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Old 07-18-2010, 01:50 AM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Originally Posted by Mr. Fantastic View Post
I own homes in many different counties, cities, and states. I even own a 1,400 Square Foot, 2 bedroom apartment in Manhattan.

Oakland is by far the most dirty, crime filled, wreck of a city I've ever seen. Dellums couldn't run a lemonade stand, let alone a city.

Just watch what happens in the next 6 months when 1/3 of the police force disappears.
Clearly you haven't been many places if Oakland is the "dirtiest" city you have seen. In fact I am not sure I believe you have seen any of Oakland, but there are surely huge portions of the city you have never seen since you incessantly dwell on the negative Oakland image and refuse to admit or believe that there is more to Oakland than a few bad apples.
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Old 07-18-2010, 01:56 AM
 
Location: Mission Viejo, CA / San Rafael, CA
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What am I supposed to do? Oakland is a wasteland where crime is off the charts, and the council wants to lay off 1/3 of the police force? Now they won't even respond to crimes when called. Should I applaud the progress the city has made with this bold action?

Maybe I should congratulate the city on the recent beating of a pregnant woman in a Burger King parking lot by hoodlums?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6PdyVrHO9g

Yeah Oakland is great and awesome! I'd love to live in a city where the police won't respond to my calls and pregnant women get beat up in Burger King parking lots.

Update: Now Oakland is in the news again. Oakland and BART Police had to gun down a man at the Fruitvale station wielding knives.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/07/17/...ex.html?hpt=T2

Yay Oakland!!!

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Old 07-18-2010, 02:16 AM
 
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oakland rates as one of the most educated cities in the country and has affluent areas throughout the city as demonstrated by the different zip codes of the homes listed below.


6130 OCEAN VIEW DR OAKLAND, CA 94618 $1,850,000
390 EUCLID AVE, OAKLAND, CA 94610 $1,895,000
6401 THORNDALE DR, OAKLAND, CA 94611 $1,899,000
1972 BYWOOD DR, OAKLAND, CA 94602$1,250,000
110 BEECHWOOD DR, OAKLAND, CA 94618 $2,650,000
1027 RISPIN, OAKLAND, CA 94705 $1,350,000
13170 SKYLINE BLVD., OAKLAND, CA 94619 $2,995,000
13824 CAMPUS DR, OAKLAND, CA 94605 $3,395,000

while there are some rough poverty stricken areas in oakland there are a lot of beautiful middle class and uppermiddle class areas that offer a nice lifestyle.



Woman takes fall off horse in Chabot park

By Sean Maher
Oakland Tribune
Posted: 07/05/2010 04:03:07 PM PDT
OAKLAND — A woman riding a horse in Anthony Chabot Regional Park this afternoon fell and was badly hurt, requiring an emergency transport to a nearby hospital, officials said.
The woman, about 50 years old, was found in Bort Meadow, close to Redwood Road, East Bay Regional Park District Fire Capt. Paul Cutino said.
The woman was riding with two other people, one of whom called for help on a cell phone, Cutino said. He described her injuries as "moderate to critical."
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Old 07-18-2010, 09:58 AM
 
Location: Police State
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oakland rates as one of the most educated cities in the country
You can't really quantify something like that.
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Old 07-18-2010, 10:16 AM
 
Location: SW King County, WA
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Yes you can.

The percentage of residents with a Bacherlor's degree (in addition to a Master's or Doctorate) is very high.

In fact, it's one of the highest in the country. It's even higher than San Jose
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Old 07-18-2010, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Anyway, this thread isn't about any particular user's real estate holdings, imaginary or not, and it isn't about crime reports and police layoffs. There are other threads addressing these topics. I suggest that if anyone wishes to bring up Oakland crime or dirt-level, they start a new topic in the forum where it can be addressed. This thread is for projects and business development, and as an info-share I was finding it useful, so let's please stay on topic.
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Old 07-18-2010, 12:21 PM
 
Location: Mission Viejo, CA / San Rafael, CA
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You can't really quantify something like that.
You really can't. It can easily be countered by the fact that Oakland has a 52% dropout rate, one of the highest in the country as well.

So Oakland is both the most uneducated and educated city in the country?

See, it's not that simple.
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Old 07-18-2010, 01:21 PM
 
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this money magagazine/cnn article measured
Top 25 cities with more than 250,000 population, ranked by percentage of bachelor's degrees among residents 25 and older

oakland made the list


America's smartest cities - Aug. 31, 2006

mr fantastic- only 54 % of oakland students attend schools in the oakland unified school district with the other 46% attend charter, private or parochial school.
your 52% rate dropout only represents students in the ousd which is not well regarded and many parents avoid after grade school.
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Old 07-18-2010, 10:14 PM
 
Location: Mission Viejo, CA / San Rafael, CA
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mr fantastic- only 54 % of oakland students attend schools in the oakland unified school district with the other 46% attend charter, private or parochial school.
your 52% rate dropout only represents students in the ousd which is not well regarded and many parents avoid after grade school.
Uncited statistic, completely ignored.

Also saying that the public schooling system sucks in Oakland isn't exactly a resonating achievement, especially for a city looking to attract money from private investors.
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Old 07-18-2010, 11:08 PM
 
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wow.
Mr "20,000 demonstrators and $20 million in damage " Fantastic -talking about someone else not citing their source.


I went to a top ten profesional school and those years in underdergraduate and graduate school makes it 2nd nature to to reference sources.in a highly competitive environment you need to back up what you say.

that you would make that blatently untrue "20,000 demonstrators and $20 million in damage" statement makes me doubt that you have a PH.D from UCB as that is completely uncharacteristic of someone with a long history in acadamia.

that and your inability to understand :
how to interprate percentages
the appropriate utilization of a mean and a median
the different uses of the word SAID








Notes from OUSD Board of Education’s Strategic Retreat

April 27, 2010


from Superintendent Smith :
"only 54 percent of Oakland students attend district public schools – one of the lowest percentages in the country."
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