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Old 03-02-2011, 11:54 AM
 
Location: Washington, DC NoVA
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There is no shortage of Notable Oaklanders, many of whom actually live in Oakland as well.

Musicians and Singers
Tupac Shakur – rapper, songwriter, poet, actor, activist, lived in Oakland from 1988 to 1991
List of people from Oakland, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
tupac lived in ny until he was like 15 years old, then lived in baltimore until he was 17, and then moved to marin city, ca. tupac is definitely ny despite the spat with a few artists.
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Old 03-02-2011, 12:00 PM
 
Location: BMORE!
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tupac lived in ny until he was like 15 years old, then lived in baltimore until he was 17, and then moved to marin city, ca. tupac is definitely ny despite the spat with a few artists.
moved to baltimore when he was 17 and left when he was 18.
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Old 03-02-2011, 01:18 PM
 
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NinetiesFlava, Dt. SJ has a shark tank and Tech museum and Oakland has almost nothing.
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Old 03-02-2011, 01:59 PM
 
Location: Denver
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I never know whether you're joking or not...
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Old 03-02-2011, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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NinetiesFlava, Dt. SJ has a shark tank and Tech museum and Oakland has almost nothing.
Not: DTO has:
  • Oakland Museum of CA (which is one of the best museum experiences in the Bay)
  • Mocha (the kids museum)
  • Lake Merritt Attractions:
    • Children's Fairy Land
    • Bonsai Garden
  • African American Library/Museum
  • Jack London Square/the Waterfront
  • Kaiser roof garden (which is really great actually, and completely unknown)
  • USS Potomac
  • Chinatown

And then you can finish up an architecture tour:

San Jose, unfortunately tore down a lot of its classic and historic buildings in downtown, it does have the Egyptian museum, the Japanese Tea Garden and Christmas in the Park these are good attractions. Still find downtown San Jose pretty boring though. Well most of San Jose. Considering SJ has a million people, there isn't much going on downtown. Oakland only has 400k.

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Old 03-02-2011, 11:06 PM
 
Location: The Bay
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Not: DTO has:
  • Oakland Museum of CA (which is one of the best museum experiences in the Bay)
  • Mocha (the kids museum)
  • Lake Merritt Attractions:
    • Children's Fairy Land
    • Bonsai Garden
  • African American Library/Museum
  • Jack London Square/the Waterfront
  • Kaiser roof garden (which is really great actually, and completely unknown)
  • USS Potomac
  • Chinatown

And then you can finish up an architecture tour:

San Jose, unfortunately tore down a lot of its classic and historic buildings in downtown, it does have the Egyptian museum, the Japanese Tea Garden and Christmas in the Park these are good attractions. Still find downtown San Jose pretty boring though. Well most of San Jose. Considering SJ has a million people, there isn't much going on downtown. Oakland only has 400k.


^couldn't have said it better.
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Old 03-03-2011, 01:22 AM
 
Location: San Francisco
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I'm from the south bay (Redwood City) and have been living in Oakland for about a year now.
Redwood City is considered "The Peninsula" (as is anything in San Mateo County), not the South Bay. That said while I like Baltimore a lot I'd choose Oakland. It would be a lot easier for me to adjust to.
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Old 03-03-2011, 08:21 AM
 
Location: The Bay
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Redwood City is considered "The Peninsula" (as is anything in San Mateo County), not the South Bay. That said while I like Baltimore a lot I'd choose Oakland. It would be a lot easier for me to adjust to.

Depends who you're talking to. Mountain View is considered the south bay by all, Palo Alto by most and Menlo Park by some. You could say that the South bay starts at the Santa Clara County line but then if you look at a map:



Redwood City is on the peninsula but its also right next to the southern tip of the bay. Some people I know use the term peninsula/south bay interchangeably for the region, thus why where's plenty of shops with "South Bay" in the name in Redwood City.
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Old 03-03-2011, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Depends who you're talking to. Mountain View is considered the south bay by all, Palo Alto by most and Menlo Park by some. You could say that the South bay starts at the Santa Clara County line but then if you look at a map:



Redwood City is on the peninsula but its also right next to the southern tip of the bay. Some people I know use the term peninsula/south bay interchangeably for the region, thus why where's plenty of shops with "South Bay" in the name in Redwood City.

I call them all South Bay, Peninsula or not. South Bay to me = anything over 40 miles and in a southern direction from Oakland. Fremont counts for me too. These days everyone I meet from MV claims peninsula.
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Old 03-03-2011, 10:17 AM
 
Location: San Francisco
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South Bay is Santa Clara County. Period. The only gray area for me is as you said - Fremont. I know its Alameda County/East Bay but it feels like "South Bay".
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