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View Poll Results: What's the best of the pack?
Pittsburgh 43 38.39%
Portland 42 37.50%
Oakland 27 24.11%
Voters: 112. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-30-2014, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Then 18MontClair says:

"yes but Oakland is superior because of our larger population of Pacific Islanders making $200k."
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Old 10-30-2014, 10:02 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Don't worry about Monty...
Thats right, Im fine. Its you people whose cities are about to turn into frozen, uninhabitable tundras in a few months. I should be worried about you. Poor dears.
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Old 10-30-2014, 10:05 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Oakland has no comparison to Carson Street.

And Oakland has no comparison to Oakland, Pittsbrugh.

And Downtown Pittsburgh feels like the Downtown of a large city. Downtown Oakland feels like the Downtown of a sprawling Sunbelt city.
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Old 10-30-2014, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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You must be so devoid of the ability to think logically it's not even funny.
"think logically"= conform to what RightonWalnut says.

Yawns. Keep it moving people because the strange personal comments make you look catty, petty and a bunch of 8th grade girls.

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Again... Oakland benefits from being located conveniently near San Francisco, San Jose.
Yes, Oaklanders have immediate access to things Pittsburgh DO NOT HAVE.

Get over it.
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Old 10-30-2014, 10:10 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Thats right, Im fine. Its you people whose cities are about to turn into frozen, uninhabitable tundras in a few months. I should be worried about you. Poor dears.
And the entire Bay Area is about to crumble into the ocean when the big one hits
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Old 10-30-2014, 10:12 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Yes, Oaklanders have immediate access to things Pittsburgh DO NOT HAVE.

Get over it.
I never denied that, but that does not make Oakland a better city than Pittsburgh by any stretch of the imagination. Oakland has a better location, but is not the better city.
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Old 10-30-2014, 10:58 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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I never denied that, but that does not make Oakland a better city than Pittsburgh by any stretch of the imagination. Oakland has a better location, but is not the better city.
I congratulate you on your opinion, but Pittsburgh's population is shrinking as we speak so apparently Oakland is better to more people.

so yeah...
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Old 10-30-2014, 11:01 AM
 
Location: Philadelphia, PA
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I congratulate you on your opinion, but Pittsburgh's population is shrinking as we speak so apparently Oakland is better to more people.

so yeah...
Again. Oakland = better location. The Bay Area is an economic hotbed. Nobody is moving to the Bay Area to live in Oakland however, that's probably one of the last locations on everyone's list.

Oakland is growing due to people being outpriced of San Francisco.
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Old 10-30-2014, 11:20 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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Again. Oakland = better location.

The Bay Area is an economic hotbed. Nobody is moving to the Bay Area to live in Oakland however, that's probably one of the last locations on everyone's list.

Oakland is growing due to people being outpriced of San Francisco.
In other words, cities are affected by their surroundings.

What a novel idea. lol
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Old 10-30-2014, 11:21 AM
 
Location: Los Altos Hills, CA
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And Im still waiting for someone to put up the Pittsburgh version of this post

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And as Ive been saying, places like Portland and Pittsburgh are nice for sure, but really not on the level if the urban core of the Bay Area, where Oakland is located.

Take me for example. I live in this neighborhood
http://www.homesintheeastbayhills.co...rockridge5.jpg

Census Tract 4043(Upper Rockridge neighborhood) Oakland, California
Average Household Income: $333,917
Top 5% Median Household Income: $1,225,153
Median Home Value: $1,000,000+
Adults With a Bachelor Degree or Higher: 83.2%

The Wall Street Journal Ranked the Top Private High Schools in the US and No.6 is in my neighborhood
WSJ.com

The 50 Best Private Day Schools in the United States | The Best Schools
1 Trinity School, New York, NY
2 Roxbury Latin School, Boston, MA
3 Brearly School, New York, NY
4 Horace Mann School, New York, NY
5 Windsor School, Boston, MA
6 The College Prepatory School, Oakland, CA
7 Collegiate School, New York, NY
8 Spence School, New York, NY
9 Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, CA
10 Dalton School, New York, NY

My home IN THE OAKLAND HILLS, is about a mile or so from the 4th most highly regarded academic institution in the world, UC Berkeley
Academic Ranking of World Universities - 2014 | Top 500 universities | Shanghai Ranking - 2014 | World University Ranking - 2014

So as you can see, Upper Rockridge and
environs is sophisticated, affluent
and very beautiful with a perfect climate and
unparalleled views.

A few subway stops away from my
extremely posh neighborhood is a one of
the trendiest areas in the United States that
has become the darling of the NY Times.
Oakland Ranked Number Five In New York Times 45 Places To Go In 2012 (PHOTOS)

http://www.nytimes.com/redirect/?to-...ferrer%3D&_r=0

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Originally Posted by New York Times
...Walking around this outpost of cool off
Telegraph Avenue, you may forget that
you’re just across the bay from San
Francisco and not in, say, an oft-cited
borough of New York City where style,
shopping and food have become major
draws.

If so, you wouldn’t be the only one.
Style.com recently published an article on
Temescal Alley and pronounced it
“Williamsburg-esque.” Last year, VegNews,
a vegan-oriented website, ran a travel article
titled “11 Reasons Why Oakland Is the New
Brooklyn,” calling it “the new vegan mecca.”
...

Jonathan Hewitt, a 35-year-old London
transplant who works as Standard &
Strange’s operations manager, and who
was describing that same “Manhattan is to
San Francisco as Brooklyn is to Oakland”
parallel for a recent visitor, was asked if
anyone really believed that Oakland was like
Brooklyn.

“Abso-bloody-lutely!” he said. “I hate
reverting to a cliché like that, but it’s just so
true.”...
And then there's this, which I must admit I found hilarious.
Oakland Named Most Exciting City In The Country (PHOTOS)

Everything Ive stated thusfar is before SF even comes into the mix. LMAO.
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