Temescal, Lakeside, Adam's Point, Dimond District, much of Uptown, Jack London Square, some of Fruitvale, West Oakland has early gentrification, the Laurel District. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 45K subscribers in the racism community. 156K subscribers in the neoliberal community. They strangle the neighborhood past repair so the white folks can come in, "rescue" it, raise the rents, displace the people and reap the profits. 106K subscribers in the oakland community. 558K subscribers in the bayarea community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 89 votes, 35 comments. The crime rates are starting to fall (slightly). 54 votes, 40 comments. /r/SanJose will be going dark between 12-14th June in protest against Reddit's API changes which will kill 3rd party apps like Apollo, Reddit is Fun, and BaconReader. 109K subscribers in the oakland community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland This is a fantastic plan, it will help increase housing supply in Oakland significantly, and might finally get more people living in Oakland than just students, which is good for the health and future of Oakland in returning more to a neighborhood than just a college campus. We have seen the alternatives to gentrification fail for decades. It’s a double edged sword, with longtime residents, like myself, loving (or even hating) some of the new transit options, stores, or “new” neighborhoods sprouting up seemingly out of nowhere. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Gentrification is the wholesale pillaging of American cities by the 0. I thought it was a great choice to talk about gentrification and the Bay Area housing situation and change. Hayward has seen significant gentrification over the last few years. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Susie and others know there is a lot of Oakland. Please read the sidebar for more information. Open menu Open navigation Go to Reddit Home. All the best things to do, to see, and discuss in the San Francisco Bay Area! Gentrification isn’t purely a racial issue as there are instances where white people are both contributors and victims of gentrification, or where non-white people contribute to it as well. Literally watched more than 30% of Black & Brown residents ( renters and land owners ) leave the city. Bresnan, Patrick. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. But a real estate developer buying 30% of the houses in West Oakland, knocking everything down, and throwing up buildings with two or three times the previous max occupancy--that's the main issue. If we want more movies about Oakland, then we need to welcome all types of stories about Oakland, gentrification included. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 36 votes, 30 comments. Cool. 6M subscribers in the mildlyinfuriating community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 24K subscribers in the Pitt community. They been saying this for the past 25 years about Stockton, the waterfront got revitalized, an arena was built, but despite all of that they could not attract any major employers, and still can't. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland A subreddit dedicated to San José, California, the heart of the Silicon Valley. It isn't really reverse white flight or pushing out minorities either. There are other books I can recommend about bike lanes symbolizing gentrification 106K subscribers in the oakland community. 556K subscribers in the bayarea community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Without aggressive action on behalf of existing residents, gentrification will destroy the rich cultural fabric that Oakland — the most diverse city in the country — has always been so proud of having. No it's not just "supply and demand in action". R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 102K subscribers in the oakland community. 001%. That's Gentrification. 112K subscribers in the oakland community. 108K subscribers in the oakland community. But if you allow city development in an area in which you know low-income people will be priced out, assuming you want to improve your city, then you will need to make sure that the current I habitats can either keep li 105 votes, 50 comments. I can't understand anyone that is upset with all the positive change Oakland has had over the past 5+ years. I don't give a fuck if the people who've lived there for years can't afford it anymore. 8M subscribers in the hiphopheads community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Oakland homes were 340k 3 years ago, tripled during Covid, and if they drop from 990k back down to 650k, they still represent a cheaper option than other locations in the Bay for nice homes. Maybe West Oakland actually ISNT on the verge of gentrification Reply reply Oakland is HUGE, not all of Oakland looks like this, but this area has been deinvested in for the promise of future gentrification. Six key principles create a framework for the report’s policy recommendations: 22 votes, 18 comments. OPD stopped pulling people over and doing traffic stops bc of an incident that ended up killing 4 cops back in 2009. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Please, whoever you people are, keep moving to Oakland. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 57 votes, 26 comments. Someone buying a house in West Oakland and moving their family in isn't really indicative of gentrification. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland tale as old as time. ' *side eye* Also, you could just choose not to live in Oakland. Sep 18, 2018 · According to the Urban Displacement Project, large swaths of low-income neighborhoods in Berkeley and Oakland are vulnerable to gentrification: 93 percent of low-income neighborhoods in Oakland I always thought the gentrification of areas just outside of a downtown core such as Portland's pushed low-income, low rent, stastically more prone to crime as a result of a lack of education/income away from those areas. All the best things to do, to see, and discuss in the San Francisco Bay Area! 51 votes, 25 comments. 311 subscribers in the OaklandUncensored community. We must recognize and give a face to the vulnerable people who make up our city before it is too late and they are forced to leave. Berkeley is a reasonable alternative, close enough to Oakland to access what's good about Oakland culture, while having better movie theaters. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Im annoyed with the whole anti development thing from the chron food staff today. I try to focus on the class and economic side rather than the race side of gentrification but when you look at the demographic changes, the white population in West Oakland has the greatest percentage difference since 2010, far outpacing Asian and Latino. This is what Oakland and every American city needs - homeowners and builders who invest in, build in and live America's urban neighborhoods. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Posted by u/rokstar66 - 26 votes and 36 comments It's quite interesting how they go a complete circle with gentrification. Out with the old, in with the new! This sub is now for uncensored discussion of all… 25 votes, 16 comments. I love to learn about other cultures and spaces, that’s what makes Oakland so amazing. The only way Stockton will ch. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 308 subscribers in the OaklandUncensored community. That latest slide was in the 70's, and was exacerbated by the ill-advised urban renewal projects that helpful but ultimately cluesless do-gooders initiated. Idk tho. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Apr 29, 2014 · The 112-page document, prepared in collaboration with the Alameda County Public Health Department, goes beyond describing the public health implications of gentrification to proposing steps that cities like Oakland can take to stop displacement of historic residents. 24 votes, 13 comments. It’s something I’ve been wondering for a minute and would love an honest respectful conversation about it: Can one truly be… 111K subscribers in the oakland community. The argument that the movie is tired and focused on gentrification I think is unfair and just speaks to a lack of movies about Oakland. Gentrification is a challenging topic but it is t judt about developers. Oakland, and even large portions of SF, were gritty, low income, and crime ridden. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 29 votes, 44 comments. Yes, North Oakland, parts of West Oakland, and "around the Lake" are expensive and hard to move into, but there's a lot more to Oakland than that. 2008 and 2012 set off the current wave of Gentrification. Free trade, open borders, taco trucks on every corner. I'm not trying to stir up shit here, I'm genuinely confused about something. 103K subscribers in the oakland community. r/oakland A chip A close button A chip A close button 14 votes, 16 comments. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 31 votes, 22 comments. The who,e hive development took over empty, abandoned buildings. That would be dope. 332 subscribers in the OaklandUncensored community. The great irony is that this writer admitted to having moved to Oakland recently and having no point of reference for pre-gentrification Oakland. East Oakland is one of the last places in the Bay Area that’s affordable, that is the main reason people of any background buy here. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 110K subscribers in the oakland community. So again against gentrification doesn’t mean anti-new 2. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Various parts of Oakland have been all up and down in terms of wealth and success; parts of Oakland were at times very ritzy, and now are seen as down-at-the-heels. 14K subscribers in the OaklandFood community. 331 subscribers in the OaklandUncensored community. The problem with NYC/SF/Oakland-style gentrification is it forces people of modest means who built lives in NYC/SF/Oakland, when it wasn't very nice to live in these places, to walk away. Gentrification often occurs with good intentions, I'm not saying people who move in to gentrified areas are evil. Anyway, I liked how funny yet serious the movie was. The resulting rapid gentrification is a major culture shock for Oakland and it’s challenging the cultural identity of this town. Oakland is much better off with gentrification than to just leave large parts of it, as you said, blowin' goats. It's bad policy. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland I used to think that too until I started looking at comments lol don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of great ppl on Reddit, but when it comes to more political topics, like gentrification and police presence, the conservatives and ppl trying to be “different” come out of the wood works lol 105K subscribers in the oakland community. 102K subscribers in the oakland community. I am white, I live in the “hood”, I love my neighborhood, I love my neighbors and my neighbors love me. A player can go 3-4 months on a stipend in Indy and Mississippi, how far is that money going to go in Oakland where a single family house is $750k and raising? Much like I saw gentrification change the Bay Area, it is transforming Austin, and this film is an act of sustainability. Like it was okay for them to move to LA for their movie career, but heaven forbid anyone ever moving to Oakland. jugkfmghgug Gentrification is the only way to fix the bad areas. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not Fremont but it’s not the Hayward of the 90s or 2000s. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 25 votes, 11 comments. Widespread and unrestricted gentrification in the only way to revitalize these areas. What happens is that we have a housing supply shortage, so housing pricing everywhere gets inflated, so richer people start moving into previously working class neighborhoods, and then more expensive services start appearing to respond to the demand these richer people bring. 33M subscribers in the Music community. Plenty of east Asian, se Asians, Indians, and other minorities are in these gentrified areas. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Im nearing 30 years in Oakland, and there hasnt been a moment when West Oakland wasnt "on the verge" of gentrification. Open menu Get the Reddit app Scan this QR code to download the app now Apparently Deep East Oakland is the next center for gentrification due to sub $500k housing prices 106K subscribers in the oakland community. Racism is racism is racism. Hayward is significantly safer and nicer than Oakland. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland As person of wealth, I try to prevent more gentrification of Oakland where I can. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 34 votes, 50 comments. I moved to Oakland in 2010 and worked in uptown for nine years. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland It's so hard and dangerous to bike in East Oakland and unfortunately makes waaaay more sense to drive. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland It’s honestly ripe for transformation, if you can manage it without gentrifying the shit out of it. When I first moved to the Bay Area we would only come to Oakland for a few specific reasons. 117K subscribers in the oakland community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 46 votes, 68 comments. 24 votes, 63 comments. And for those ready to call it an ugly house I'd say they have a poor sense of what really is ugly and regrettable in our built As has been said in this thread, gentrification usually refers to a changing class culture in a neighborhood, with wealthier residents moving into a neighborhood and replacing the original culture with a sterilized version of it - nothing is “improved,” the neighborhood just has a wealthier culture [would cite an urban soc paper on this Hell, my parents weren’t native to Oakland but became a part of the community. It became a pain to go downtown just to shop when you can buy what you need at home. Oakland follows 2 social themes, the coach on his boomer kick complaining how soft players are, and that gentrification is really squeezing the team. 338 subscribers in the OaklandUncensored community. The latest music, videos & news relating to your favorite hip-hop, R&B & future beats artists. 100K subscribers in the oakland community. School Project. 577K subscribers in the bayarea community. I guess they'd prefer it to turn into Detroit as everyone leaves. Reddit's anti-racism community, a safe(r) space for People of Color and their supporters is closed… via VICE : Sarah Schulman, author of 'The Gentrification of the Mind' VICE: So, are artists gentrifiers? Sarah Schulman: No, I think that that's… Skip to main content. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland The idea that restaurants and such fuel gentrification is so stupid. There were also huge working and middle class sections in Oakland and SF that are disappearing as well. Out with the old, in with the new! This sub is now for uncensored discussion of all… DAE think it's hypocritical that the creators of Blindspotting (a series about gentrification and new people moving in) now live in Los Angeles. Maybe someday, these parasites praising gentrification will take some LSD and realize their entire life's work is a fucking sham, and that money is worthless in comparison to family and community. Everything food related in Oakland: restaurants, food shopping, pop-ups… 331 subscribers in the OaklandUncensored community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland. 563K subscribers in the bayarea community. Traffic is worse, homelessness and garbage is out of control, and communities are getting dismantled by gentrification, and the tech money that's coming in is spending it raising home prices and complaining on reddit, etc. I brought this up to my friend and they said it made them uncomfortable because it was giving gentrification vibes. 12 votes, 15 comments. Please… Posted by u/Asterope97 - No votes and 10 comments 949 subscribers in the gentrification community. Oakland has been a crime ridden cesspool for far too long. The goal of urban development should be to serve human needs, not to enrich corporate landlords and… Posted by u/Patterson9191717 - 10 votes and 2 comments Sep 10, 2021 · This is the largest decline of Black residents of any residential neighborhood in the entire East Bay and reveals that Northwest Oakland is ground zero for Black displacement and gentrification in the Bay Area. 546K subscribers in the bayarea community. The only reason why it often falls along racial lines is because of the long standing racial wealth gap. And I'm not even counting the neighborhoods that were always pretty fancy: Rockridge, Piedmont Ave, Montclair, etc. 113K subscribers in the oakland community. Real estate developers don't want to wait for 15 years for a neighborhood to gradually improve, go through its artsy raver phase, then middle class artist phase etc etc, they want to skip all the way to the last phase of gentrification. Writer also admits to never having entertained 'food gentrification' in their career ever before - so this is a bit of 'food writing gentrification. 32K subscribers in the eastbay community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland Sep 18, 2018 · From the Dubbs to Ice City, residents respond to the rapid changes in their neighborhoods, viewing gentrification as either a mechanism for displacement — or a financial opportunity. 104K subscribers in the oakland community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 229 votes, 120 comments. An unofficial community for the students and alumni of the University of Pittsburgh 296 votes, 20 comments. I have a question. “Gentrification Destroyed the San Fransico I Knew. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland This is not gentrification! This is a new house built on an empty lot. All the best things to do, to see, and discuss in the San Francisco Bay Area! Jun 18, 2020 · Nearly one-third of poor neighborhoods in Oakland and San Francisco experienced gentrification between 2013 and 2017, the highest rate in the country according to a new national study. If we could put another quarter-million people into places like Redwood City, Sunnyvale, Fremont, Richmond, and San Rafael, instead of clogging up under-connected smaller suburbs, we could go far as a region. Out with the old, in with the new! This sub is now for uncensored discussion of all… 107K subscribers in the oakland community. I think a lot of people have predetermined ideas of Hayward that aren’t true anymore. Most people wouldn’t hang out or bar hop after 10. r/Music — Reddit’s #1 Music Community — “Life is a song, love is the music. The short of it is, in our context, these gentrification-folks are "supposed" to go to the suburbs. They have wanted to fix the areas for decades, but they fight gentrification. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 29 votes, 19 comments. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland I’m wondering if anyone knows about this. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland I've had cars broken into twice during visits to Oakland, and my experience has been the Oakland PD dispatchers were clearly trying to discourage me from reporting it as a crime. 116K subscribers in the oakland community. They would emphasize how it would take two hours or more for an officer to arrive at the scene, or how they weren't likely to catch anyone. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 38 votes, 13 comments. It's interesting that even today, we can see a lot of the negatives with gentrification. Out with the old, in with the new! This sub is now for uncensored discussion of all… Artificial gentrification (or hyper-gentrification) is a nasty, nasty business but it's how it goes nowadays. 579K subscribers in the bayarea community. Out with the old, in with the new! This sub is now for uncensored discussion of all… 46 votes, 104 comments. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 19 votes, 15 comments. So, we have spent decades on both areas with non-gentrification fix programs and NOTHING has actually worked. 32 votes, 24 comments. second, residents ask "why do we need bike lanes? What we need is schools, libraries, jobs, grocery stores,etc etc". East Oakland is my home and I don’t think I’ll ever leave. All the best things to do, to see, and discuss in the San Francisco Bay Area! Gentrification has displaced Black & Brown native Oaklanders from (edit) pre2009-2021 and counting. There's more fog, but the city's so far gone that gentrification isnt really an issue (or at least not as much as Oakland). R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 24 votes, 16 comments. The Bay could use a few more Oaklands - good-sized, lively towns, with real nightlife and lots of public transit. Out with the old, in with the new! This sub is now for uncensored discussion of all… 108K subscribers in the oakland community. But when you see people being pushed out and places changing for incoming folks who aren’t here you will feel a way. people don’t go to malls anymore and that particular mall had been struggling for years. I think they started in similar places and while Oakland's change is moving more towards gentrification, Detroit's change is working more towards depression. Northeastern recently bought Mills college (a womens liberal arts college in Oakland with a 91% acceptance rate). I will be blunt and say it: there are still plenty of poor people and Oakland is still a majority of color. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 12 votes, 19 comments. I park in bike lanes, dump trash out of my car window, dump motor oil in Lake Merrit, throw bricks through store windows, piss in the BART elevators, and punch old ladies in Chinatown. ” 6. I went to an APTP meeting (an organizing body of… Just look at parts of Oakland and DTSJ. Out with the old, in with the new! This sub is now for uncensored discussion of all… 109K subscribers in the oakland community. From what my friend told me (ex wife was an OPD officer), there are 35 officers staffed per shift throughout Oakland bc they’re so understaffed. All the best things to do, to see, and discuss in the San Francisco Bay Area! 34 votes, 58 comments. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 39 votes, 13 comments. 107K subscribers in the oakland community. Just my local 2 cents. Government comes in, condemns a land as blighted, then seizes that land for government use. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 20 votes, 24 comments. The East Bay is the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area and includes cities along the eastern… 106K subscribers in the oakland community. R/Oakland - for and about Oakland 108K subscribers in the oakland community. Detroit has a few neighborhoods (which national news likes to focus on) that are getting economically stronger (aka more white/gentrified), but nothing like the change in Oakland. With gentrification comes the displacement of many black families. Logan is a walkable neighborhood close to downtown and is a textbook example of an area ripe for gentrification. Oakland, unfortunately, has started to get that vibe, just instead of shallow film/TV people, it's rich tech people. All the best things to do, to see, and discuss in the San Francisco Bay Area! 106K subscribers in the oakland community. 30 votes, 13 comments. A subreddit for the community of UC Berkeley as well as the surrounding City of… 109K subscribers in the oakland community. For & About Oakland 332 subscribers in the OaklandUncensored community. All the best things to do, to see, and discuss in the San Francisco Bay Area! However, I’m also getting tired of people using gentrification as a dirty word. 137K subscribers in the berkeley community. lpcjk jcs pseysbw znrw ehcsq blp hvt ean dyxkpoh ikuhj