greed we allow the companies to have
Woke=Broke.
@@everythingisfine9988 One key thing I learned: People cannot distinguish between emotion and a problem definition. I would have to ask a person *4 times* what is the problem that they wanted solved. They would not stop ranting. I think they want to hear themselves speak. The problem is it was alse useless emotion with zero value add.
This one person, at the 4th try, I said : "So your problem is X". She looked at me in amazement. Because I managed to deciper her rant. The I opened for debate, gave it a Priority 1 Mission, and solved in about 30 days. And the OPD officers who solved it were heroes to the community.
Take Away: The citizens themselves are in many cases responsible for the disaster than is now Oakland.
I can give a lot more examples of useless, resources-wasting behavior. I got out.
With that said, they need middle class jobs instead of social programs.
Great video 💯 🔥
Build some prison camps, send in the national guard to clear out the homeless camps block by block.
Oakland sure looks crappy. But trust me, Portland and Seattle are both fighting very hard to self destruct as well.
Oh I know I saw them too
which is worse, Gary Indiana or Oakland?
Portland is OUT OF CONTROL!!!!! LITTERALLY
Oakland is far worse than Seattle. I’ve been to both.
We elected a better mayor, a Republican DA, we're fighting to get rid of the woke in Seattle city council, we're fighting to change this course brought to us by blmantifa.
Oakland was hopeless by the 70s. I remember talking to a young woman (during the 70s) whose father would let her stay in a home he owned there if she would give it some care. Prior renters had made a terrible mess. The father didn’t understand the reality of Oakland until she reported back to him she and her husband ducked bullets pretty much every day. When they were inside they stayed away from exterior walls because of shooting. They moved to San Jose to pay over $800 in rent just to live safely. Anymore, I believe, there are some Oakland like neighborhoods in San Jose, too.
Yeah I heard recently from my cousin that San Jose has turned into gangland.
democrats
@@ShowCat1 Republican states everyday send their homeless population on one way bus trips to the west coast. it's easy to curb your homeless population when you just ship them away and then you can point out how many homeless people there are on the west coast and how they have it under such control. If you ask the majority of the homeless where they're from they will not say cali.
Anyone can just around the trashy parts of any city or neighborhood. I don’t like in Oakland but I have family members who live there and it’s not trashy as your video made it out to be. Even some of the ghetto areas have nice looking neighborhoods.
How funny I drove in today and I parked right in front of that custom body shop and it was BAD! I used to live there 25 years ago but it's pretty gnarly now.
You will own nothing and be happy...is this really the catch phrase for the future? Oakland before China's Favored Trade Status, then industry moved to China and the local warehouses went empty. I am close to correct with this as a timeline?
Yes and Mexico (NAFTA) which stole Mexico's wealth.
Ross Perot was right about everything he stated.
I was a paramedic in Oakland from 1990 to 2000. I grew up in that city and I went to school there. I now live 50 miles east. I have not been to Oakland in a long time and I refuse to go there. It was a violent and depressing place when I worked there. There is nothing good about it.
I grew up right across the bay in San Francisco all thru the 70s -90s we called Oakland “Cokeland” LoL besides the Oakland hills I never went to other parts of Oakland
What city you live in now?
@@user-pv3rl2lv4p I’m in San Mateo now. It’s not as bad... yet. Ppl come in from Antioch, Oakland and other places to shoplift bcoz they know nothing will happen if they get caught. Nada. California in general has become a toilet.
I bought 20 acres in Montana :)
I grew up there too and you're absolutely correct. Once I left I avoided ever going back. I lived across the street from Melrose Library, Foothill and 48th. I used to hang out at the library so my brain could escape, if not for a little while.
And I who thought you were living in Beverly Hills.... My oh my....
how is jack london square doing?
This is why I moved out of the Oakland bay area. I just couldn't take it anymore. I would ultimately be killed living in this environment. Once I realized this I moved to the mountains. I ran to the hills so to say.
Which hills?
@@Hammett175 Oakland hills can be nice.
@@jjay350 People get robbed there in broad daylight now...
@@Teddy510in Says a lot about how awful urban California has become.
My fathers factory job closed down and moved out of state when CA's AQMD passed very stringent laws. Overnight they kept getting heavily fined until they were forced to leave the state. The factory grounds is full of homeless people and drug addicts.
Absolutely horrible!
Nobody, NO BODY, NOBODY "forces" ANY company or corporation to do even one single g-d-m thing! NOBODY has that kind of power! Under5 almighty capitalism, Jack, companies and corporations do whatever the f-k they/it WANTS! That is what so many people love about capitalism! Not only do ALL companies and corporations have the freedom to go wherever they WANT to, but they are also free to do all sorts of shifty things to avoid having to pay taxes to the governments who's infrastructures they got stankin filthy rich off of! Infrastructures that were paid for by you, me, our parents and grandparents. If you think for one second that any entity commands any company or corporation to do anything they/it don't want to then you are as sorely deluded as the other Jack I have had to skull drum that info into! Not only do they do whatever they WANT to do and go wherever they WANT to go, NONE of them give a witches t-t about ANYTHING that you, or I, or ANY government entity wants!. That is the very reason why YOU, yes YOU, AND ALL YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS have in all your bloodstreams measurably toxic amounts of wonderful compounds like the forever-toxic chemical by products of teflon mabufacturing! Yes, google it Jack! In YOUR BLOODSTREAM RIGHT NOW!
@@pinkpriss hence the need for the government to act decently, thoughtfully etc - otherwise they will not stick around. btw anyone can start a company, nothing special or evil about it. you too can start one in Oakland and also stay around, and you can use the existing infrastructure as much as you wish to - it is there for you to use it.
@@pinkpriss This is laissez faire/liberal capitalism.
There are better versions of capitalism.
@@sozat the public's health must be first. it is the moral and ethical responsibility of business to accept that or get out!
I lived in Oakland for 10 years ending in 2001. These images of the city are absolutely shocking. It was nothing like this.
But,but,but they have so much diversity and that fixes everything.
Satire infused..
Cuz you lived in the hills
I grew up in Oakland and it was a nice place to bring up families. Hope they can fix it near back to how it looked.
THIS IS AMERICA 😟🤨😐.
@@sashafierce7495 Oakland is just a symptom of the crumbling US empire. That's the sad reality, much of the world was aware of this coming just not many Americans .. but glad some are waking up to that now
I would disagree, I lived in Oakland during the 70s, nothing has changed. But, why did you interview a well-spoken white guy.
Oakland has some very bad areas (the ones you included in the video). But there are some beautiful neighborhoods too. Take a drive around Rockridge, Jack London Square or Lake Merritt. The surge in housing prices was mentioned, but those weren't the neighborhoods shown. Still, Oakland's problems are deep.
I can tell you someting about it. I lived there thirty years. A lot of people moved to Oakland in the post WWII period. There is the big shipping port, and there was an Alameda military base. There was lots of industrial and light industrial. IN the Nineties, people were buying up the old Victorians even in downtown areas, because rents were rising. But then came several things: loss of the industrial sector, retail was collapsing due to the Internet, and the military base in Alameda closed. Oakland has always had great weather. Best in the bay area. So, people affected by all these policies, NAFTA, internet, base closures, loss of factory jobs, came from all over the country to crash in Oakland. The local PTB, did very little to nothing to discourage the homeless from settling in, and also, were not very hard on crime. Being a port, it is also a drug hub. So, the problems you see elsewehre in the US are just magnified in Oakland due to it having a large population that used to be, middle class to lower middle class.
I just drove through Oakland and Emeryville for the first time last week. I've spent time in 42 states and countless large cities. I've never seen anything like what I saw last week. I'm a truck driver and have had to sleep in my truck for years. Oakland was the first city to truly scare me and I'm from NYC.
Dam bro 😕 if nyc nikka got scared of Oakland then it has to be bad lol. 👎
Haha I lived here my whole life. My wife is from east LA, and she is tough... when her family came up to visit we toured oakland and they were SCARED lol. I always thought LA mexicans were real hard but they were like checkin to lock the car doors lol. They said they never seen a ghetto like this.
C'mon man it can't be that bad. What was so bad about it compared to other cities?
@@alexblazquez2277 How is it worse than what East LA was?
I’m from Sacramento, south sac to be exact. Pretty bad hang area. We go to Oakland all the time for A’s games. Use to go to raider games. You have no idea what bad is until you drive through Oakland. It is SCARY. The comments above are not exaggerating how bad Oakland is. Ive driven through south central. I was never scared like I was in the surrounding neighborhoods around the Oakland coliseum. The neighborhoods surrounding what use to be candlestick park in SF kind of have the same vibe.
Our family moved there in 1956 and we stayed until 1963. Went to Hamilton Jr. High, Jefferson, Lockwood, elementary schools. I can attest that it was not like this in those times. Shame on City Council and the local yokels for not paying attention to the blight. NEVER going back.... Too bad, good people are there in fear.... Last good Mayor was Lionel Wilson....
democrats
I got a degree from csu Hayward in 2006. It wasn't great, but it wasn't too bad if you stayed away from a few bad areas. But by 2010 it started a massive decline.
@@ShowCat1 Stop with that crap and wake up
@@ShowCat1 Both parties obey,type it in and look who runs your country
@@ShowCat1 Who runs the democrats?
10:41 My home, 4401 San Leandro Street! I have lived in San Bernardino and Flint Michigan, and this hood, by far, has more educated people than the later!
Yeah, my brother lived at Jack London Square 25 years ago and everything to the right was a shit hole. The water was the other direction.
I worked in Oakland for a tech company from 2008-2018 and in those 10 years the decline was shocking. Our office was located in downtown Oakland across the street from the Marriott from 2008-2012 and I took BART because the 12th St station was right where our office was located which was a horrible way to commute but I couldn't afford the parking. Thanks goodness our office moved to Jack London Square in 2012 and because it's a tourist area it was a much more pleasant area. I commuted by Amtrak from 2012-2018 when I moved to TN and just in those few years I watched the graffiti spread as well as the homeless population living under the freeway overpass near the Coliseum. I hated working downtown and would rarely venture outside because when I did I always experienced some disturbing event. It's shocking that this is a city in the United States.
Oakland used to be so BEAUTIFUL!!😩
💔💔💔💔
What you Summarized no different in the Late 70’s/80’s Downtown during the day Work Week OK, but at night and catching Bart ALL the FREAKS come out at NIGHT
California is a 5th world state especially the management teams : government, overpaid mayor. This is unbelievable. The salary of these civil servants should be used for affordable housing,
Piedmont, temescal, rockridge to name a few neighborhoods in oakland, DONT BOTHER STEPPING HERE if you dont make at least 300k a year.
It's important to have good solid leaders that get things done, clearly from this video Oakland's leaders are lacking in every area. They have allowed this to happen..
These people need to be sent to the Nevada desert
That's what happens when you fools vote for Demoncrats like Gayvin NUISANCE
It's also the 5th largest economy in the world.
You ought to visit College Point, West End, Vine City and Downtown in Atlanta GA. These are eye openers in the negative.
its really sad, I hate that your having to see your beloved city in such bad shape, it just down right depressing, I was born in Austin TX ATX... all though the eighties it was a beautiful place and people got alone, black, white, hispanic and our large Asian community we respected each other. now in 2023 it looks close to your home.. I really hurt inside when I get on my motorcycle and see all thats going on.... I use to go out to the Bay Area because it's amazing, but not now. keep up the good work my friend and maybe just maybe things will get better...
I left Oakland in 2006 and moved to Round Rock Texas so my daughter could grow up in a normal place.
Oakland government started taking streets that were 2 lanes each way and made them one lane each way severely backing up traffic on a number of streets. They put in bicycle lanes on streets that were already at capacity further backing up traffic.
They built islands in the center of streets were suicide lanes existed making it very difficult to get a fire truck through in an emergency.
They planted trees in parking spaces reducing park capacity not to mention the roots of the trees are going to grow and crack the sidewalk and buckle the street.
The put up stoplights literally one block apart (about 270ft).
They re-time the lights to back up Traffic.
Their motorcycle officers are almost none existent now.
Robbers are breaking windows in cars in daylight in front of the owners and pulling guns on the owners if they try to stop them.
I hate what city government has caused to happen to Oakland.
In Oakland they soften drug possession charges making it a magnet for drug users and dealers.
The same thing goes for theft I might be wrong but I think they won’t even prosecute anything under $900.
Because of the waxed policing and drug enforcement it has become a magnet for homeless people.
There are people who are homeless because of rent rising sharply and the have regular jobs a newer car and have to live in a tent.
Oakland has been severely missed manage over the last eight years.
democrat 'compassion' is evil
My Son went to get a car from Hertz and two people had turned in their cars that were vandalized in Oakland and San Francisco. It used to be a Felony to break into a car. It's now a Misdemeanor, so that's why they break into cars in broad daylight. Apparently people voted for that change. Big mistake.
Very true, you see the issue clearly and I can tell you did live in Oakland.
I'm from the area you're showing.
Oakland has always had its problem.
But it's getting worse .
But Let's point out the real reason why Oakland and the country has declined , that seems that no one talks about.
It's all due to people in this country normalizing drug use.
I would say that 93% of the population in this country is okay with drug use , which in turn creates metal issues. Which in turn it creates Oakland style situations.
Stop normalizing drug use and society will change.
But it comes down to people wanting to be better not worse
I am not OK with drug use. I think you got it right. There is a reason that these substances used to be illegal.
You have hit only on the symptom but the root cause is corrupt demicrat politicians who get kickbacks so vote them out and get a bunch of Conservatives and see how the city gets cleaned up
Yessssssss!
@@soniag4516 agreeeeee!
Normalizing voting for democrats is the problem.
Grew up in Oakland and lived there from 1964-1984. Was an awesome place with so much. East Oakland and West Oakland had parts that could be rough but lots of decent neighborhoods and people. The hills are still nice but overpriced and the schools are crap. I'll never go back.
No point in fixing a flat tire on a vehicle with no engine and definitely no gasoline 😅
My mom got us out of Oakland in 1975 when I was 9. We moved to Newark, CA. Oakland is forever lost.
I worked in East Oakland throughout the 70's, it was rough but overall was manageable, and why, because the majority of residents wanted to see the police in their neighborhood, they wanted law and order..Of course there was crime, but anytime you cram a massive amount of people together you will have the rotten apples..In the 70's we had a robust Police Department and an incredible Police Chief, who was supported by the Mayor and City Council, everyone was pointed in the same direction with the same goals, keeping Oakland as a place people wanted to be safe. Today, it's obvious the same conditions don't apply, poor city government that has restricted and underfunded the Police, and draw no distinction between the good guys and the bad ones...It's sad for me to watch this video and see what's become of Oakland..
Spot on observations. This video is similar to a documentary that came out in 2019 by a Seattle Tv station called " Seattle is Dying" that every school kid be forced to watch because it is this video (only 3 years ago) and it documents the decline of Seattle from a jewel of a city into a cesspool when democrats gained power...they relaxed drug laws, they told cops to leave homeless and drugged out crazies alone, they ignored crime and stopped even citations for peeing/pooping in the street/doing drugs etc. This is a democrat owned problem and sad none of the guys in this video had the stones to come out and say it.
@@shirleyaprile4838 I believe the elections are real because what has happened for decades is sane and responsible people move out of the city to safer places and all you are left with are folks who have always voted democrat because democrats promise to give them free things like rent, housing, etc and also democrats let them do drugs, let them steal, let them be degenerates without facing jail time.
Police doesn’t solve poverty. Smh
@@30thousandd Police enable a low crime environment which encourages businesses to expand, and new businesses to start up, even relocate. The end result, more jobs and a better quality of life.
@@rhondaesco1839 that’s sounds like hope lol I don’t think those are proven facts. Poverty is a lot deeper than just locking people up and thinking things are going change. I personally think investing into education would do a lot more than sending a bunch of cops to try to intimidate a bunch of people who don’t give af. For example, I grew up in Oakland in poverty, at one point in high school I gave up because our gym roof collapsed, flooding the locker room and ruined the shoes & clothes I had for PE so I stopped getting dressed. We use to have to go the library for class in the winter because our classrooms didn’t have heat and you could see your breath. Little things like that will make you not care about anything overtime. A lot of us had our spirit killed at a young age & here we are now.
Who is going to move to a city where they don't feel safe let alone someplace where jobs are non-existent. Nothing will get solved until you first get police back where they used to be and get the crime down. Then California as a whole needs to lower taxes for businesses and employers without millionaires investing in your city you have no cash. California will also need to drop a ton of regulations for businesses to get them to move back. Then once you get that done you need to drop the red tape to build homes. The more homes available the less rent costs. The problem for Oakland is that this is state level restructuring and California as a whole isn't ready to build and legislate responsibility for the citizens in their areas.
Back years ago, we noticed the Blythe starting.. now you could see this Blythe all over the desert communities... It's just as bad in Riverside, San Bernardino, South central California desert...it's everywhere..