DYSTOPIAN Oakland: The Worst Run City In The USA? See For Yourself

I visited Oakland, California.
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[@mikeb3106]

Oakland is the perfect example of the “Broken Window Theory.” You allow the small crime to be tolerated and the big crime follows.

[@Dimythios]

SF. Chicago. Baltimore. NY. Oakland What do they have in Common? Progressive Mayors. Enough said.

[@benda777nba]

Wow and ppl are always conplaining about my small town but at least I can take my trash out at night😂

[@glennbourque111]

@@Dimythios Dude, don't blame it on the mayors. This is not a "one person" issue.

[@frankbergmanII]

@@glennbourque111 You absolutely can and should be critical of leadership, as well you should those voters who enabled them.

[@frankbergmanII]

The tough on crime response to this is going to be absolute and brutal, and not only accepted by the majority but demanded.

[@kevinhardin5484]

As someone who has lived and worked in Oakland, it is truly a garbage dump now. Don't blame the police when clearly the laws favor the scumbbag criminals.

[@messenoir804]

Same agenda in Chile

[@annt.7785]

I heard that in NY they fault the innocent person for defending themselves against nutbags 😂. This country just doesn't make sense anymore 😒😒.

[@user-xu1ol3pn1e]

The Democratic Party has gone full blown communist Socialist

[@sepperD3]

I wonder how long and how far it will go before people wise up and realize they are keeping these idiots in office,you can't look at these cities all over America ,our economy, and everything else is going good

[@J_h_420]

​​@@annt.7785 you probably beilieve everything youre told and what they show on. Tv like a good mindless sheep. Keep it up...

[@gjmbarusha6999]

You know it’s bad when a thriving business like In-N-Out picks up and leaves and cops are still in Crown Victorias.

[@adrukova1407]

Lol

[@knucklestheechidna5718]

I love the crown Victorias. Obviously unrelated I'm just a car guy

[@annabellesanchez8011]

It's not the cops fault. They can't do their job. You should know that by now

[@jfreeman1689]

The Crown Victoria police car is a prop. It sits there from time to time.

[@AlexGrateGaming]

As a Oakland resident of 35+ years I appreciate this video It wasn't sensationalized for clicks It was just a honest view of someone observing it unbiasely. Niiiiiiice.

[@donchoq]

I lived in Alameda and Lake Merit back in the 80's. Oakland was a working class town back then!

[@Jesus_is_LORD444]

I’m a white guy who was homeless and ended up in Oakland for a night. Found a black guy who took in me and we ate some homemade muffins and got high together. I was blessed to find such a nice man. He also stopped others from messing with me. I’m sober and homed now.

[@paulazajac9155]

Glad, happy you made it!

[@aaronwilliams6989]

I'm happy for you from another Black man.!

[@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050]

Was your butt sore?

[@julieann4616]

@@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050omg lol

[@willowufgood261]

Ok

[@boblatzer]

The really scary thing is that the government says everything is great.

[@thetr00per30]

they did this so of course they are gaslighting everyone.

[@StevieD1x]

FJB

[@jameshayden3952]

Politicians in Oakland don't shop at Walmart anyway, so no great loss.

[@mikeg3439]

"Leading the nation" is another thing they often say. It's just opposites day with California liberals.

[@walterwhite1]

They are so brain dead or just corrupt pick it?

[@matthewwilliams3827]

What gets me is the working girls were like “wtf? Cussing you out as if “you’re” the gross being. Hahaha. Gotta love it.

[@westcoastg4life]

At least they are putting in work

[@terry_willis]

One problem with Oakland gov't is nepotism. They keep hiring all their incompetent relatives.

[@jameshayden3952]

Not incompetent, straight up thieves.

[@phylliselizahb1041]

Like Cleveland, OH

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

Calif spend 17.5 BILLION annually on less than 200,000. Homeless. Someone is getting rich, and its NOT the homeless.

[@marcodarko6941]

How many mansions does governor gruesome have now.. There was an awful lot of money spent in San Franshthole just this past year to clean it all up for the democrats c c p owners to visit there and not have to see all that blight.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

@@marcodarko6941 There is a $1.2 billion budget for a three year effort to clean up California. The first hundred million or so was spent and 8700 people employed to clean up San Francisco in advance of the APEC summit/

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

hundred million or so was spent and 8700 people employed to clean up San Francisco in advance of the APEC summit/ ( visiting Chinese dignitaries...temporary, good impression)

[@davesbainrps6909]

Lot of hotdogs

[@mattroberts86]

You are a liar. About $20 billion in the last 5 years. Increase in homeless in California is less than half that of the national average. 5.8% vs 12%.

[@davidwelty9763]

This is what “criminal justice reform” looks like.

[@KamikazeJustice]

Just recently, four Walmarts closed down in Chicago because of shoplifting, and other crimes.

[@thecandyman9308]

Man the shots from the streets as the above-ground train passing over are straight out of an 80s Arnie or Sly dystopian sci-fi flick.

[@jameshayden3952]

Black Mad Max world.

[@karlchristensen6277]

You nailed this headline. Over 14,000 ABANDONED cars in 78 square miles; the third world city….City of Oakland. And companies in downtown telling employees “do not leave your building for lunch.”

[@Afterlife7377]

This is how the Chocolates like to live.

[@jeromefym9548]

@@Afterlife7377lmao theirs more white and Hispanics then blacks there but go off

[@Dills1995]

@@Afterlife7377 WOW! I mistakenly thought we were in the twenty first century.

[@Afterlife7377]

@@Dills1995 DNA doesn’t change

[@jongallardo8006]

We’re not. We live in a time where people don’t know what a women is.

[@valeriebrown7946]

I moved out of Oakland and never ever looked back. It was the worst place I'd ever lived in my life. Absolutely terrible and the people were equally as bad. The place is horrific.

[@marcodarko6941]

Hopefully you didn't take any bad voting habits with you that would turn your new location into the shthole you got had to get away from.

[@cindytrayer4279]

@Feather-yk8suyou nailed it- anything “blue” is a sh**hole

[@cindytrayer4279]

@Jamie-qg1iq left is left

[@mr.lonewolf1754]

I totally agree with you on that. I had left Oakland myself almost ten years ago because of the high crime and being robbed at gun point twice was the last straw for me that broke the camel's back. I never look back either and feel it was the best decision I made.

[@yosra3551]

Do not victim blame the person who left and reports on that. And definitely do not gaslight us into asking for this by 'voting' for it. If you still haven't realized the voting system is a total scam, and the shadow government is ushering in the New world order, than maybe do your homework first.

[@23561210]

GAVIN NEWSOM DID IT

[@leslielearnorth]

Oh it’s wayyyyyy deeper than that

[@EastLakeWatch]

That's only one of the bad Demon RAT, a lot more than that!

[@jameshayden3952]

That's his ticket to the Whitehouse.

[@johnjohnson2855]

Voters did it to themselves!!

[@ricardofierro7041]

Are you saying that Gavin Newsom threw All that trash all over town , then went around with cans of spray paint and painted all the graffiti ? WOW he is a very busy person. Plus it’s impossible. Basically people SHOW be more Proud of Their neighborhood and keep it presentable.

[@marcbenjamin9436]

I’m from Fresno and I drove through Oakland a year ago after taking a wrong exit. It was shocking even for someone used to Fresno.

[@susanne1756]

My granddaughters husband is a young police officer in this town, Oakland, Ca. He said it's the city government, and especially the mayor that is the problem. Police officers in the San Francisco bay area, where Oakland is, are understaffed. Not too many men and women want to be a police officer in these cities where crime is not punished by the court systems. The criminals are brought in, they go to court and are back out on the streets within days. I live 20 minutes from Oakland, these criminals are making their way into the more affluent cities near Oakland. I've lived here for 72 years, this is has become our worst nightmare ever.

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

The city could pay for the garbage to be cleaned up. Every where.

[@denniswaterman3982]

​@@user-ii3vn8tn3qCorrect. Newsom did it to clean up the Bay area when China was coming to town.

[@danieltracy7136]

When I lived in Fremont, I noticed a lot of burglary suspects arrested there were from Oakland. They would hit neighborhoods, businesses, and parking lots with easy access off of 880 and 680

[@healthyone100]

Its all by design, the liberals are taking down the country they hate freedom they rule of law, the constitution, they want to be in total control and they are not going to stop until they do!

[@Baebon6259]

San Jose and Fremont are feeling the heat. I guess...voting does matter.

[@krl8814]

Home Depot in Oakland hires two official Oakland PD to stand out the door to stop robberies they are like the only people that can stop a shoplifter

[@user-uj5kn6co5q]

Sometimes not as the DA will not prosecute arrested murders but sends them to counseling classes.

[@user-no8ol4rl4w]

Mr. President we need you back 🙏

[@beancount61]

3rd generation Oaklander and I work there when I'm not working from home. My grandparents moved to Oakland in the 1920's. My company has several office buildings downtown within a few blocks of each other and we are told not to walk between the buildings because it is so dangerous. We have to have a security guard drive us between the buildings. We are also discouraged from parking on the street or going to a restaurant to eat. In the late 80's crime in Oakland got really bad due to the crack cocaine epidemic. I was determined to get away from Oakland back then. I think Oakland improved in the 1990's with tougher crime laws, but then the police got defunded after the Riders scandal in 2001. I got an offer I couldn't refuse to come back to work in Oakland in 2008. There were regular protests shutting down downtown starting with Occupy Wall Street and the Oscar Grant shooting. It really went downhill after COVID because so many employees are now working from home.

[@Danny-ps9fd]

complete juxtaposition to san jose. Im born and raised in san jose and work in commercial real estate in the the lower peninsula. What's funny is that Oakland has one of the highest if not the highest property taxes in the CSA. Part of the composite tax rate includes a "violent crimes prevention" tax... The crappyness spreads to neighboring cities and it reflects on real estate prices and rents. Year over year rents in the city dropped 10% and its continuing to drop.

[@JD-mh9rl]

The Warriors left there a few years ago. The Raiders followed suit and now the A’s are the last to go. No professional sports teams left here.

[@markhall6306]

Stop voting Democrat

[@JulianShannon-xl4zc]

Why isn’t the crime reported there ? This looks worst then Detroit in the early 2000s. Yet Oakland isn’t in the most dangerous city list for 2024 how ??

[@louiscypher4186]

@@JulianShannon-xl4zc Crime isn't reported because nobody cares.

[@midcenturymodern9330]

Who would go to Oakland to watch them anyway? The Oakland Coliseum is falling apart. It's a like a tribute to the falling city. Quite fitting, actually!

[@user-uo7fw5bo1o]

The Warriors was the perfect name for an Oakland professional sports team, considering a movie of the same name that was about one gang pursued overnight through New York City by other gangs was made in 1977 and released in 1979. I actually got to see it in the cinema!

[@jerroldjennymichaudzhenmic3966]

Having grown up in the area I think I can provide some historical perspective. The West Oakland area is primarily non residential industrial area. It appears most of the businesses in the area have been abandoned, most likely due to sky high leases. Obviously this created an empty no man’s land where poor folks are taking advantage of the empty spaces and creating their own shelters. I think the poverty numbers cited are no accurate because a lot of the poor live off the grid and their lack of income is not reported. The main problem with the SF Bay Area is that during WW2 vast numbers of laborers from the south were brought in to work in the shipyards and munitions factories. Once those war jobs disappeared those folks were housed in essentially low cost military housing and were relegated to low wage jobs. But the cities were OK as long as you stayed away from those low cost housing areas that essentially became ghettos. In the 60s, 70s and 80s most of that housing was condemned and removed leaving large numbers of low wage families struggling to find housing. The dichotomy that you see in an area with most good jobs requiring high education and those educated folks making good money, driving up property values and the cost of living. And then an even larger population of uneducated families that are stuck in a place where there is little to no industrial jobs for the uneducated workforce. The end result is areas of squalor with high crime juxtaposed against areas of relative opulence and high living. It gets worse every year, It is easy to blame the politicians but any solutions to the problems will require drastic action like government subsidized industry and eminent domain actions to remove blighted areas. There is no political appetite for those kind of solutions so folks will just continue to wring their hands and call for more and more police.

[@hadlee189]

As the years have gone by, you're right, a lot of those companies that were in West Oakland have closed down, like Mothers Cookies, & Nabisco. And the workplaces/companies were abandoned. The problem with SF/Oakland/San Jose, & San Jose to a lesser point. Is Drug Addiction, Mental Illness, & the working poor. The Drug Addicted, Homeless, Mental Illness, & the working Poor are a Major Problem in the Bay Area. Then we have people from other states, & cities from within California that come to the Bay Area, because of cheap drugs, & both Oakland, & SF, pay these people to live here?! They do not have to be a resident of SF/Oakland, or California for that matter. Although I see that coming to an end soon. Another problem is lack of Policemen, & the criminals know this.

[@user-fh6gt2gz1i]

Of the hundreds of comments I’ve ever read, on any topic, this is thee most accurate and dispassionate analysis I’ve ever encountered . Sadly, it will go overlooked and under read by the dopamine fiend’s prowling the splinter net.

[@user-fh6gt2gz1i]

@jerroldjm etc.

[@lanpartyanimal5215]

Yes and no. Allowing the crime to have little or no consequence IS the Government of Oakland and Alameda County's fault and responsibility! They own it and until this changes nothing else anyone does will matter at all...

[@georgeburns7251]

It has a lot to do with the culture of the predominant population that settled there since WW2. It is the same for all high crime rate cities all over the US. THE CULTURE BLAMES THEIR PLIGHT on white privileged people.

[@johnmcglinchy6746]

Very sad My father was born in Oakland in 1929 his mother watched San Francisco burn from the roof of their Oakland home in 1906. A home they bought in 1930 is still in the family, but it's in the Rockridge district. Amazing how lack of police who make $300k. The mayor made a mistake firing the police Chief he was born and raised seemed like a good guy

[@ibbetn1]

How does a city lose three sports teams and an In And Out Burger in five years? Run it like Oakland, that’s how.

[@lefkytheshin]

The 13% came in and did their thing, that's how.

[@bobc.7958]

Our company no longer acceps jobs in Oakland. After the loss of a service truck and an employee beaten up and in the hospital, none of our crews will work there. The last project was near the former Dennys you showed. We had to hire private security to protect the job site. Each evening, 100% of our equipment was hauled away. If we didn't, it would be gone/looted/burned by morning.

[@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS]

What’s your company bruh?

[@gnericnuser]

@@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS applewood landscaping ask for Tig 😂

[@mrseaweed5587]

San Francisco isnt much better...My Door contractor had their work truck stolen on Franklin St. Daytime theft. took the truck to you know where????? OPD couldnt care less.. I spend quite a bit of money just painting over grafitti because its not a crime????? SF will fine me for not painting over it. Everything is backwards now......go figure.

[@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS]

@@gnericnuser lol

[@SandorVitez]

BTM

[@alangrund5031]

Another place not to get a flat tire. You're a brave man.

[@davidthompson3415]

Homelessness is a big money maker so it is always encouraged by city officials. Just follow up money and it always ends with taxpayers dollars in the pockets of politicians 😢

[@dansuperbee3321]

Me and a buddy in 1987 accidently drove through a bad part of Oakland heading for the Navy base, no one believed me that there was a school in a dirt parking lot with the flyover as a roof for the school. Then adding to that, drunks in the gutter across the road. I can only imagine how bad it is today.

[@scottbullock3045]

California has this more than any other state. Despite having a job, you still sleep in your car at night. $913,000 for a shoebox to live in so good luck affording rent. Forget about a mortgage! Any NFL fans out there wondering why the Raiders bounced for Vegas 3 seasons ago.😢

[@sheryljeanne]

In a crap hole like that. Home values are are about 90 percent more then they are worth. The city is worth nothing

[@annt.7785]

$913,000 for a shoebox 😂😂😂, hilarious but true.

[@daviddesmond2143]

Somebody making $35 an hour working 40 hours a week can't afford an apartment.

[@michaelellringer5600]

And you well know the Nimby's in Oakland are partly to blame. There's NImby's all over the entire Bay area.

[@hansolo189-6]

This is true I live in the Bay Area

[@trentdawg2832]

@@michaelellringer5600 what is a nimby’??

[@jennifertarin4707]

​@trentdawg2832 it stands for Not in My Back Yard and generally refers to people who block progress because it affects them negatively or so they seem to think. They have blocked mass transit in Bevey Hills and NYC, blocked multi use buildings from being built, hlising from being built in "nice neighborhoods ", etc..

[@AuntieMamies]

​@@michaelellringer5600💯💯💯

[@timrhoads3117]

We have a Fox Theater here in Spokane Washington. Built in 1926 and restored to its glory in 1998 . It has once again become a downtown jewel.

[@geraldmartin7703]

I was in Oakland, briefly, when I was in the Army five decades ago. Surprised at city street after street with no people out in broad daylight.

[@Fitinfifties]

The thing you notice about any city in California are the junky RV’s lined up on every curb.

[@marks2997]

I had a chat with an Aussie who visited last year. Very fair minded guy - he said he couldn’t believe the changes for the worse compared to his prior visit.

[@Jigsjigz]

im from london uk, ive been out to the us alot past 25ish years... been to cali 3 times each time it got worse and worse... Ive seen what the left has done everywhere...

[@zoidmo3388]

@@Jigsjigz Oakland Mayor a demorat..just saying. 🤫

[@FourKingAwwSum]

I'm in total support of Oakland and what they've voted for. It warms my soul to see blue cities and states get what they deserve. Also, good move In-N-Out.

[@davidbartlett8920]

@@FourKingAwwSum, perhaps it's time for blue states to stop subsidizing red states and let them sink on their own.

[@ArtificialFertilizer]

@@FourKingAwwSum Of course, they deserve the worst because they didn't vote on your favourite party. Such an idiotic way of thinking, my god. Also - it's not like the places voting red aren't affected by increased crime (e.g. Jacksonville), just big cities mostly don't vote conservative.

[@Alex-pr6zv]

Smart safety move doing your tour of Oakland's finest attractions nice and early in the morning. Try that at night, and you're liable to get jacked or even worse.

[@marivega3294]

I worked in Oakland by The Claremont Hills for a few months before my company moved to San leandro. I would go for walks during my lunch and I never had anything happen. That area wasn't too bad but I know the rest of it isn't as nice. On my drive through Downtown Oakland from San Leandro I do see a shanty town on the side of the freeway My dad also works in Oakland for Waste Management and he sees things beyond belief LOL

[@paulturner1535]

Irresponsible government management.

[@travisadams4470]

That and irresponsible voters!

[@michaelellringer5600]

Yes, it would help to silence the anti-development Nimby's in Oakland!

[@rickreese5794]

Cali is done 😩🤮🤷🏿‍♂️

[@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS]

@@rickreese5794 yeah because one bad city represents the whole state, do you know how large California is?

[@rinzler9775]

Votes produce outcomes.

[@didbiddy3480]

Glad you got the footage and made it out safe man!! Safe travels!

[@bobbyjohnson6355]

Looks like Haiti

[@leslielearnorth]

Yeah and if you follow the tracks you’ll see the authors of Haiti- effin Clinton’s. The slime exuding from Hillary I’d you loook reaaal close is so obvious. The info is out there folks. We are responsible to investigate

[@markknowlton7128]

As do the residents of Oakland.

[@jameshayden3952]

Clinton Foundation on the way!

[@annt.7785]

And many parts of France and Italy 😂😂.

[@sylviathompson100]

It doesn’t look like Haiti Don’t exaggerate.

[@Damiens_music_studio]

They need a governor and mayor with huge balls like the guy who made no apologies for cleaning the MS13 gang! This is all so disgusting and traumatizing for the public both criminals and ordinary people.

[@bigb6046]

My aunt, uncle and cousin left Oakland 30 years ago because it was getting bad. I can't imagine what it is like now.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

When I was a young girl (in the 70s), we were driving though Oakland on our way home from a camping trip. The axle broke on the trailer. My Dad (who was deputy Sherriff) was super concerned, because it was bad way back then! It looks unimaginably bad now!

[@Swampster70]

It did get better for a while and pre-pandemic late 2010's it wasn't that bad. Post covid has been grim though, so it's probably back to where it was 30 years ago. Even Downtown is super sketchy now.

[@daveb7577]

It's terrible, awful, and a disaster. I went outside to walk down'the Whole Foods the other day and was beset upon by actual ZOMBIES! That's right, effing ZOMBIES! Luckily, they were the slow kind, like in the Walking Dead, not the fast ones that workout and can run fast, like in Zombieland and World War Z. Even so, holy cow, I was pretty scared. I ran back inside and locked the door before the undead could eat my brain. Or worse! Don't move to Oakland; and if you already live here, get out, quick! Don't worry, I'll take care of your place for you -- no charge. Just keep the utilities on so I can scare off the ZOMBIES!!

[@karlamckinney1374]

feels demonic

[@gatorgogo2742]

Horrible! Very nasty, very dangerous, very expensive! Why would a sane, reasonable human want to be there? The neighborhoods you drove thru were absolutely beautiful. It's such a shame the city is mismanaged. Thanks.

[@snorky4506]

because it's unbelievably nice here

[@auggie803]

These Demacrates ruin things all the time. They will do nothing to stop any kind of crime.It's who they are.

[@mattroberts86]

When exactly were the industrial areas next to the freeway beautiful?

[@Lora-G]

I live in Oakland. Been seeing the same homeless under the 580 fwy on 14th St and MacArthur since I moved here over ten years ago. Rep. Gallo couldn't get rid of him so supplied him with a porta potty. Why??? Why do homeless and thugs get a pass and taxpayers live in FEAR?

[@CarswithNash]

Shocking and sad! I really feel for the people in those beautiful homes that have to deal with being associated with all the trash in other parts of their city...

[@user-kv1hy3vu1k]

They should demand their mayor clean this up. IM sure they pay big taxes

[@robatsea2009]

Working girls at 9:30 in the morning? I guess the early bird really does get the worm! 😆

[@bayoumanbryan]

LOL

[@24LindseyTribett24]

Lmao 🤣

[@InJunoWeTrust]

Now I feel awful when I sleep in. Someone out there is always outworking you!

[@SaltySouthTexan]

Literal worm 🐛

[@Aieshoo]

Early bird gets worms.

[@overbanked]

From 1967 to 1976 Oakland had a NHL team (California Golden Seals). So at a point in history, Oakland had all four pro sports teams, and now they have none

[@chrismaik8681]

Loved the program. Ex pate from Alameda 44 years now in Texas loving it here but I try to keep tabs on Bay Area current events and you filled that check box nice. Peace

[@margaretwilliams9842]

yeah,, check out independent news reporter,, The Berkeley Scanner online, for an eye-opening experience of crime in Berkeley, not being reported by local news???

[@johnnyparker2128]

I used to live in Oakland. At one time it was great. Now, I’d rather live in Colma with the dead people. I can attest that the San Francisco Bay Area is still a great place to live but Oakland and my hometown of San Francisco have problems and the attempted solutions are not working.

[@lawrencelewis5800]

Just saw this...I was born and raised in Oakland, late 60's - 70's. It was a great place to grow up, yes there was crime, but not like today. The down turn was when factory jobs started to leave, then crack hit Oakland. Then all the military bases closed and on top it of that incompetent city leadership. Most people I've grown up with have left the city and /or state like I have. It's very sad what's become of Oakland.

[@Pitchithard]

We saw this 35 years ago. It was a movie called Escape from LA with Curt Russell as Snake Plisken . Nothing but a breakdown of morals , drugs alcohol and lawlessness. Next is SanFrancisco and New York.

[@jennifermiller7139]

No city in America should ever look like this 😢

[@electiangelus]

OMG you got to Oakland. Love your videos keep goin!

[@lowersaxon]

20 years ago I spent some time in Dominican Republic. Literally nowhere I saw anything comparable to this.

[@ScottyBennitone]

I mean Haiti is on the other side and just about the same.

[@StephenShawCanada]

@@ScottyBennitone Unfortunately Haiti is far, far worse. A totally corrupt government, no police to speak of and now, under control, of the gangs. Oakland hasn't reached that level.

[@ScottyBennitone]

@@StephenShawCanada Pretty sure some dude was caught in CA last week eating someones leg like a zombie. So no , not that far off.

[@ScottyBennitone]

And literally everything you said about Haiti can be said about Oakland.

[@jessiejoseph1093]

@@ScottyBennitone Yikes, I had to google it!

[@theswabbie30]

When I was a young 21-year-old sailor I used to hang out at the Black Saddle bar in Oakland. The place is so different now then then in 1963.

[@elbuggo]

Indeed! Cant even smoke indoor anymore!

[@SailorSam41]

Nice to read your post. I too was a sailor who hung out at the same Black Saddle from '63 - 65. There was a decent restaurant within walking distance called The Golden Bull if I remember right. Ate there a lot. Oakland always was a bit wild, liberty in Alameda was quieter if you could survive that mile long walk through that fume infested tunnel. This is "Sam" AO 3 from G division USS Midway presently age 81. Whoever you are thanks for the memories and I hope you're doing well.

[@theswabbie30]

"Ron" RM3 From OR Division USS Ranger CVA-61. Went on to spend 29yrs 9 months and 18 days before retirement from the USN @@SailorSam41

[@theswabbie30]

@@SailorSam41"Ron" also 81. RM3 in OR Division USS Ranger CVA-61.

[@SailorSam41]

@@theswabbie30 Just one word Ron, and I bet you'll be laughing out loud . . . "Olongapo." see, I'll bet you're smiling already. Leaving me thinking of those ice cold San Miguel's at the Acacia club, and pretty Bernandita who loved only me.

[@hartmutlorentzen9659]

For an European it’s interesting to see this American way of life.

[@annt.7785]

There's homelessness all over the world. For you to think this is how all 50 states are, in one country is very puzzling. For you to think that all of us are living among this, is very odd 😮‍💨😮‍💨.

[@sylviathompson100]

Where in Europe do you live? Because, a lot of places in Europe are pretty bad, A lot of homeless and druggies living in the street, like, Brighton seaside London,Birmingham , Jaywick E. London , West Bromwich, Greta Green, South Wales etc. etc. Moscow Germany pretty bad over there. So please don’t judge if you don’t know your own country, don’t forget drugs are all over the world. I am from the USA and I’m very proud to be an American, BTW my town is Beautiful and clean.

[@chicagomike]

This is not average American way of life.

[@ernst91]

Exactly why we should stop giving Europe money.

[@jj_k24]

I lived in Oakland for over 20 years and never seen it this bad. One of the reasons I left. Oakland City Council should be ashamed.

[@johnmaxwell4072]

$900k median house price to live amongst crime, filth and squalor. For the same price in my Gulf Coast town you can get 3000 sq ft waterfront property, totally tricked out w/ pool, boat dock, etc but for this price you can also include a nice fishing boat or pontoon boat, and a late model car. Low taxes and even lower crime rate.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

You are blessed (and smart)!!

[@Sean_Connery]

Ya the same jobs don't pay the same in your town that's why.

[@patrickt6540]

Enjoy while you can.The water is coming soon.

[@headleygrange6205]

Which "Gulf Coast"?

[@user-ci7vu7eo9w]

California dreaming is long gone

[@bonzey1171]

So glad I moved out of the east bay, Oakland crime spills out into the surrounding area and I was so tired of it

[@mpsieling]

I live in San Leandro which is just South of Oakland. I work for a local utility. So i see a LOT of Oakland almost every day. I drive through East Oakland every week. It IS definitely bad, a dystopia in many places. Leaders have failed. The constant hiring and firing of the police chiefs in Oakland is a joke. Each time they get fired they end up suing the city and often win large settlements. But I think we often give leaders more credit (or blame) than they really deserve. The main reason we have so much homelessness in the area and CA in general is because we have not built enough new housing. We have an incredibly high housing shortage not just in CA but the whole nation. And a lot of that has to do to resistance to development by the residents that are already there. Homeowners who are dug in often don't want more people moving in to 'their' town. And this isn't a fight between liberals and conservatives. Both sides do this. Some of these towns even invoke environmental laws to restrict any new building. They dont give a **** about the environment. They just don't want their property values to go down or to lose their parking. Then you have the 'environmental terrorists' that burn down new housing developments because that is somehow the 'radical' thing to do to solve homelessness. It's insanity. If you stop building new homes (or burning down the ones that are being built) the people will still keep coming. We need housing and citizens need to be more accepting of new development. It's the only we we'll get out of this crisis.

[@user-zo9dq6qc3c]

Me and my husband lived in Oakland for six months in the mid 70s. Fast forward x amount of years, my boyfriend and I drove to Alameda and stayed in a hotel to attend an antique show. We drove around and saw a side of Oakland that looked, in my view, like Lagos, Nigeria. The area we stayed in was ok, but it is evident that Oakland is going to hell fast.

[@lizinwisconsin6728]

This is so depressing. I don't know WHAT is happening to this country. I can only speculate it is due to political corruption. Greed and power. I was in Oakland in the early 80s and it was a decent city. So sad. I hope you enjoy Sacramento. Thanks again for your posts. Stay safe always!

[@or2ak]

Capitalism and greed.

[@lightningstrikes7314]

​@@or2akToo much welfare, taxes, restraints on business, social programmes, 'Big govt.' dragging on and stifling the economy.

[@BadChad52]

Tax theft and robbing the us citizens..its SO VERY BLATANT 😂

[@STEEZ-A-LEE]

@11:08 They started SNAPPIN on you 😂...HILARIOUS she said why you recording us-he said its 9 am

[@jayfloramusic]

I've been living in the SAn Francisco Bay area for almost 15 years now but never been to Oakland, have only heard horror stories about it.

[@pastorpatricia5014]

I’m from Sacramento, Ca. I live in North Carolina now. To see the decline and the influx of homeless is absolutely devastating. When you close a Walmart store, that speaks volume. The city used to be beautiful, Lake Merritt, downtown Oakland. If you’re going to Sacramento you should stop in Vallejo and Richmond.

[@Kunfucious577]

This is like the great depression. It’s amazing that all the government has to do is change the definition of a word and it disappears. It’s all over America.

[@23561210]

You VOTE for JOE BIDEN and GAVIN NEWSOM that is what HAPPENED TO YOU

[@garyssimo]

I was born there in 52 when it was safe and beautiful. 3 of my aunts thrived safely in East Oakland at one point.

[@650gurglinggorefeind]

I was an addict in the Bay area for years ran around all those areas the tenderloin as well 4 years clean and I'm glad to be out of it...🤘☕🚬

[@calgacusofcaledonia]

Embarrassing, and I don’t even live in California. I guess all normal people can do at this point is flee. Abandon what you can’t sell, and flee for your life.

[@gaylordfrancisco8928]

Sad to see Oakland's downfall. Happy to see you got out unscathed. Take care

[@nockee]

You act like riding around in Oakland in a car is an act of bravery. I have ridden my bicycle on similar routes and was not scared.

[@Errcyco]

lol it’s not like you die if you go there. If you mind your business and don’t flash you’re a tourist you’ll be fine. Oakland is a beautiful place underneath the superficial stuff. Met some of the coolest people in my life there and they were way cool. Just no money.. blame capitalism and the greed that comes with it. For every person that holds wealth and uses their wealth to get more and more.. thousands of not millions have to be poor. It is what it is. Greed is what did this.

[@SandorVitez]

Ooooooh never going back again

[@Thyalwaysseek]

Oakland's downfall is America's downfall.

[@KiddKoalaz]

There is definitely greed alright 👃

[@catlover614]

Very interesting and eye-opening, although there are some beautiful buildings downtown. The theatre is gorgeous ! Thanks for showing us around, Joe, much appreciated.❤

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Thank you CL!

[@stephencarey2601]

​@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Are you thinking of stopping through towns like Sausalito or Monterrey?

[@eggbirdtherooster]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Reprehensible and worrying images. This is the tragic fall and collapse of the western (woke) world. We experience the economical and cultural suicide here in Europe and the f*cking globalist cancerous tumor aka the European Union also for some time now.. 😒 btw, like the chill and relax way you narrating and edit your video’s my man. 👊🏼 p.s. Nice track @17:35 bro 😏

[@eggbirdtherooster]

@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Reprehensible and worrying images. This is the tragic fall and collapse of the western (woke) world. We experience the economical and cultural suicide here in Europe and the f*cking globalist cancerous tumor aka the European Union also for some time now.. 😒 btw, like the chill and relax way you narrating and edit your video’s my man. 👊🏼 p.s. Nice track @17:35 bro 😏 Shazam says The Veil by Beyond Valley.. but it’s a remix or edit if I may ask? :)

[@user-zx6lc3lo3k]

Well, I guess we should be congratulating the residents of Oakland. They are getting exactly what they wanted. After all they voted for this every chance they got.

[@danielschear556]

It's good to see folks getting what they voted for!👏🤗

[@beavis_loves_you]

So long as you don't actually punish criminals then you will continue to have this problem

[@SeventhSonofASeventhSon77]

Add to that, criminality is destined to be high with all worthwhile jobs getting shipped out of the state/country and all of the jobs that stay getting occupied by people coming from outside of the state/country.

[@peterb6282]

Please explain how'd you do that when California's prison population is 137.5% of designed capacity ?

[@peterb6282]

@@SeventhSonofASeventhSon77 The people doing these crimes have no interest in working!

[@richfranks9161]

The only criminal who needs to be severely punished is Gavin Newsom.

[@fishychips08]

​@@peterb6282Build more prisons.

[@bobdobalina838]

No, they probably steal the spray paint. 😅

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

😂

[@matthew1er]

It's called racking . They rack the paint lol "aka stealing

[@lefkytheshin]

@@matthew1er Oh, I guess "stealing" was deemed offensive. Don't want to offend the thugs, now, do we?

[@oledennis6918]

I grew up in Oakland. Lived there until around 1970. As a kids we road our bicycles all over the city without any thought of trouble. There was a creek running through our yard that terminated at Lake Merit. Can't even guess how many times we followed that creek down to the lake. And the other end of that creek originated in Mountainview Cemetery. We used to walk to the Fox theater downtown, about 6 miles from our childhood home. LOL. Preaching to the Oakland citizens is useless. One of my sisters still lives in CA, and she doesn't see how this happened. We live in Arizona now. And get lots of CA people moving here, I just pray they stop voting for the things that got CA in trouble. But so far, it seems the reason they left hasn't changed their voting habits. Thanks for the tour. You have confirmed the picture I had in my mind's eye. Now I wonder how or why anyone would go there without an armed security detail. We left the state and haven't looked back.

[@PacifierMusic]

Blame the community of people that live there. It doesn’t take much to throw your trash in a can and refrain from spray painting every structure. Blame the government for not holding them accountable for their crimes. Good people that live there are probably sick of it

[@brodielewis6150]

Thank you so much for showing this place I have lived in the Bay Area my whole life and it has never been this bad. It’s amazing what leadership has done to this city

[@nancyparker9986]

I agree ! All caused by the evil corrupt government!!!

[@jimfesta8981]

The potential for out of control crime is a constant. Good leadership just keeps it in check.

[@jayo9750]

It was worse in the 90s

[@marcodarko6941]

Did you vote for it.. if so then you have no one to blame but yourself.

[@jayo9750]

U must not have been around that long. Crime was way worse in the 80s/90s. Google the stats

[@lyndajones2029]

I worked at one of the large hospitals in Oakland for several years in the years between 2012-2019. I used to take bart and walk down MacArthur blvd to work. I was a Caucasian women and never felt afraid. I loved stoping at the restaurants to get food for lunch or to bring home. I now understand the employees are now requested not to Leave for lunch due to the many crimes against employees So sad.

[@CarShopping101]

Crime has completely spiraled out of control the last 3-4 years. People don't even bother calling Oakland PD for property crime, retail theft, car break ins b/c they don't bother responding to those crimes anymore after Gavin Newscum basically legalized any theft under $950.

[@dasker209w5]

So you was a Caucasian lady? What are you now?

[@jayo9750]

That was a weird hipster/gentrification trend time thats over now. Before that it was more like it is now. Its been on the top 10 dangerous list for 70 years

[@lycancatt4248]

this is my experience as well, i still have warehouse space on the alameda side but rarely go to other areas, it was a very different place even 5 years ago..

[@AnitaAnge]

Blm is wonderful

[@matthewwilliams3827]

Wow, looking at its position on the map you wouldn’t think it was like this at all. 😮

[@echoswaifu]

I grew up near there, my mom worked in Oakland and it wasnt perfect but it wasnt so terrible in the 80s and 90s and as the years have gone on its become dystopian. Shanty towns not just in Oakland but all over the Bay Area. Its surreal how fast the Bay Area fell into ruin

[@robertross804]

pretty bad when dennys closes after 50 years

[@Afterlife7377]

1,000 Shell stations are closing

[@rickysampson8759]

When Waffle House leaves you know it’s bad

[@richardmorris7063]

I guess Pawn Shops are the last to go.

[@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS]

@@rickysampson8759waffle house was never in Oakland or California in general

[@adrukova1407]

​@@Afterlife7377 damn😲 California's going down

[@edwardturner1282]

Great job Joe and Nic. The statistical inserts were well done in supporting the visuals.

[@user-xb4pg8zj1z]

Thank you Joe & Nic's Road Trip for filming and driving. I wonder if there are still nice towns in California?

[@margaretlynch1494]

🙋‍♀️❤️. Chicago's Tribune Tower also has bricks and stones from around the world!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

That’s right!

[@mikehatcher5533]

Your a brave man running around Oakland

[@RandyFelts2121]

Or maybe Joe has just lost his mind. :)

[@anthonyagudo208]

😅​@@RandyFelts2121

[@Tyr1e]

I said that at 11:11😅

[@235buz]

You're

[@grenzhochspannungshindernis]

thats a day time and hes in a car... wheres the bravery?

[@roberthendrickson6505]

Living in Denver I see a lot of this 🌻

[@gunshipgray4295]

As part of a flight crew we used to stay at the Hilton by the Oakland International airport…..and shop at the “new” shopping center where the In-n-Out was located……it was only built about 10 years ago….it was nice but was turning into a very dangerous place even before the Covid-19 debacle….I used to go to the Oakland Harley Davidson located near there…but I won’t go there anymore…it’s too dangerous…I wouldn’t let my crew go anywhere near that shopping center anymore. The same with the Shell gas station where we used to fill up our rental cars….dangerous…. or any restaurants in that area..and there were some well established historic good restaurants near the airport …….but the Marxist democrats have ruined Oakland and the whole state of California.

[@tram84mvp]

The soon to be permanently empty coliseum can be seen @ the 14:47 mark

[@Caliblonde31]

Those numbers are not accurate trust me! Poverty level is way MORE then reported. It's not what it seems.

[@user-sd6lt5cw8s]

Thank you for another great video. We appreciate all the homework you do to educate us on these cities!

[@tombkk1322]

Another very good video. Your style is really great.

[@matthewwilliams3827]

12:02 most dangerous gas station. Crazy that this particular shot looks like a nice postcard compared to the other footage, hahaha.

[@getsmart9987]

This is what the leadership of California want for all the big cities here. We Californians are being held captive to this, while paying top dollar for homes, property taxes, gas prices, food cost, etc, while getting nothing back. It’s nauseating, especially since the rhetoric of these leaders is they are sympathetic to the poor.

[@marksongbird7534]

They get what they vote for.

[@PapaHank1]

Like Joe said,who’s voting these people in? You lose 3 major sports teams and all their revenue. And Walmart moves out? They need a new sheriff in town and the National Guard.

[@getsmart9987]

It would appear that way, marksongbird, except no one I know vote for these people. That includes the many folks who would normally have, the voting system has many flaws. Just putting it out there.

[@vickyrumsey692]

Why don't you leave Ca.? I did long before it got worse than it was way back in the 70's!!!

[@kdevinturner8778]

1st time shame on city, 2nd-1000th time shame on voting citizens.

[@SVmathfarmer]

Please drive around Stockton and compare to Oakland. Stockton is pretty much the armpit of CA. Fresno is right up there as well. And we can’t forget about Bakersfield

[@Blah-tm4ii]

He has a Fresno video already. He's going to Sacramento next

[@karnubawax]

I know. The prices for housing in the central valley have just no connection to reality. Factored in versus the average income the housing is worse than Oakland.

[@SVmathfarmer]

@@Blah-tm4ii 👍

[@Darrylizer1]

Oakland might be the taint of CA.

[@catshepherd3102]

It’s not a recent development, I’m a Bay Area native and Oakland has always been a hotbed of crime. I was born in the ‘60s and I moved away in 2000. There were neighborhoods where you DID NOT GO after dark.

[@rogerserafin]

A city that I was once proud of has become a sad and horrible nightmare for me. Being a born Oakland native, it's hard to see this happened in a very short period of time (3.5-4.6 years). Crime just escalated so rapidly in the past year. Though, Oakland has had, and still have areas of high crime (East Oakland / Fruitvale District), it's gotten worse. Raised in East Oakland as a child, I find myself helpless even though I've helped in some of the community services that catered to the city of Oakland. Unfortunately......it isn't enough...

[@craigbrowning9448]

I believe that's (was) the only In-N-Out Burgers in Oakland, the next closest one is in Alameda off of Webster Street through the tube.

[@hotrodcharliemanous2445]

And yet they can all seem to be able to afford spray paint.

[@StephenShawCanada]

What makes you think they bought the spray paint??

[@essieessie5399]

and cigarettes, drugs and alcohol. All bought with our Tax $$

[@user-ii3vn8tn3q]

Stolen

[@lefkytheshin]

and $300 running shoes, and expensive cell phones. No one ever accused them of having their **** together.

[@Bugs11000]

This is completely insane. If all the stores are closing, where are these people going to go for groceries?

[@mutantryeff]

I used to live on 2nd Ave in Oakland in the late 60s. Huey Newton and the Black Panthers had the penthouse along Lake Merrit just about where you were taking those photos.

[@markrichards6863]

Oakland has always been poorly run, and it's a shame. The have much better weather than San Francisco, being that they are on the sunny side of the bay.

[@exeuropean]

Back inthe day when Brown was mayor it was pretty good. After that yes it went to hell.

[@m73a]

Ranked-choice voting (RCV) for mayor and city council members (starting in 2010) have made Oakland even more poorly run. We have as many renters as home owners here, so the policies represent the "progressives" that do not prioritize public safety or economic development. Oakland is in terrible shape today and I do not see any relief in sight -- even if our mayor and DA are recalled successfully. All this in spite of the fact that the weather here is among the best in the nation (almost as good as San Diego!).

[@michaelellringer5600]

It would help to silence the Nimby's. That Lake in Oakland, Merrit, just try and propose a new high rise around that lake! See how far that goes!

[@usedscar]

Yeah that's a heck of a nice piece of real estate that they are letting go to hell.

[@kbezier7484]

@@exeuropean Jerry Brown was mayor a few years after Three Strikes totally collapsed the crime rate in California in the mid 1990's. Not that many years before, late 1980's / early 1990's Oakland was even worse than it is now. Far more dangerous. Even places like the low teens on Telegraph downtown were rolling stops only at red lights in daytime due to risk of getting carjacked and most 880/680 offramps were into dont stop zone. Most of the flats were no go zones. Even worse than South Central LA at the time. Props 47/57 dismantled Three Strikes. Ranked voting and a DA who works for the gangs made the city ungovernable. The video shows the results.