How do you guys feel that Downtown Oakland is better than Downtown San Jose? (San Francisco: condo, crime rate)

[marcopolo666]

Originally Posted by the topper

When did I ever compare San Jose to NY? Paris? It's not even that good of a city.

Thread : Ha! NYC ranked 80 in top places to live in USA

Originally Posted by the topper

Who needs NY when you have Downtown San Jose? Downtown provides almost everything in just a few block areas as supposed to the larger of Manhattan. The quality of foods/nightlife, entertainment and everything is really good.

Thread : Is San Jose a world class city?

Originally Posted by the topper

San Jose definitely snuffs out Brussels, Copenhagen, Bern, Munich and Berlin, no problem, especially its downtown core! I was recently in London and Paris. They felt the same way about their cities not being world class, too. They go, "London is a spread out city with no center!" "Paris has a mediocre downtown, if there is one"

And that was in 60 seconds of searching (and I'm not going to waste more of my time looking any others).

Folks : you can just ignore 'topper' - he is crazy unrealistic about SJ. As another poster said, just look at his post history - he is OBSESSED with comparing SJ.

[the topper]

Originally Posted by marcopolo666

Thread : Ha! NYC ranked 80 in top places to live in USA




Thread : Is San Jose a world class city?





And that was in 60 seconds of searching (and I'm not going to waste more of my time looking any others).

Folks : you can just ignore 'topper' - he is crazy unrealistic about SJ. As another poster said, just look at his post history - he is OBSESSED with comparing SJ.

Maybe San Jose is that good, and you guys are in the shell of inferiority complex and dated experience of San Jose's past.

[mstnghu2]

Originally Posted by the topper

Maybe San Jose is that good, and you guys are in the shell of inferiority complex and dated experience of San Jose's past.

...and I say this as somebody who actually does like San Jose.

[marcopolo666]

And he completely side-steps the "When did I ever compare San Jose to NY? "

[Oakformonday]

Sorry, I don't understand the question??? Do I think downtown Oakland is better than downtown San Jose? Depends on what we are basing this question. Better in what way? I prefer Oakland but have no hate toward San Ho. Both have great aspects.

[BayAreaHillbilly]

Originally Posted by ssmaster

You can't compare the two. Oakland has an infrastructure in place that is undergoing redevelopment. Art Deco buildings like the fox,paramount and flora have been renovated .The cathedral building is a gothic revival building from the 20's with whole floor units and townhouses with the elevator opening onto the homes foyer. that's just sick. Multiple Bart stations with 15 minute Bart rides to the finical district have dictated where the development has taken place
San Jose is newer builds ,not so heavily dependent on renovation and can move in a new direction

SJ knocked down some of the best early 20th Century buildings to make space for parking lots. It was a decrepit place when I was a kid (1970s). It was a typical dying city, rotting from the core outward. They arrested the rot but lost a lot prior to that.

[the topper]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

SJ knocked down some of the best early 20th Century buildings to make space for parking lots. It was a decrepit place when I was a kid (1970s). It was a typical dying city, rotting from the core outward. They arrested the rot but lost a lot prior to that.

They sure fixed it up well from that dreadful downtown of the 70's. There was nothing but parking lots and Hispanic shops back then with no vitality once so ever. Oakland was way better back then compared to San Jose's.

[marcopolo666]

And he completely ignores the "When did I ever compare San Jose to NY? " answer.

[18Montclair]

Originally Posted by BayAreaHillbilly

SJ knocked down some of the best early 20th Century buildings to make space for parking lots. It was a decrepit place when I was a kid (1970s). It was a typical dying city, rotting from the core outward. They arrested the rot but lost a lot prior to that.

It seems the late 60s-70s wasnt a great time for urban districts in general.

[the topper]

Good downtowns in the 60's and 70's: Atlanta, Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis, SF, Seattle, San Antonio, Boston and Denver. Alot of those downtowns were booming due to oil and financial boom.