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Old 10-20-2011, 07:10 PM
 
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So a few weeks ago I took a trip up to San Francisco. On my way there I stopped in downtown Oakland. And all you see while driving through there is spray paint gang graffiti on buildings everywhere. Looks alot like LA type tagging.
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Old 10-20-2011, 07:11 PM
 
Location: Springfield, Ohio
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So you didn't notice it all over SF as well?
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Old 10-20-2011, 07:49 PM
 
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So you didn't notice it all over SF as well?

I saw no graffiti at all when I was in San Francisco. But I was only there a few days and was in the Downtown / Financial District area.
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Old 10-20-2011, 08:02 PM
 
Location: Piedmont, CA
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So a few weeks ago I took a trip up to San Francisco. On my way there I stopped in downtown Oakland. And all you see while driving through there is spray paint gang graffiti on buildings everywhere. Looks alot like LA type tagging.
This is an exaggeration in my experience having spent plenty of time in both Downtown LA and Downtown Oakland. Graffiti does not jump out at you in DT Oakland in such a way that is vastly different from Downtown SF or Downtown LA.

Also, Downtown Oakland in my experience is far more pleasant, upbeat and a bit more livable overall, than Downtown LA is.

But I do enjoy all the improvements currently happening in Downtown LA.
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Old 10-20-2011, 08:06 PM
 
Location: South Korea
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lol?

a) there's graffiti all over SF
b) there's really not that much in downtown Oakland, maybe you were in Uptown where all the art galleries are. Downtown Oakland has some severely dumpy blocks but some of it is nicer and cleaner than anywhere in downtown SF.

And street murals are a big thing in the Mission in SF and are used all over the Bay Area. You see lazy tagging all over the place but it usually gets painted over pretty quickly, if it's a mural then it was officially approved by whoever owns the wall or at least it will be tolerated.
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Old 10-20-2011, 08:32 PM
 
Location: The Bay
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So a few weeks ago I took a trip up to San Francisco. On my way there I stopped in downtown Oakland. And all you see while driving through there is spray paint gang graffiti on buildings everywhere. Looks alot like LA type tagging.




Care to specify where in Downtown Oakland you were?
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Old 10-20-2011, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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TROLLOLOLOL

there's more visible graffiti in San Jose from the freeway than Oakland
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Old 10-20-2011, 09:20 PM
 
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Care to specify where in Downtown Oakland you were?

I was by where the Greyhound bus station is.
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Old 10-20-2011, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Oakland, CA
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Funny, I live within walking distance of there!

What else did you see???
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Old 10-21-2011, 12:22 AM
 
Location: Boulder Creek, CA
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TROLLOLOLOL

there's more visible graffiti in San Jose from the freeway than Oakland
Yeah! These days, we got all kinds of graffiti around these parts...err, um...

Friggin' gaggles of tagkids have invaded down here.
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