How Oakland California Got Ruined

[@TexasTimeLord]

Weird how cities with so much homelessness, poverty and lack of jobs are also so expensive to live in

[@CrayZJo3Davola]

Because there are a lot of tourist and people just waiting to give handouts to homeless. If people stop giving money and food to the homeless I'm sure there will be less.

[@adamsouthard1155]

That's the thing no one who's trashing these places never really gets into. The reason these places have so much homelessness is because the rent is so extremely high. And the reason it's so high is because so many people want to live there. If they were such hellholes why do so many people with pretty high incomes stick around?

[@alexchopper7997]

Bay Area is still a coveted place to live despite the problems.

[@omniamericana2172]

​@@CrayZJo3Davola simpletons snh

[@omniamericana2172]

​@@adamsouthard1155because they are on that talk radio shyt. Like here, the 1st 2 issues told you the problem. And people completely ignore the dates 2019-2022 like what happens when you shut down a city? But these simpletons stay on tropes. Sooo all that gentrification didn't lead to economic prosperity? Plus they have never lived there.

[@xcqematic1]

Who would have thought endlessly giving to the homeless and refusing to charge criminals would promote more crime and homelessness? Oakland's only solution is to continually increase tax and throw more money at the problem. No one to blame but the voters themselves.

[@donaldmaxie5264]

Eventually the politicians will run out of other people's money.

[@letssee9]

your comment made me laugh out loud for real!

[@1951RKP]

@@donaldmaxie5264- They have ran out of others money. They dream up more taxes then exceed that and raise them again and here we are.

[@donaldmaxie5264]

@dixienormus1619 Cheyenne, Wyoming

[@chippab1407]

@dixienormus1619 what are you waiting for 🤷

[@victorl225]

How can home prices be that high in a place nobody wants to live in?

[@adamantium4797]

Well that's why they don't want to live there lol

[@imomoh4701]

Think about it...the bay area is a gold mine. It's geographical location is amazing. We have the beach, the red wood forrest, lakes and rivers. Beautiful mountains. We are close to Napa county and the Sierra Nevadas. GENTRIFIERS, UPPER CLASS FOLKS WANT TO PUSH BLACK AND ASAIN LOWER MIDDLE CLASS FOLKS OUT SO IT CAN BE A WHITE TECH CITY. So they can have this land to theirselves. Because they are consumed by greed and hatred and project it towards LIBERALS or the WOKES which is just coded language for AFRICANS and other people of color

[@kaydenl6836]

Because everyone DOES want to live there. That’s exactly why it’s so expensive. There’s not enough housing to meet demand, and that’s a large cause of the homelessness

[@victorl225]

@@kaydenl6836 California is doing a great job of fixing that problem, less and less people want to live there each month.

[@juanalmanza8167]

A lot of Oakland is very wealthy, with very nice neighborhoods. Surrounded by poverty.

[@robertalbertson889]

I lived in Oakland for several years, but in 2018 I couldn't take living there anymore! I'm a retired police officer from LAPD Los Angeles Police Department, and crime had rapidly increased dramatically in Oakland to the point I stopped going anywhere at night, I tried my best to have someone with me when I went places there even in daylight hours for extra safety. I was pretty much a prisoner in my own house not to mention I had also been a victim of a couple of property crimes in the last two years I lived there! I had my car broken into twice, someone broke into my garage and I had several pieces of mail stolen right from my mailbox which included a couple of retirement checks from the State of California! FINALLY I HAD ENOUGH! Within a 60 day period, I sold my house and moved to the Philippines where I've lived full time since I arrived in July 2018 and I've never been back to the US let alone to Oakland! In the nearly 6 years since moving to the Philippines, I've never ever felt uncomfortable or frightened, and I've not experienced any crime to myself or to my property! Best decision I've ever made in my life moving from Oakland to the Philippines 🇵🇭 ❤ Oakland used to be a nice place to live and for many years I never had any problems until 2014 came along and it just kept getting worse and worse! I was lucky and blessed that I was able to move from there, but unfortunately I know there are many people living there that don't necessarily have the option or ability to leave! 😢😢

[@HungNguyen-dt8nl]

Most LAPD retired in SIMMI VALLEY or Santa Clarita

[@robertalbertson889]

@HungNguyen-dt8nl I actually grew up in Santa Clarita back when it was Newhall/Valencia and when I worked at LAPD i was living in the Palmdale/Lancaster area! I only retired to the Philippines bcos my wife and her family are from the Philippines, so we decided to stay in the Philippines where life is much easier and much more affordable. Many of my fellow partners with LAPD did live in Simi Valley during that time but it's been many years since retirement

[@HungNguyen-dt8nl]

@@robertalbertson889 = I graduated and class of 3/1996 . Retired 2021. Now living in YUMA ARIZONA. Life is peaceful out here.

[@568843daw]

I lived in the Philippines for five years and would NEVER EVER GO BACK. It is utterly corrupt. It is also hot but that would not be the reason for leaving. It is cheap, but that is NOT a reason to stay there. I do not know where you live but it is a miracle you do not need body guards. Glad your life is swell, you are the first American I know of who thinks it is better than the United States of America.

[@robertalbertson889]

@568843daw yes there's plenty of corruption here in the Philippines without a doubt! However, no country is perfect and currently there's nothing I need or want that I can't get or have here in the Philippines. I've never ever had a problem with anyone here and certainly I've never thought of needing a bodyguard? At least there's no mass shootings here compared to the US? Maybe bcos I was a police officer that I'm flexible and adaptable bcos it takes a lot of adjustment to live here but at least for me, I've never been happier! I bought a new house, a new car and a new Suzuki GSX-S1000 since I've lived here, compared to the US I would never been able to buy a new house, especially in California where I was born and raised. Yes I'm one of a certain few that love living here in the Philippines especially I can live like a king here vs a near homeless senior in the US. Thank you for your kind words! Take care! BTW, I lived in Metro Manila for my first 18 months and since then, I've been living in Bacolod City on Negros Occidental. God bless

[@FallacyAsPraxis]

They are unhappy with elected officials, but keep voting for them. Fools!

[@ea42455]

But the elected officials look like the voters. That's why I always vote for the red-headed candidate.

[@jcjcviews]

"Fools." Great choice of words. How about this one, "I pity the fools."

[@bigfoot6353]

They can't leave the democrat plantation.

[@georginamegui2160]

It’s rigged…

[@Worldofourown2024]

Voting doesn't work in California nor anywhere on a state or federal level for the system is rigged.

[@hermanmunster4949]

It's getting to a point in Oakland, CA where a junkie can no longer afford a cardboard box and a blue tarp. The good news, however, is they can still crap on the streets for free.

[@brendawhitney336]

Love it! True!

[@BlackHoleOfTime]

They are almost out of there Free Drug Kits too. WTF guys come on... lol

[@evelynkilgore828]

Oakland always was GANG RAN.

[@maxrogers5479]

Are they bribing the city government or something?

[@redwatch1100]

Since Democrats showed up, yes.

[@durtylyfeeso7889]

@@redwatch1100democrats and republicans are both ran by the blue eye white devil. Take that shit back to Europe

[@dannelson-n5g]

honestly in the late 80's early 90's there were blocks and blocks of streets you couldnt drive down without an armored car and assault weapons....it got cleaned up for a while but now it's back but still nothing like it was back then. recently i accidentally took the wrong exit and found intersections destroyed by "sideshows" (done with cars) rubble and detritus everywhere, entire buildings covered up to the 3rd floor with graffitti, and entire areas filled with homeless campers all just ONE block from upscale condos and highspeed freeways...i cant imagine living in that hell zone. i was literally terrified.

[@billmorrison9068]

It's worse now.

[@jonw999999]

Around 2005 to the evening of May 29, 2020 were the good years in Oakland

[@MR.B1004.]

Every sports team is leaving Oakland the Raiders, Warriors and soon the A's!

[@jjgalletta66]

Crap teams, anyway. Good riddance.

[@MR.B1004.]

@@jjgalletta66 You just said good riddance to how many jobs?

[@sebbonxxsebbon6824]

Jobs? Lazy m'fers won't work.

[@568843daw]

Sports teams are not a boon for any community that hosts them. The only ones to profit from Pro Teams are the Pro Teams. However, when manufacturers leave a city, that is when the City starts to die. Look at San Bernardino, San Francisco, Sacramento. All are hell holes now.

[@bryceford7969]

@@568843daw Yeah all those cities are fine lmao.

[@Doty6String]

In a city of + $600,000 homes there should be plenty of property tax income. I call insane corruption where has the money gone?!?

[@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese]

Property taxes are a scam

[@hiddenname9809]

Most likely for social services. Maybe for giving drugs and syringes to the homeless, etc etc.

[@truther001]

Proposition 13

[@chuckchan4127]

Wrong question. Ask: "How is the tax money being spent?"

[@warrenschrader7481]

Prop 13. It's the main reason for our housing crisis

[@thegasstationofficial4285]

How’s is it that the city is 54 million in debt but pay one basketball player that amount a year?

[@mland40]

???????

[@DefSquadFan]

The city doesn't pay the Warriors salaries. 😊

[@Stinkinbadgez]

Come on. This city has been a death trap for decades. Have avoided this city since the 60s

[@imaplayjason]

You missed the championship A’s Raiders and most recently Warriors it was off the chain mane

[@JohnSmith-ux3tt]

63% said they were unhappy, and 100% will vote Democrat next time.

[@KeithRowell-l7j]

That's why.100 percent for worthless democrats. That's is the problem

[@changingoftheguard7256]

🔥🔥🔥The ARSONIST IN CHIEF 🔥🔥🔥

[@timchikun]

as if the other ones would make any difference

[@boxcarwillie167]

You really cant fix stupid!

[@dashforcash6555]

Gotta get those reparations.

[@Shaggydude2]

I lived in Oakland for 15yrs, I sold my house in 07 after the riot that took place when the Raiders lost the super bowl. It was a powder keg then and is even worse today. I had a service route for the largest security company, I saw violence on daily basis. It was a lawless environment, and law enforcement were helpless to do anything about it. That was 17yrs ago, its only gotten worse if you can imagine that. Socialist democratic rule always destroys towns when its voted in, Oakland is just one example of destroyed cities across the nation.

[@karenl.1695]

Separately living ! I used to live there in 1975. I used to support MLK Not support his dream. Failed prefer to live in a safe area they call us racism

[@KingKhufu14]

​@@karenl.1695 😂 I would agree. But your whole comment gives me a headache. 😂 😅

[@durtylyfeeso7889]

Go back to Europe

[@Kaesemesser0815]

How...? I mean, it should be obvious that not punishing criminals leads to more crime.

[@RJ-og3cu]

well over 60% of the criminals are black, and when you punish the criminals you are considered racist

[@matthewfusaro2590]

It's the economy, not the lack of law enforcement.

[@Kaesemesser0815]

@@matthewfusaro2590 OK, so the businesses just decided to go away for no reason?

[@krikeydial3430]

@@matthewfusaro2590 The economy suffers when you let everyone shoplift. It is obvious that progressives ruin everything.

[@tim4570]

@@matthewfusaro2590No one said lack of law enforcement personnel. Just the decriminalization of theft. It’s definitely not law enforcement, if you take out any laws against crimes.

[@kennethjohnson2967]

What happened to Oakland , the same thing that happened to San Francisco ! Nancy Pelosi , Diane F . and Gavin Newsome !

[@CherylDavis321]

And Maxine Waters!! James Brown!

[@hrpickinstuff]

You can add Eric Swallwell to the $#!t list

[@djlovelyjoe7453]

Kamala Harris is from Oakland, became San Francisco DA (under former Mayor Brown) before running for Senate.

[@richardmoore2124]

This is what voting for democraps gets you!

[@NONETHELESS213]

Soon America will look like that

[@tuber6382]

Has a lot to do with Oakland demographics

[@karelglasner2673]

Culture? 😂

[@cassinic370]

Wrong ! its is and always been this way because of the progressive liberal democrats.

[@crowman5936]

More like it looks like a Tarzan movie.@@karelglasner2673

[@AuroraBoarder1]

@@karelglasner2673 - uh - what culture?

[@JdeC1994]

Just like Detroit, Baltimore, Memphis, Newark, New Orleans, St. Louis, East St. Louis, Cleveland, K.C., D.C., Philadelphia, Little Rock, Milwaukee, Gary, Mobile, Jackson, Camden, Birmingham, Flint, Louisville, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Buffalo, etc.

[@Inkling777]

I'm old enough to remember when California was considered the "golden state." That quit being true long ago. Worse still, the state seems to lack the will to make the necessary changes.

[@howellwong11]

Yeh, that was before 1970. I left the LA area in the early 70's. I saw the handwriting on the wall.

[@GEREIKAT]

You're probably the youngest person in this comment section.

[@garybulwinkle82]

Back in the sixties, the state was conservative, and we didn't even lock our doors!!! Now the state has turned completely liberal, and I moved the hell out of there!!! The problem is LIBERALISM!!!

[@TheShrededward]

Oakland has been a hell hole since at least the 70s. Crack really tore it to hell in the 80s, and then things got even worse.

[@jdos5643]

And the majority of ppl there are uneducated school drop outs who end up letting rap music influence their lives

[@harlanparkerjr1809]

That’s my hometown and birthplace. Smd

[@MyKeeP81]

it actually was getting nice in the early 2010s but the politics just ruined the place

[@davidsimon1324]

Yeah, but Joe Biden and the Democrat party have raised it to a much higher level of crime and drugs in just the last couple of years.

[@theheartbreakkid3664]

@@harlanparkerjr1809and it’s a 3rd world country

[@jb_makesgames2264]

Good Video - I live in Toronto Canada and many of Oakland's stats are starting to show up here. It is sad very sad. Unfortuantly our politicians don't have the guts to make difficult and unpleasant decisions.

[@stevenweiss2148]

I know a friend who said he got a job as a tailgunner on a oakland public school bus

[@danielji2742]

:)

[@joecottrell5488]

Almost fell out of my chair laughing.

[@randycoppola2069]

@@joecottrell5488 me too! great line!

[@marylouleeman591]

ha ha good one!

[@badlongon525]

63% of its residents say they are unhappy with how things are run in Oakland. That's still pretty low. 37% of the people are still ok with it.

[@PhuocNguyen-qm9uh]

Stop voting for democrats wtf

[@joe-tatothepotatobiden47]

Nah its less than 37%. Some of that 37% will be unsure or undecided.

[@munkymyk]

Most of that 37% are the criminals that like it the way it is.

[@badlongon525]

@@joe-tatothepotatobiden47 still doesn't move the needle, in my view.

[@baldeagle4710]

Oakland makes Haiti look like paradise

[@frederickkeeslar1761]

Lived in Michigan near Detroit and in California (Alameda) across from Oakland and they both have the same issue corruption and bad urban planning. The corruption is obvious and it transcends political party; Rick Snyder/Kwame Kilpatrick and Gavin Newsom/Sheng Thao are good examples. But the urban planning is the real issue, both cities are examples of mass suburbanization instead of a high density urban city. Hundreds of miles of suburbs, are hard to police and lead to dead zones. Meaning there's no one in the city at night, and there's no one in the suburbs during the day. Versus a urban dense city, that has a mixture of residences and businesses, there's always someone there who can call the cops. Both issues combined create the perfect storm.

[@arby2348]

What happened to Oakland? The democrats took over.

[@LE64SAM-IAM]

That was the result of the homie invasion at 1:50.

[@scalawag6878]

learn about demographics of the places you have questions about. your answers are clear!

[@mgentile7]

what happened..................da nizzzel invaded, whatcha thinkin??????????

[@flashnmb1]

Democrats handiwork; great progress emulating Third World Countries.

[@matthelm464]

@@flashnmb1 True

[@johnreed4503]

How it got ruined? It's called LIBERALISM!

[@geoffmcintosh3]

The correct term is collectivism. Basically populated by idiots and ruled by tyrants

[@williamryan9195]

Not really. It was Fentanyl and drug cartels which kicked off the misery. This is why don't allow illegal immigration, Narcotic sales or allow people to live like animals on the street and pretend you don't have the answers. FYI they are having the same issues in Red States as we speak. Gangs from Honduras,Mexico,fentanyl sales and addiction equal crime and social decay.Got to get the handle on it and keep the hammer down on these people,

[@ginogomez5401]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@rainbow1021]

100%

[@danielji2742]

no, it was blk folk

[@pyrho1]

I work in Downton Oakland, near the Clorox building. You can definitely see the impact of the pandemic in the nearby Civic Center area where all the office workers eat lunch, but it's not a ghost town. There's always plenty of white collar types hanging around, especially at lunch time. I walk around the area all the time and have never been accosted.

[@andyexplores1982]

Ton of work in this video. Great Job!

[@FredSherman-k7l]

One word. Demorats.

[@GCPCA-p5b]

I really don't care about CA & NY and I don't visit there anymore.

[@erikrichardgregory]

No, worse-PROGRESSIVES

[@LE64SAM-IAM]

The one word, here, is "homies" at 1:50. Since the 1989 quake, temporarily cutting it off from San Francisco... Currently, Oakland has 21.6%, as opposed to San Francisco's 5.7%.

[@RotiJohn-c3z]

honestly, the fact that tRump was president baffles me. He was, and still is, the laughingstock of the world

[@yerbiggdady7693]

... you are retarded ​@@RotiJohn-c3z

[@MegaVisten]

I've been looking for a new apartment here in the bay, when something in Oakland pops up I don't even bother looking at any of the specs. I simply wouldn't move to Oakland even if you paid me to.

[@garybulwinkle82]

Black!?

[@MegaVisten]

@@garybulwinkle82 ?

[@lucifriday6288]

Oakland was bad when I was a kid! Also, people in CA can steal up to $950 without consequences.

[@olepigeon]

Which is actually lower than the national average for Felony theft. Texas is up to $2500. The majority of states is about $1000 - $1200.

[@sandrafernandez1113]

Now March 2024 are collecting firms for a new prop. To lower the steel amount . Look for sign this prop.

[@maartena]

I have not even followed the details on Oakland..... but the fact that they basically lost ALL of their professional sports teams in a span of 5 years was a major sign that the city is not doing well. It is almost like Detroit or Cleveland in the 1980s......

[@TheWedabest]

One of the reasons why the teams left, who would pay for new areans and stadiums! The teams wanted the county and city (tax payers) to pay for it. Alameda county doesn't have that much money!

[@silverado2004]

​@@TheWedabest Ok.. Oklahoma just approved overwhelmingly for the OKC Thunder to get a new area to the tune of $900 million dollars..I can even give you a better one..The Governor of New York who is Democrat by the way signed into legislation a $850 million subsidey for the Buffalo Bills to get a new stadium..I guess when you got a government that steals money and that's corrupt nothing would never get done in Oakland..I used to be against public money for stadiums but seeing how much business Oklahoma City gets because of the Thunder then why not.. Oakland just isn't smart enough to do it..If you want to debate please feel free to do so cause yes loosing 3 pro sports teams in a 5 year span is not a good way to bring back business to this once beautiful city..

[@aceblades8679]

Funny they show only thing not looted is a bookstore

[@extec101]

63% are unhappy but keep voting as they always done to the party responsible for the chaos.

[@sethnmarshall]

Tell me how Oakland is worse than any small town in a red state? There is so much meth and fentanyl in red states that kindergartners are selling it.

[@TheWedabest]

Mississippi is the poorest state in the USA. They keep voting republican!

[@joe-tatothepotatobiden47]

​@@TheWedabestTheyre the poorest state but also has the lowest cost of living. Because they vote the way they do, they have the lowest prices in America. Theyre also the 10th lowest in violent crime. Youre leaving out the full context of the situation.

[@TheWedabest]

@joe-tatothepotatobiden47 their poor because they vote to be poor. Yeah, that explains republican voters! As of 2022, Mississippi is the third highest state in the union to receive federal aid! Seven out of ten states that receive the most in federal aid are red states! Red states pay the least amount but get the most in aid! Blue states pay the most to the federal government, but get the least amount in fed aid! Good job playing politics with empty slogans!

[@roboteen]

California has the most homeless in the country by a wide margin, with New York next… again by a wide margin. California has 27% of the homeless population despite being 12% of the total US population. You mention Mississippi but you’ve failed to mention that they have the lowest homeless population in America. They also place 34 for crime rate. while California, because of their laws, or lack thereof, are #5 on the list. Being poor doesn’t mean jack shit. The poorest in Mississippi none homeless, is far better off than californias working and homes population by a long shot.

[@brianclark4040]

Whoah 😮I lived in Berkeley and Oakland in the mid to late 90s….There were definitely sketchy areas but also areas that were pretty enjoyable. I guess I was lucky that my girlfriend and I were able to avoid problems with crime. Downtown back then at city center was still trying to rebound from the Loma Prieta quake. But there were descent restaurants and jazz clubs at Jack London Square. And the neighborhoods in the hills that burned in 91 were just starting to get rebuilt. I had mostly good times then. Lived near Lake Merritt and walked to work. Sad to hear my former home is not doing well.

[@arthurcohen9390]

The area near Coliseum and Arena have been bad for many decades. Remember years ago on the freeway instead of welcome to Oakland sign, said “Entering Oakland” like it’s a war zone or something.

[@jonw999999]

Now there's a giant sign as you enter from the airport that proclaims California as an abortion sanctuary

[@JamesPilkenton-se5cx]

Years ago I stayed at Motel 6 by Arena/Coliseum. Razor wires topped fences,armed guards, bullet proof glass in check in lobby.This was 2011. Long before pandemic

[@MrHatchiFuto86]

Went to Oakland for the first time a lil over a year now I e never seen so many broken into and abandoned cars littered everywhere run down mobile homes falling apart everywhere piles of garbage on like every corner so many vacant buildings and businesses tagged up and abandoned shit is like a dystopian movie

[@MikePoulson-qt1me]

Gavin would do this to the country if he could.

[@GL0697]

What about Arnold Schwarzenegger? His a$$ don't get a pass either!

[@harrynutz4550]

Agree

[@georgeburns7251]

This is not Gavin’s fault. This place was bad in the 60s. There was a reason then, and the same reason exist today. It is something you can never fix. It actually has to do with the lazy southern people who were to lazy to work their own spreads. Figure it out.

[@JoseHernandez-dd3mj]

Thanks Newson👍

[@Robert-eg2oy]

I can’t imagine why anyone would want to live in this cesspool called Oakland.

[@tedszweb5268]

I spent a year there in 2022 as my wife was a travel nurse. We looked around the Bay Area for housing & ended up on Alameda Island. It’s connected to Oakland by bridges & a tunnel. It is like night & day . Like crossing the border in Tijuana. When we were there it was virtually homeless & graffiti free. We saw a homeless set up near a post office & they were gone the next day. It was safe we didn’t worry about crime .

[@jimfesta8981]

My sister lives on Alameda Island, and it's starting to get worse. Cancer spreads.

[@tedszweb5268]

@@jimfesta8981 That’s a shame because it was an oasis in the desert.

[@jdos5643]

@@jimfesta8981cities are plagued like viruses. Gangs homeless druggies and theft. The same plague that afflicts and no one wants around.

[@olepigeon]

Because they forcibly removed the homeless, so they relocated to Oakland & San Francisco. Homeless will be homeless unless we get them mental health & drug treatment, and give them a roof over their heads. They don't just magically disappear because they're evicted from one particular area.

[@olepigeon]

@@jimfesta8981 They're not cancer. They human lives that need help. It's a solvable problem that Congress is unwilling to commit to. And I can't even entirely blame Congress. California's GDP is ridiculous, and could easily solve it if they'd grow some balls and tax corporations & Hollywood.

[@Nariethelle]

Was living in Oakland when they still had a Walmart , smh and everytime places would close me and my siblings always be like “This is why we can’t have nice things”

[@joechang8696]

I live in San Leandro in the 90's within sight of the (south) Oakland city border, commuting to Alameda. I was told under no circumstances should I drive to 98th Ave to get on 880, but rather drive south to Davis

[@tigerbalmespresso]

that is so true, literally worlds apart, even though 98th was the very next exit. You definitely lived there. Each exit gets much worse. Hegenberger is a third world exit.

[@Chuncy566]

I lived in san Leandro 67-69 it was a very nice place to live back then( pre earth quake) how is san Leandro now days?

[@568843daw]

Yes I was told that back in the 1970’s.

[@whitekony1006]

​@@Chuncy566my family has had roots in sl since the cherry orchard days. I was born in 93 and have noticed a steep decline,from being a teenager to now,for the older generations the difference is even worse. ive moved on but it seems like parts of my family will always be trapped in that city. Downtown is grotesque now,a buboe of oakland bursting in the heart of a once beautiful city. That washington shopping center where safeway is is basically unsafe for normal people,im frightened for my elderly aunt to shop there. The old Portuguese are dying off and being replaced with people who dont see their homes as being a part of the community. The city is building 3 stories of low income housing right next to bancroft middle school. My mothers car was stolen from her driveway,we live near downtown in what mightve once been considered a normal working class suburb....sad to say,san leandro is going all to hell.

[@GG2EZGG]

What's up mfer, did I find you on KZbin lmao ​@@whitekony1006

[@theL33Tm4ster]

love how much of the b roll shows sf when talking about oakland lol

[@lashurediscussion4970]

In my opinion, Oakland has always been bad, it’s just got worse.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

It was never bad until the late 1960s/ 1970s and leftist politics.

[@CSheri2]

I lived 3 streets back from Lake Merrit in 1974, it was very rough then. Couldn't wait to get transfered out.

[@redwatch1100]

You had a Dem mayor then, too.

[@jdos5643]

I’ve been to lake chalet restaurant it was lovely

[@MyKeeP81]

nice place@@jdos5643

[@Lululemonpants_]

I think every business needs to be a bookstore because apparently they’re not robbing them

[@FamilyPerez-k1n]

Oakland, California is now looks like fallout 4

[@Supernaut2000]

Up here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada we have a bizarre mayor and now we have a huge petition to 'recall' (fire) her. We won't let what happened to Oakland happen here. These elected officials should be put in jail if they cannot run a city and budget properly.

[@raymondsmith6797]

RIGHT!!!!

[@earlfithian2147]

Extremely high crime rate, 30% office vacancy rate, budget deficit increasing, failing infrastructure, and more businesses closing everyday, a public school system that is akin to daycare for criminals and YET median home sale price of $750K. Toto I don't think were in Kansas anymore.

[@mrmr-qx4jq]

😮

[@trivialinsignific]

oakland is a reflection of its residents

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

As is Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, etc. etc. etc.

[@raymondsmith6797]

RIGHT!!!!

[@sebastiaodavila9747]

Oakland is a reflection of DEMOCRAT policies.

[@barackobama9343]

1:50 THERE IT IS!!!!

[@freqenc]

5M dollar house, $2 view. Nuff said.

[@BedWetter707]

Look at the people in Oakland, that is why it is a dumpster fire.

[@garybulwinkle82]

Black!?

[@bidennyou1093]

There are many halfway houses for criminals got released from prisons.

[@ribaldi]

To be fair, stealing in SF is not counted as a crime if under $945 in value is stolen.

[@ladylove4087]

That's stupid why will people work as long as they can steal and get away with crimes .

[@andyfailla7182]

@@ladylove4087 they don't

[@joegoode1782]

Want the Crime to cease? Make the Punishment Unacceptable!

[@stevenbrown7193]

To be fair, it is a crime, it's called petty theft. But what does that have to do with the subject of this piece, which is Oakland.

[@raimundoferreira7626]

That's correct, but in addition the very same freeloader can do it several times per day and walk away from it Let's say the said freeloader takes $930 at 9am and goes on to the next target and adds $915 , and continued doing his job another 4 times , that SOB can sell his stolen stuff at 50% off and cash in $3K plus

[@haveraygunwilltravel]

Because the people who elected their government , received the government they wanted. Free stuff and no police.

[@TotallyActing]

A lady who lives there told us that people randomly stop infront of you in the street and block you from passing by and pull guns on you randomly just because.

[@vrado441]

Picture of US that is coming to most of America?

[@Starship007]

I grew up in the 60’s. I Loved California until I did not. Most of California has turned into mostly ghetto areas with small nice areas.

[@silk.1467]

I grew up in Oakland in the 60s as well, Hawthorn Elementary, Hamilton Jr. High, Fremont High, and Merritt Jr. College, the destruction began in the early 70s.

[@johnwallace6763]

Are we going to act like we don't know why crime is so bad..

[@MH-fb5kr]

oakland resident from 1966 to 1973… not an easy place to be even then

[@alexamartin3293]

Average house in Oakland $750,000 2 bedroom but mansions with millions exist, apartment rentals a studio $1,750 1 bedroom $2,250. Parking is an additional $100 or you're at high risk for broken out windows if your car is there in the morning. Welcome Home!!

[@shelleyhoward-davies3579]

Drugs, permissiveness, single parent families, and the normalization of crime activity. It’s taken decades to get to this and will take longer to dig out.

[@lisaperry5999]

There's many other issues but what u listed is true. Am Gen X grew up in a great Midwestern town. Divorces were rare. People ate together and talked. No cell phones. And people attended church. We respected teachers and parents too. Corporal punishment was used rarely

[@ma3stro681]

Single parent = single mother

[@phillipfessenden7705]

You couldnt pay me to live in Oakland. Worked in downtown for years. Its a shithole, city does literally nothing to clean up the trash and homelessness. Ive seen it all there. Bikes locked up on bike racks with tires stolen. News Paper machines stolen from ppl strapping chains to them and driving off. Male and Females shitting and pissing in the street broad day light.. Motorcycles doing donuts around cop cars and not even turning there lights on, People windows being smashed broad daylight. People having guns pulled on them. Drivers driving through red lights and stop signs as if nothing was there. And its only gotten worse, and i dont see how they will ever get better with out major change from top down not bottom up.

[@ralph5136]

Oakland has been a sh!thole for a long time thanks to the usual suspects

[@Brutuscomedy]

It's crazy to see a city lose all 3 sports teams.

[@Pthommie]

The powerful real estate industry is responsible for much of the exodus from California. Housing in the U.S. used to be considered a 'soft' investment because society considered affordable housing important for a healthy economy & vibrant communities. When, in the 1980s, housing began to be considered as an investment to get rich quick, rents soared & soon thereafter, sales of ordinary soared beyond the reach of most workers. Rather than blame the victims, a spectator sport popular in this nation, it's far more accurate to blame the economic system which essentially destroyed affordable housing in order to create a small class of investor capitalists bent on squeezing the last drop of financial blood for their victims. So the problem with 'ruined' Oakland is the same as found anywhere else in this declining nation: an economic system designed to enrich the few at the expense of the many.

[@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO]

That is nonsense (much of it). Are you advocating for Cultural Marxism/ Socialism? It never used to be like this. Liberal/ Leftist corrupt brainwashed Politics/ Politicians created this destruction of our society and the middle class. Capitalism is far from perfect to be sure. But we haven't had Capitalism or anything resembling it for more than a century. The Democrats have made housing and everything else completely unaffordable. They are bankrupting the middle class and working class. The Globalist Bankers have engineered TWO (unprecedented) Global Depressions in barely a decade, -one of them a Plandemic where there was I believe, (after thousands of hours of extensive research), no Novel Coronavirus. Yet the Democrat Politicians (as always) fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

[@donjohnson7189]

I can attest to the fact that Oakland has been a serious shythole for the last 40yrs so bad I left the bay area since Oakland crime has spread throughout the bay area........yup a real shythole🤨🤨

[@discoverglobeliving]

Great video! Thanks alot

[@kft4764]

The law is way too lax. It’s not a deterrent. There are penalties for breaking the law to discourage people from doing it. If the penalties don’t do that, then they need to be increased until they do. It’s not cruel or unusual, it’s necessary. That might mean sending people to jail for years for “minor” crimes, but if that’s what it takes then that’s what it takes. You don’t see robberies in countries with extreme penalties like losing a hand for theft.

[@gedstrom]

I lived in Oakland for about two-and-a-half years starting back in 1971. It was a great place to live back then. I am sad to see what it has become.

[@allanpeoples7410]

It's like a scene from 'Back To The Future II'.

[@princessmarlena1359]

“…although I can’t imagine HELL being much worse!”

[@boiivilla6327]

Yap...back to the future ...the second part....I love this movie...the best...second to the 10 commandments.

[@kadachiman7234]

City Officials...Homelessness has increased due to a lack of affordable housing....WOW...REALLY?...who would have thought that may be a factor.

[@superdukerandy]

I grew up in San Leandro. Oakland has always been a dump for the most part. High crime, drugs, liberal politics etc. No sympathy here...Oakland deserves what it's getting and what its lost.

[@TSE-One]

I was born and raised in Alameda Co, 10 mins south of Oakland and comparing now to 1990s...there was more options for things to do then, now nothing positive besides maybe a garden...thats about it.

[@Dick-m4u]

Getting the culture to accept other cultures ruined it. The culture that built and created it was lost to one that had never risen above tribalism , except as forced.

[@sarahgrace4768]

Blxxx…….

[@stevekim3217]

You don’t have to live in Oakland unless they are giving you free money. You don’t have to Trash your environment. You do need to live like people in a civilized society.

[@iangoddi]

I was stationed at NAS Alameda next to Oakland. You go eyes up in Oakland. Dangerous! (late 80's and early 90's)

[@GH-oi2jf]

I live in Oakland. One reason is ranked-choice voting. Our current mayor, whom many Oaklanders are hoping to recall, is in office only because of ranked-choice voting, the stupidest innovation in the electoral process in my lifetime.

[@jamesryan9671]

This falls on the democrat party of anti-Americans.

[@georgeburns7251]

Nope.. the cause is different. Look at the people there. Then you might understand. There is nothing democrats or republicans can do.

[@gilly20]

Let me guess, Lunatic Democrats were in charge. 😂❤

[@donaldmaxie5264]

Still are.

[@essaysd]

Sad to see it go downhill with more cities to come.

[@i.still.function3463]

I seriously believe it's gonna spread down south with San Leandro starting to become a shit hole

[@jonsevilla7510]

1:52 answered the question pretty much

[@l.ls.8890]

Oakland got there because of the amoral approach to life by many residents, the lack of moral terpetude by the leadership and politicians and the dissolution of law and order by the state.

[@mmtaraval]

lol. You’re an idiot of epic proportions

[@edwardharley9]

Hmmm... nice work. you completely avoiding naming the group responsible, but oh! you hinted quite well.

[@markjohnson4053]

I worked for the past 30 years in Oakland, so I am able to speak with personal knowledge. I also worked in redevelopment, so I have worked in many of the neighborhoods. The real issue is the loser leadership and tolerance for BS. Just look at the streets, look at the graffiti, disregard for traffic laws, etc. Heck, call the police and they won't show up. Now, look a couple hundred yards across the channel to Alameda. Where's the graffiti, dirt on the streets, crime, and all the rest? You won't see people speeding, running lights or stop signs. Why is that? Alameda has law and order and Oakland does not. The people of Oakland should not re-elect any of their officials. Start over and clean things up. Demand performance out of the department heads. P.S. Walmart left Oakland when they adopted a $15/hour minimum wage. That was the real reason.

[@raidersteve7274]

I heard that the Walmart on Hegenberger had 6 million shoplifted out of that store.

[@BabyBugBug]

That Walmart near the airport left because of rampant crime, thefts, and problems with people who would “hang out” in their parking lot. I remember it. I ALWAYS went to the Walmart in San Leandro, rarely ever the Oakland one.

[@CitiesByDiana]

Honestly, as someone who has lived in Oakland for almost my entire working adult life - no, it's not "ruined" BUT the root of every other problem in the city is the affordability. Fix that and crime drops, businesses return because residents can afford to spend money and less issues with homelessness and addiction. The cost of living is the #1 problem and it has always been.

[@flashgordon6468]

Fresno, Calif is affordable so why is there so much crime there too? reply please

[@scotthullinger4684]

Oakland California has rarely if ever been in a status which has not been "ruined."

[@568843daw]

That is not so. Oakland was a wonderful city to grow up in. The elders in my family loved that city. It was a safe place to raise a family in. This was before the 1950’s. During the late 50’s crime was beginning to be a problem. By the 1960’s drug use was up and more gangs formed to service the addicted human refuse of the city. Businesses moved out and the workers moved with them. On and on it has been spinning out of control until you have today’s cesspool.

[@scotthullinger4684]

@@568843daw - Is there something you don't understand about current-day Oakland? I don't think you understood my comment. Read it again.

[@aaronj2296]

Moved to Oakland in 2010, met my wife, started a family 2015 because Oakland had become an amazing safe fun family place. That all started to change in 2016, by 2019 it was visibly destroyed by liberal Democrat policy. Then the progressive policy began and it turned everything into a disaster. I moved my family out in 2021 and out of California. This was done on purpose in the matter of about 4 years, a perfectly executed plan to destroy a city.

[@Chuncy566]

Oakland was terrible even back in 1967 it just kept geting worse,I lived in san Leandro,it was nice back then,(pre earthquake) how is it now days? I Ben gone since 1969

[@lindadiaz3268]

You want to know what happened to Oakland, Gavin happen, rather than investing in Oakland he stuffed his own pockets, and flip the finger at every body

[@Tom-kg1gx]

WHAT HAPPENED TO OAKLAND? WELL DUH DUH DUH, DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST IS WHAT HAPPENED, A DEMOCRAT SOCIALIST IS ANOTHER TERM FOR A COMMUNIST ,,

[@paulxie1716]

i don't think so. commie China is a very secure country that you can even hang out freely after midnight.

[@ganrimmonim]

I'm a Brit in the UK and lived in Oakland back in 1989-90. Only for a year and I was only 11 but it seemed like a lovely place. Aside from a shooting at my school (nobody was killed) but a shooting anywhere nevermind at a school was eye opening for a Brit.

[@mrmr-qx4jq]

Cool bro glad you liked it! Yeah all these people are just conservative/racist clicking and commenting on this video just to strengthen and justify their hateful beliefs. They look for any video that talks bad about california. But you know the weather is lovely 😂

[@imaplayjason]

You seen the golden age I was seven in 89 loved my city and the Oakland A ‘s

[@legalizefreedom451]

Long way to say "there goes the neighborhood." We all know why it went to shit.

[@isabelcurd8628]

Help one another , pray for each other … keep the HOPE!

[@Menleah]

I went to visit my friend in Oakland recently (he lives in a nicer neighborhood). He was dropping me off during lunch time at the Amtrak train station, and when we arrived, right there in the parking lot there was a car engulfed in flames. About ten minutes later the car exploded. No one even came for a good forty five minutes. The train attendant later said it was probably a stolen car and that the criminals sometimes light them on fire. Also, during that trip, was pretty much bull-charged, out of the blue, by a psychotic homeless person for absolutely no reason. Again, broad daylight.

[@renesauser2456]

Oh.... but Klaus & Co love these things so much!

[@John-mf1vh]

Gentrification and immigration. Legal and especially illegal has helped ruin Oakland too.

[@isolinear9836]

Oakland used to be 97% White at the peak of its prosperity, low crime, high standard of living, clean, etc. But now.....

[@JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese]

Intergration

[@ArturoLuis-k3t]

Oakland was never 97% white, where you get your stats.

[@ArturoLuis-k3t]

Born in Alameda in 1957, Raised in Oakland went grade school, high school and JC college in Oakland. Work in Oakland and Berkeley. Always Whites, Blacks, Latinos and Asians in Oakland. So you say there was only 3% Blacks, Latinos, Asians in Oakland. In Oakland there is Chinatown with Asian businesses, Black Community with Businesses. Latino Community with businesses. You never lived in Oakland by your statement. Ronald Reagan destroyed Oakland!!!!!

[@brianclark4040]

When I left Oakland in 1999 the city population was nearly evenly split between whites, blacks, Latiné, and Asians . There was also an urban Indian population too. It is too simplistic to say that the city declined just because a certain demographic moved in to take advantage of jobs during WW2. There were also issues with deindustrialization and loss of blue collar jobs among other issues in the 60s and 70s. Crack hit hard in the 80s.

[@isolinear9836]

​@@brianclark4040 WTF are you people lying about? Oakland and Greater San Fransisco was built by ethnic Whites, from Spanish settlers to English merchantmen to Russian traders, etc. There were NO blacks, well into the 20th century! To any degree that there were any non-white minorities, they were Asian and Latino, and they never made up more than 5% until AFTER WW2 when Oakland had already been built into a great city. The historic Bridge system connecting San Fransisco with Oakland? Not a SINGLE I-beam, nor Excavation, nor Concrete Embedment, NOTHING was built by Black men, nor Asian, nor Latino. ALL of the creators were White. Built as the crowning achievement of a 1920s and 30s Oakland which was 97% White. Then 95% White in the 1940s (largely with so many White MEN Being sent to War, while their replacements staying safely in America were disproportionately non-White). Then 90% in the 1950s - not quite catastrophic yet, but crime and danger signals rising. Then the explosion of Black crime in the 60s and 70s, and the driving out of the White populace, collapsing to 60%! Black migration - and non-White takeover, coincides ONLY with Oakland's DOWNFALL from that height. Once among the top-ten cities to live in the World in the mid-20th century, it is now Majority Today, Whites are actually less than 30% of Oakland (And No, Arabs and Mexicans don't count as "White", even if the government claims it) Have fun trying to rewrite history - IT WON'T WORK.

[@jamesbuckingham8073]

Moved 6 years ago, zero regrets on all fronts

[@Cfgryu4658]

Whats happen in Oakland has happen all over California the cost of living and housing has made it unaffordable

[@samuelestigoy4219]

OAKLAND is the Place I Joined the Navy ❤

[@georgeburns7251]

At the Oakland Induction Center? Me too in 68