Comments on: Oakland is a 2nd-class city?

By: Ken's Brother

Ken's Brother — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:55:43 +0000

Actually, Alameda county seat is Oakland.
I know, it’s confusing.

But see that’s part of the media controlling you to make you think Oakland is nothing more than a place to go to get shot. Did you know that in Oakland there is a lake? One of the most beautiful urban lakes in the USA? Did you know that Oakland has Fairyland, the childrens’ themed park that gave Disney his inspiration? What about the unique wedding cake designed City Hall?
Tom Hanks? McHammer? Tower of Power? All Oakland icons. I could go on all day!

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:12:37 +0000

How about Berkeley? SF is elite because of geography, because it’s bordered on three sides by water and has the golden gate bridge. The city itself is a dank, traffic and bum infested dirty place which lacks the charm it gets so much credit for. Oakland unfortunately is pretty much the same. Still, I would expect the premier city on the bay to be Oaktown should SF fall into the sea, but maybe also Alameda, as it is the county seat. Oakland would need to clean up its act a bit to be the gem city of the bay. Aside from the aforementioned three pro sports teams, there really isn’t anything unique or cool about Oakland…maybe the zoo…the observatory? No real cultural icon, so to speak.

How about we create a new city that floats over the waters of the bay? It would be earthquake proof! Yeah!

By: Ken Crawford

Ken Crawford — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:36:29 +0000

Yeah, the Daly City part is pretty humorous.

As for the Gold Rush, you could make that argument… but it would be false. The timing may have been different, but the Bay Area is a geographic gem. The old book “Two Years Before the Mast” knew this way back in the 18th Century and predicted exactly what would happen: it would be the greatest Port on the West Coast. There is truly no more protected port in all the world, particularly one with such quick and easy access to the ocean.

Interestingly, with the crummy administration of SF, the Bay Area is no longer the largest port on the west coast with Seattle and Long Beach far suprassing the Bay Area.

By: Ken's Brother

Ken's Brother — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:09:48 +0000

The worst part of it is that the guy is from Daly City… talk about a burb trying to talk garbage about Oakland.
In addition to your argument, one could make the statement that if it wasn’t for Sacramento’s gold rush, nobody would have heard of Frisco.