Some how this video showed up glad it did. I love Oakland. Here as a travel healthcare worker, but have been able to stay since 2022 in a rent controlled apartment by the lake. I have lived in several places around the US, and Oakland is my top 3. I hate the reputation this city has, because it really has so much going for it. It’s just like any other city. Lived in DC for 1.5 yrs. Heard the same but loved my experience. If you’re still here, welcome. And I was looking at that building when I thought about moving, but can’t beat the space & rent I have. But love that studio space. ❤
Born and raised in the Bay Area, and all I can say is 1) Too expensive 2) Crime is outta control 3) There’s homeless encampments everywhere. This is why Keith Lee (the food critic) left so fast, he didn’t finish his visit 😂 people are trying to survive. I wish you all the best and pray that you have a great experience. If you find that it gets too crazy , there’s surrounding cities that aren’t so bad.
I totally hear you. The homelessness broke my heart while I was there. I didn’t experience crime (thank God) while I was there but i definitely heard about it a ton. Expensive, definitely!
Like any city, there are issues. The Bay has done better with getting the homeless population under control. I got assigned here the end of 2019 (SF). It was way worse during COVID. I moved to Oakland in 2022 while working in Walnut Creek/Pleasant Hill, Antioch, Hayward, and Marin. Nonviolent crime has gone up and down here in Oakland. Yet the same crime that happens in SF & Oakland is also happening in Walnut Creek, Concord area and beyond, it just doesn’t hit the news as much. I’ve lived in large and small towns/cities in TX, AL, FL, MD, & DC and all of them had higher violent crime rates, and still do, over Oakland. I use to be a cop, so I’m not just trying to defend a city I have come to love, but I do pay attention to crime and the actual stats, over the perceived fear. Yes, it is expensive, but looking around helps to find less expensive. I pay 1670 for a 700sqft studio that includes parking, is rent controlled, by the lake and in walking distance to just about everything. That is expensive, when I think about my 1500sqft house mortgage is 1100. However, my quality of life in Oakland is better than living in my house in AL. It’s all perspective.
@@Moli37 For people that have lived in Oakland for years, grew up here, compared to what it was, yes the crime rate has risen. But so did the crime rate everywhere during and after COVID. Oakland also had a change with people moving from SF into Oakland and prices rising, plus there weren’t enough police. I moved here in 2022 and didn’t see any cops till this year, pretty much anywhere in the Bay Area. The break-ins, shootings, stabbings increased even in Concord/Pleasant Hill/ Walnut Creek and even reaching into Antioch. I know because I worked in those areas while living in Oakland. Oakland mayor also fired the police chief and left the city without leadership and difficulty hiring police for over a year, allowing crime to increase, while focusing on moving homeless and the camps. Once people started calling for the mayor to be recalled, she finally hired a police chief, but not the one the police and people wanted. Crime is now going down due to getting help from CHP and finally getting leadership. Granted, I am not from here, I’m just a healthcare traveler who has stated here because I actually like it. I have also lived & worked all over TX, AL, MD, DC, & a few other places whose crime rates aren’t talked about and worse than Oakland. Crime is everywhere. Yes, they need to do something about it, but understanding how it got like this and fixing the cause of it is the answer.
I’m from the city and have been in the town for over 10 years. No matter where you go you’ll get from it what you want. I love it here. This has always been the spot. No matter where you go you should always keep your head on a swivel, that’s just life. I never leave valuables in my car, but i grew up here so that’s just how we’re raised. There’s some dope spots to go to and dope things to get into. If you’re looking for trouble you will find it, but if you’re looking for a good time, you will definitely find that too. It’s up to you the experience you have
Yeah I’m trying to leave Oakland. The cost of living with the rise in crime is just out of control. 15 years ago you could rent a 2 bedroom unit for 850-900/month now you’re paying double for the same outdated apartments. I see in the other comments that you moved, I’m glad you didn’t stay long but happy you met really cool people.
Welcome to the Bay Area! I am in the east bay as well! I definitely wouldn’t mind meeting up. Hope you are loving the bay as it’s an amazing place to be fortunate enough to live in. God Bless the Bay and you as well. Congratulations!
It’s so weird to me that I was looking up on Oakland because I’m getting an itch to move to California. And I saw your video on my homepage, also I’m from Columbus OH but I’m trying to get out 😂
Have you decided to move to Oakland? I say, GO! even if for a little while to test it out, if you can, before making a decision. It is VERY different from Columbus -- so much more to do. But of course everywhere has its pros and cons.
Don’t ever move to Oakland, born and raised in Cali. I live 1 hour from Oakland I don’t even go there unless I have too. They don’t play or care out there. Stay safe
As a Oakland native, I can't recommend moving to Oakland, but there are PLENTY of GREAT places to live within 5-10 miles. The messed up thing about it, I think people outside of Oakland in nearby cities, come to the town to do crime like bippin, abandon cars, human traffick etc, the mayor panders, they have city debt, the police hadn't had leadership until recently and they wasn't "defunded" either Republicans also the city council is a mess besides a few really good people but the weather and culture are BEAUTIFUL and the richness of diversity makes Oakland culturally better than SF. Oakland is a beautiful melting pot of cultures, music, and identities but the crime has gotten worse since the pandemic even the strongest Oaklanders are ready to go. They have a new police chief but can't recommend....but visiting for a event is totally fine just be smart. Even Oakland wants to be called "San Francisco Bay" so it's not just me. 💯
Having lived in Brooklyn for most of my adult life, I thought I would get a more BK vibe in Oakland when it came to culture and diversity. While it wasn’t the same, I did enjoy the diversity, food, culture in Oakland! But i definitely didn’t feel as safe as I did in BK in the last (and I did live in some ROUGH parts of BK as I was getting established). I didn’t feel safe 100% in Oakland but I am glad I made a stop there (I have since moved)! Thanks for the input Amir!!
That place is by my hospital job. Expensive. Born and raised here and I am ready to move out of Oakland. Love my City but not the same as it use to be.
@@Michael-mt6yb So wanting to live in a clean city and not get your car broken into over and over again = catering to your master now? 😂 Ya’ll just say anything. Some ppl value their peace. And black ppl living well and at peace is the antithesis to “catering to your master”
You came out exactly on my birthday been here all my life for the past 30 years agree with everyone too much crimes rent is high now that’s it’s 2024 it has gotten much worse I moved 3 years ago to Stockton and now considering leaving to Texas but congratulations on your endeavors how are you like the city so far hope the oaklander been nice and welcoming sending plenty of blessings 🎉🎉🎉🎉
oooh, I am literally moving to Oakland for work next February! This apartment looks super cute. I'm planning on going to apartment hunt in person next month. I'm also thinking of downsizing from 1bdrm to studio, but I literally have no idea of where to look. Are you allowed to give the name of the apartments or at least the area of Oakland you ended up in? The view is pretty nice! Thx. Oh and love the cream furniture, but mahn, I'm a klutz and would be staining that poor thing all the time...LOL
Hey!! This one is Lantana Uptown. I am happy to share since I don’t live here anymore - got engaged and left California. I had a one large one bedroom before this, and after nomading a bit, I decided to downsize to this studio and I absolutely loved it! The only downside was not having enough space for when I wanted to host the many friends I made there (even in the building). As for the beige/cream color, yeah I love it. And I just got the same exact couch for me and my fiancé’s new place. He has a dog. So, I’m staying to regret the choice haha but we’ll see how it goes! Pray for me! Anyway if you look up ‘uptown Oakland’ apartments, you will find good ones. I’d advise getting in door parking!
@@iamjosimarie awesome!! thx for the information. I'm using the next 3 weeks to compile a list of places I'd like to visit when I come thru the area for some pre-work stuff so this info is definitely helpful. Thx. Also congrats on the engagement!
If you're looking to live in Oakland, I loved renting through a company called Lapham. I always lived around Lake Merrit in an older (but actually affordable) building. Most of their buildings are rent controlled-which is ideal. Renting an apartment in Uptown is going to be $$$. If you rent on "Pill Hill", you'll be about 10 minutes away and pay much less in rent.
Check out the schools test scores and ratings before you come. No need to move to a crime ridden city for an underachieving school. Check out the surrounding cities like Alameda, El Cerrito or Concord
Walnut Creek is a better option, I’m from Oakland and the diversity and safety you get out here is a vibe and also Lafayette. Is close enough to get a spot(if renting) not as much diversity but the way Oakland going it’s def the best move.
Absolutely agree… I’m from Oakland and still living here. I’ve worked on and off in Walnut Creek. Currently working in Dublin /Pleasanton, which are also good options as well.😊
Dig it. I am a Manhattan transplant to and living in San Francisco, but I work in Oakland. Oakland has replaced San Francisco as THE wildly boho, artistic, activist city in this century that San Francisco was in the last century. San Francisco is merely wealthy. But Oakland is diverse, creative, ambitious, and engaged. It is also a GREAT restaurant town, with highly accomplished, star-level chefs working in a range of culinary styles as diverse as the city's citizens. You'll find everything from stylish Latin European (French, Spanish, Italian) to upscale, modern soul, Asian to Caribbean, Central and South American to East African, (Oakland's Ethiopian restaurants are the best in the Bay Area), and everything from creative food truck cuisine to Michelin-starred food meccas. The star chefs here include double Michelin-starred James Syhabout, James Beard-honoured, modernist BBQ pit-master Matt Horn; high-concept soul food chef Geoff Davis, James Beard-honoured Nite Yun, famed for her néo-modernist take on mid-twentieth century Cambodian cuisine; Southern French and Northern Spanish restauranteur Paul Canales, who originally came to national prominence as the chef at Oakland's long-running legendary Italian/French/Northern Spanish restaurant, Oliveto, which finally closed before the pandemic, after a nearly forty-year run and having earned countless accolades. You'll find museums, quirky hipster nabes, Bougie, casual chic nabes straight out of "Portlandia," and the lush, forested hillside neighborhoods are filled with stylish woodsy retreats and classic sprawling estates of old Oakland dynasty wealth (Kaisers, Bechtels, etc.) and new high-tech behemoth homes reflecting the high-tech, new wealth flooding into "The Town"; but you'll also find public parks of expansive Redwood forests, belying the ancient, highly bogus stereotype of Oakland as a "gritty, urban" of centre of concrete and asphalt. Good luck in your new digs, welcome to the Bay Area, and who knows? We might see you jogging around Lake Merritt or hanging about with the cool kids at First Friday or some other such arts event in Oakland.
This is what I love to see: the positives of Oakland. I live and currently work in Oakland (hopefully my contract will extend), and I’m right in the Uptown area and LOVE IT. You have described Oakland to a tee. More people need to see this and know that there are many sides to Oakland, like there are to any other city.
Hell no. I have lived in the Bay Area my whole life more specifically South Bay and I avoid the east bay/Oakland area as much as possible. Yes there are some nice areas to Oakland but most of Oakland is notorious for being dangerous and bad sorry and you pretty much can’t avoid the bad to get to places. Good luck to you girl and hope you stay safe.
I’m no longer there but I do go visit the AMAZING people that I’ve met there. Long story short, I fell in love, got engaged, and moved! More to come!!😊
@@iamjosimarie Do you still live in Oakland? I have a lot of friends out that way. Maybe I'll come back for a visit some day. Meanwhile, I think Oakland is a good place for Rwandans. Maybe the city will improve with you all there.
Girl, I live in northern California! Born and raised there. Why in the HELL would you want to move to Oakland!!! You going to learn and see real quick, Oakland ain't it! But good luck with that!
lol my reasons are in the vlog 💕 I had a mostly great experience in the year I was there! I’m so glad I made the move, though it turned out to be temporary. I fell in love, got engaged, and moved out of state as we are planning our summer wedding! Life takes you where you need to go, and I’m so grateful I had the time that I had in Oakland. 💖
Wow, I am a Californian and a lot of us are escaping this place. We love our state but Cali has gotten soooo bad, we hate the state that its in and those running it. Its crazy that folks are up and moving here and not for work, but just because they think its cool. We use to tell people we full and to go home. Now we like, good luck with that. Dont get it twisted, Westcoast all day, Cali is still that state when its NOT deep deep blue and woke and progressive. Anyhow good luck! Hopefully it gets better sooner than later.
Hey!! A lot of people ask that - why would I choose to move to Oakland 😅😅. I wanted to be around a Rwandese community of people my age, and in warmer weather than the Midwest or east coast. I also wanted a new experience on a diverse area (the bay) that had smart, young professionals to network with!
People so fast to talk about oakland but oakland is everywhere. Violence, murder, high rent ,homeless ,robbery, everywhere.... its some people who come from way worser places, and happy to be in oakland.
The reasons are in the vlog. Lol. I came, did what I had to do, got engaged and left - it was worthwhile as I met many wonderful people that will be lifetime friends 🥰
I stayed for a year and had a wonderful experience actually. Not all that i expected but good, nonetheless!! I got engaged and moved out of the state. ☺️. I’ll post a follow up video and explain more💖
Crazy how u would move to an unsafe neighborhood without doing a good research. Being African, i would NEVER move to a place just cz a certain grp of pple i can relate to live there. Most of the pple u are referring to as "your pple" are probably new to the country and working on making it big so they could move out of that area, yet u are a veteran in the country who decides to follow others blindly. Not a wise idea
Sweetheart, all of your assumptions about ‘my people’ are wrong. It was one of the best decisions that I’ve made, and I’m so glad I followed my heart. I have since fallen in love and moved away, but it was a spectacular thing that I followed my inner voice and went and did my thing. Imagine if you knew that I also moved to New York City at 18 years old with $28! I wonder what you’d call me then! Lol I hustled my butt off and was able to get myself through college and build a wonderful life. It is OK to have opinions how YOU would live your life. But others are free to, do what they have to do as well. Definitely not a blind follower, but I do definitely follow my heartmy inner voice. Peace.
People have different motivations when it comes to making a move. I am SO glad I made the move - I got what I needed from it, and moved on with my life. It was perfect. Not an idiotic move on my part. But I do agree with the previous comment about the crime. It’s wild. I can’t say i felt 100% safe all the time in Oakland.
Don’t forget to mention that you have to step over people and shit on an hourly basis. Budget your car expenses when you leave your house but TRUST, you WILL be robbed. New to Oakland or not, the audacity of that population is incredible. Good luck!
Some how this video showed up glad it did. I love Oakland. Here as a travel healthcare worker, but have been able to stay since 2022 in a rent controlled apartment by the lake.
I have lived in several places around the US, and Oakland is my top 3. I hate the reputation this city has, because it really has so much going for it. It’s just like any other city.
Lived in DC for 1.5 yrs. Heard the same but loved my experience.
If you’re still here, welcome.
And I was looking at that building when I thought about moving, but can’t beat the space & rent I have. But love that studio space. ❤
Born and raised in the Bay Area, and all I can say is 1) Too expensive 2) Crime is outta control 3) There’s homeless encampments everywhere. This is why Keith Lee (the food critic) left so fast, he didn’t finish his visit 😂 people are trying to survive. I wish you all the best and pray that you have a great experience. If you find that it gets too crazy , there’s surrounding cities that aren’t so bad.
I totally hear you. The homelessness broke my heart while I was there. I didn’t experience crime (thank God) while I was there but i definitely heard about it a ton. Expensive, definitely!
Like any city, there are issues. The Bay has done better with getting the homeless population under control. I got assigned here the end of 2019 (SF). It was way worse during COVID. I moved to Oakland in 2022 while working in Walnut Creek/Pleasant Hill, Antioch, Hayward, and Marin. Nonviolent crime has gone up and down here in Oakland. Yet the same crime that happens in SF & Oakland is also happening in Walnut Creek, Concord area and beyond, it just doesn’t hit the news as much.
I’ve lived in large and small towns/cities in TX, AL, FL, MD, & DC and all of them had higher violent crime rates, and still do, over Oakland.
I use to be a cop, so I’m not just trying to defend a city I have come to love, but I do pay attention to crime and the actual stats, over the perceived fear.
Yes, it is expensive, but looking around helps to find less expensive. I pay 1670 for a 700sqft studio that includes parking, is rent controlled, by the lake and in walking distance to just about everything. That is expensive, when I think about my 1500sqft house mortgage is 1100. However, my quality of life in Oakland is better than living in my house in AL.
It’s all perspective.
Not to mention Oakland has become extremely dangerous with shootings and break-ins.
@@Moli37 For people that have lived in Oakland for years, grew up here, compared to what it was, yes the crime rate has risen. But so did the crime rate everywhere during and after COVID. Oakland also had a change with people moving from SF into Oakland and prices rising, plus there weren’t enough police. I moved here in 2022 and didn’t see any cops till this year, pretty much anywhere in the Bay Area. The break-ins, shootings, stabbings increased even in Concord/Pleasant Hill/ Walnut Creek and even reaching into Antioch. I know because I worked in those areas while living in Oakland.
Oakland mayor also fired the police chief and left the city without leadership and difficulty hiring police for over a year, allowing crime to increase, while focusing on moving homeless and the camps. Once people started calling for the mayor to be recalled, she finally hired a police chief, but not the one the police and people wanted.
Crime is now going down due to getting help from CHP and finally getting leadership.
Granted, I am not from here, I’m just a healthcare traveler who has stated here because I actually like it.
I have also lived & worked all over TX, AL, MD, DC, & a few other places whose crime rates aren’t talked about and worse than Oakland.
Crime is everywhere. Yes, they need to do something about it, but understanding how it got like this and fixing the cause of it is the answer.
Love how you utilized the space ❤
I’m from the city and have been in the town for over 10 years. No matter where you go you’ll get from it what you want. I love it here. This has always been the spot. No matter where you go you should always keep your head on a swivel, that’s just life. I never leave valuables in my car, but i grew up here so that’s just how we’re raised. There’s some dope spots to go to and dope things to get into. If you’re looking for trouble you will find it, but if you’re looking for a good time, you will definitely find that too. It’s up to you the experience you have
Yeah I’m trying to leave Oakland. The cost of living with the rise in crime is just out of control. 15 years ago you could rent a 2 bedroom unit for 850-900/month now you’re paying double for the same outdated apartments. I see in the other comments that you moved, I’m glad you didn’t stay long but happy you met really cool people.
Towwwn Biizzznessss I’m From Oakland, Cali
🗣️💯 me toooo ❤
GURL Oakland.. NO WAY! I'm here!!
how is it?
Same 🥰
Same
I’m waiting for why I’m moving out of Oakland blog -believe me it’s coming
Yup
never knew Oakland had spaces this small!!! love it!!! your interior design and details are beautiful!
Back in the day... Oakland was lit.Then 1980s, and oh man, was there crazy 🤪 happening, yes , sir.
What I miss most about Oakland is the perfect weather. That’s about it. Oh and the food spots lol
Leaving Oakland moving to Arizona, the rent is getting absolutely ridiculous here. I’m leaving a bed not looking back lol best of luck to you miss
I'm not sure if they have rent control in AZ, hopefully you can get a house soon
Perfect view to watch the sunset. Hope you are enjoying your journey out here in the Bay❤
The sunset !! 😍
One of my favorite things about the place!
Welcome to Oakland. Hope you’re enjoying it.
I did! But i did fall in love and moved away. I still go back there to visit the wonderful people I met there though!!
Stay safe 😮
lol i was safe 💖
Omg girl. We lived at 250 High also! Moved out May 2023😂
Good luck in Oakland!
lol I liked the place but wish there was more opportunities to meet other residents!
I grew up in Alameda on BFI.... thank you for sharing🕊
Live on BFI right now❤❤❤
Welcome to the Bay Area! I am in the east bay as well! I definitely wouldn’t mind meeting up. Hope you are loving the bay as it’s an amazing place to be fortunate enough to live in. God Bless the Bay and you as well. Congratulations!
This is lovely 💯🫶🏽
Thank you!!
It’s so weird to me that I was looking up on Oakland because I’m getting an itch to move to California. And I saw your video on my homepage, also I’m from Columbus OH but I’m trying to get out 😂
Have you decided to move to Oakland? I say, GO! even if for a little while to test it out, if you can, before making a decision. It is VERY different from Columbus -- so much more to do. But of course everywhere has its pros and cons.
Girl just know your car getting robbed 8/10 but the people cool
I live here and work here, no car break in for me thank God but I have parking everywhere I go. Jobs will pay for it if you ask. 🥰
I’ve been in Oakland since 2022, no car break ins for me either. Thank God.
Don’t ever move to Oakland, born and raised in Cali. I live 1 hour from Oakland I don’t even go there unless I have too. They don’t play or care out there. Stay safe
Wow I’m for Cleveland Ohio!!
I moved 9 months ago to Santa Rosa CA!!
I hope you’re enjoying California!!! Soooo different from the Midwest, right?? What’s your pov so far?
As a Oakland native, I can't recommend moving to Oakland, but there are PLENTY of GREAT places to live within 5-10 miles. The messed up thing about it, I think people outside of Oakland in nearby cities, come to the town to do crime like bippin, abandon cars, human traffick etc, the mayor panders, they have city debt, the police hadn't had leadership until recently and they wasn't "defunded" either Republicans also the city council is a mess besides a few really good people but the weather and culture are BEAUTIFUL and the richness of diversity makes Oakland culturally better than SF. Oakland is a beautiful melting pot of cultures, music, and identities but the crime has gotten worse since the pandemic even the strongest Oaklanders are ready to go. They have a new police chief but can't recommend....but visiting for a event is totally fine just be smart. Even Oakland wants to be called "San Francisco Bay" so it's not just me. 💯
Having lived in Brooklyn for most of my adult life, I thought I would get a more BK vibe in Oakland when it came to culture and diversity. While it wasn’t the same, I did enjoy the diversity, food, culture in Oakland! But i definitely didn’t feel as safe as I did in BK in the last (and I did live in some ROUGH parts of BK as I was getting established). I didn’t feel safe 100% in Oakland but I am glad I made a stop there (I have since moved)! Thanks for the input Amir!!
Welcome To The Town....
Welcome to the Bay. Have you done an update video?
I haven’t!! But I think I need to! Disclaimer - I moved out of the bay already!
@@iamjosimarieomg please share why asap!
Sending love a couple hours away from Sac 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾
Good luck in that City.
I think luck was on my side 💖 thank you!!
That place is by my hospital job. Expensive. Born and raised here and I am ready to move out of Oakland. Love my City but not the same as it use to be.
Girl move to Walnut Creek or Pleasanton its a 20 min drive from Oakland but cleaner & safer
She’s good. You stay there catering to your masters
@@Michael-mt6yb So wanting to live in a clean city and not get your car broken into over and over again = catering to your master now? 😂 Ya’ll just say anything. Some ppl value their peace. And black ppl living well and at peace is the antithesis to “catering to your master”
@@Terrdany we have a Black affluent neighborhood here. We’re good mama. You keep to yours. We rather you be there
@@Terrdanyno we don’t want you anywhere near this area.
@@Michael-mt6yby’all can keep her. We’re okay here. No section8 out this way
Welcome! 🤟🏾💕
You came out exactly on my birthday been here all my life for the past 30 years agree with everyone too much crimes rent is high now that’s it’s 2024 it has gotten much worse I moved 3 years ago to Stockton and now considering leaving to Texas but congratulations on your endeavors how are you like the city so far hope the oaklander been nice and welcoming sending plenty of blessings 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Love your decor💕
Thank you!!!
oooh, I am literally moving to Oakland for work next February! This apartment looks super cute. I'm planning on going to apartment hunt in person next month. I'm also thinking of downsizing from 1bdrm to studio, but I literally have no idea of where to look. Are you allowed to give the name of the apartments or at least the area of Oakland you ended up in? The view is pretty nice! Thx. Oh and love the cream furniture, but mahn, I'm a klutz and would be staining that poor thing all the time...LOL
Hey!! This one is Lantana Uptown. I am happy to share since I don’t live here anymore - got engaged and left California. I had a one large one bedroom before this, and after nomading a bit, I decided to downsize to this studio and I absolutely loved it! The only downside was not having enough space for when I wanted to host the many friends I made there (even in the building).
As for the beige/cream color, yeah I love it. And I just got the same exact couch for me and my fiancé’s new place. He has a dog. So, I’m staying to regret the choice haha but we’ll see how it goes! Pray for me!
Anyway if you look up ‘uptown Oakland’ apartments, you will find good ones. I’d advise getting in door parking!
@@iamjosimarie awesome!! thx for the information. I'm using the next 3 weeks to compile a list of places I'd like to visit when I come thru the area for some pre-work stuff so this info is definitely helpful. Thx. Also congrats on the engagement!
@@nellybell32 thank you so much and happy holidays!!
If you're looking to live in Oakland, I loved renting through a company called Lapham. I always lived around Lake Merrit in an older (but actually affordable) building. Most of their buildings are rent controlled-which is ideal. Renting an apartment in Uptown is going to be $$$. If you rent on "Pill Hill", you'll be about 10 minutes away and pay much less in rent.
How has it been for you?
Welcome ❤
Im familiar w Columbus and live near ATL. Im interested in moving to Oakland with my 12 year old
Hey Hey! I live in Oakland, and it's one of the most expensive cities to live in. But I love living in Oakland. Why do you want to move here?
Did you end up moving your Oakland?
@iamjosimarie still in the A w my wonderful kids. Still open to it
@@iamjosimarie I live in Oakland
Check out the schools test scores and ratings before you come. No need to move to a crime ridden city for an underachieving school. Check out the surrounding cities like Alameda, El Cerrito or Concord
There are other and better cities than Oakland in the Bay Area.
Just moved to the Bay Area. Oakland is lawless! The customers at my job tell me the police does not even answer the phone when people call.
I love that all the bay natives popping up 😂. As a native, Love the town, but 🥶…
good luck !
Very Nice!
Thank you!!
Walnut Creek is a better option, I’m from Oakland and the diversity and safety you get out here is a vibe and also Lafayette. Is close enough to get a spot(if renting) not as much diversity but the way Oakland going it’s def the best move.
I can see how all of this makes sense having lived there for a year. Thanks for the input!!
Absolutely agree… I’m from Oakland and still living here. I’ve worked on and off in Walnut Creek. Currently working in Dublin /Pleasanton, which are also good options as well.😊
Dig it. I am a Manhattan transplant to and living in San Francisco, but I work in Oakland. Oakland has replaced San Francisco as THE wildly boho, artistic, activist city in this century that San Francisco was in the last century. San Francisco is merely wealthy. But Oakland is diverse, creative, ambitious, and engaged.
It is also a GREAT restaurant town, with highly accomplished, star-level chefs working in a range of culinary styles as diverse as the city's citizens. You'll find everything from stylish Latin European (French, Spanish, Italian) to upscale, modern soul, Asian to Caribbean, Central and South American to East African, (Oakland's Ethiopian restaurants are the best in the Bay Area), and everything from creative food truck cuisine to Michelin-starred food meccas. The star chefs here include double Michelin-starred James Syhabout, James Beard-honoured, modernist BBQ pit-master Matt Horn; high-concept soul food chef Geoff Davis, James Beard-honoured Nite Yun, famed for her néo-modernist take on mid-twentieth century Cambodian cuisine; Southern French and Northern Spanish restauranteur Paul Canales, who originally came to national prominence as the chef at Oakland's long-running legendary Italian/French/Northern Spanish restaurant, Oliveto, which finally closed before the pandemic, after a nearly forty-year run and having earned countless accolades.
You'll find museums, quirky hipster nabes, Bougie, casual chic nabes straight out of "Portlandia," and the lush, forested hillside neighborhoods are filled with stylish woodsy retreats and classic sprawling estates of old Oakland dynasty wealth (Kaisers, Bechtels, etc.) and new high-tech behemoth homes reflecting the high-tech, new wealth flooding into "The Town"; but you'll also find public parks of expansive Redwood forests, belying the ancient, highly bogus stereotype of Oakland as a "gritty, urban" of centre of concrete and asphalt.
Good luck in your new digs, welcome to the Bay Area, and who knows? We might see you jogging around Lake Merritt or hanging about with the cool kids at First Friday or some other such arts event in Oakland.
You wrote thus very well! Sheng Tao should put you on the payroll!
This is what I love to see: the positives of Oakland.
I live and currently work in Oakland (hopefully my contract will extend), and I’m right in the Uptown area and LOVE IT. You have described Oakland to a tee.
More people need to see this and know that there are many sides to Oakland, like there are to any other city.
W Oakland on top
Oakland !??? lol What are you serious !??
Hahah so very serious. I did that. Watch the video to understand why 😅
Whhhyyyyy!? 😱
Hell no. I have lived in the Bay Area my whole life more specifically South Bay and I avoid the east bay/Oakland area as much as possible. Yes there are some nice areas to Oakland but most of Oakland is notorious for being dangerous and bad sorry and you pretty much can’t avoid the bad to get to places. Good luck to you girl and hope you stay safe.
😳 you came to oakland why?🤔👀
Hahah watch the full video. I explained why I chose to move to Oakland at that time. It was actually intentional 😅
@@iamjosimarie 😊 ok I'll see. Are you still here? How has it been? I just came across your channel, I'll try to catch!
I’m no longer there but I do go visit the AMAZING people that I’ve met there. Long story short, I fell in love, got engaged, and moved! More to come!!😊
@@iamjosimarie 😁 fell in love💓ok nice!
Girl because it’s beautiful and special and full of culture. Yall really getting on my nerves in these comments.
If I had known that Oakland has a large Rwandan community, maybe I wouldn't have sold my house and left!
Very large community of Young professionals. 💖
@@iamjosimarie Do you still live in Oakland? I have a lot of friends out that way. Maybe I'll come back for a visit some day.
Meanwhile, I think Oakland is a good place for Rwandans. Maybe the city will improve with you all there.
Whhhyyy it'd so bad here!
Why would you want to move it to Oakland?
I’m from las Vegas and now in Columbus Ohio. I hate it ugh 😑
Wait I saw a comment…you lived already?!
Haha I did! It was a quick one! I stayed for a little over a year. I got engaged and moved!
Girl, I live in northern California! Born and raised there. Why in the HELL would you want to move to Oakland!!! You going to learn and see real quick, Oakland ain't it! But good luck with that!
lol my reasons are in the vlog 💕 I had a mostly great experience in the year I was there! I’m so glad I made the move, though it turned out to be temporary. I fell in love, got engaged, and moved out of state as we are planning our summer wedding! Life takes you where you need to go, and I’m so grateful I had the time that I had in Oakland. 💖
Oakland used to be great. Be really really careful. Hope you don't want an In and Out Burger.
Ntm on in n out 😭
Wow, I am a Californian and a lot of us are escaping this place. We love our state but Cali has gotten soooo bad, we hate the state that its in and those running it. Its crazy that folks are up and moving here and not for work, but just because they think its cool. We use to tell people we full and to go home. Now we like, good luck with that. Dont get it twisted, Westcoast all day, Cali is still that state when its NOT deep deep blue and woke and progressive. Anyhow good luck! Hopefully it gets better sooner than later.
Why oakland
Hey!! A lot of people ask that - why would I choose to move to Oakland 😅😅. I wanted to be around a Rwandese community of people my age, and in warmer weather than the Midwest or east coast. I also wanted a new experience on a diverse area (the bay) that had smart, young professionals to network with!
You are welcome here sista
My little sister was on my phone lol I just noticed this I wonder what else she commented on 🤔😂I live in Oakland myself …
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People so fast to talk about oakland but oakland is everywhere. Violence, murder, high rent ,homeless ,robbery, everywhere.... its some people who come from way worser places, and happy to be in oakland.
No, i completely agree.
Be careful in these Oakland streets 🙏
Wueh! Watching the other side of the Kenyans who are living the champagne life.... interesting....
Haha same same, but I’m Rwandan
Leave asap
🤣😂😂🤣 I left.
Why tf would u move here? 🤣🤣🤣
The reasons are in the vlog. Lol. I came, did what I had to do, got engaged and left - it was worthwhile as I met many wonderful people that will be lifetime friends 🥰
I'm born raised in oakland
And this some new shit
Probably 5,000 a month lol
This is fabrication 😂😂
Lol I hear you. I was paying about $2200 per month for my studios. (Was) because I already moved out of Oakland.
No its GENTRIFICATION IN ITS FINEST 😢
I wouldn’t recommend my worst enemy to move to oakland
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From where?! You might regret that move. There are safer cities in the bay
I stayed for a year and had a wonderful experience actually. Not all that i expected but good, nonetheless!! I got engaged and moved out of the state. ☺️. I’ll post a follow up video and explain more💖
Girl
You hella left oakland within 5 months??😂
Haha nah. I left after a year and some months after I got engaged
Lolol it was over a year
Why? Don't move to Oakland
Haha too late! But I did leave already
You couldn’t pay me to live in Oakland, CA.
Not even a million dollars?
Dont leave anything valuable in your car smh... I'm from Oakland born and raised and that place is somewhere I will never live again. #Gothamcity
Haha I saw how bad it was with car issues. I don’t drive though. So I was spared that headache
Yeah, you will love the crime rates there!!!
I grew up in Oakland my whole life. People move from Oakland not to it. Goodluck..
Hahha that’s what I keep hearing when I was moving there lmao. I did leave though. For love.
I know exactly where your building is 😂😂😂
I enjoyed living there. The building was nice and I met wonderful people there.
@@iamjosimarie I took a tour there a few months back, it's beautiful!
watch out for sx traffickers and pimp capital WATCH OUT
I saw a LOT of this in the neighborhood actually. A ton of activity was happening right outside of that large window I was so excited about.
@@iamjosimarie and the free phone scammers
Why smh born and raised and I still would ask why 😂.
Crazy how u would move to an unsafe neighborhood without doing a good research. Being African, i would NEVER move to a place just cz a certain grp of pple i can relate to live there. Most of the pple u are referring to as "your pple" are probably new to the country and working on making it big so they could move out of that area, yet u are a veteran in the country who decides to follow others blindly. Not a wise idea
Sweetheart, all of your assumptions about ‘my people’ are wrong. It was one of the best decisions that I’ve made, and I’m so glad I followed my heart. I have since fallen in love and moved away, but it was a spectacular thing that I followed my inner voice and went and did my thing. Imagine if you knew that I also moved to New York City at 18 years old with $28! I wonder what you’d call me then! Lol I hustled my butt off and was able to get myself through college and build a wonderful life. It is OK to have opinions how YOU would live your life. But others are free to, do what they have to do as well. Definitely not a blind follower, but I do definitely follow my heartmy inner voice. Peace.
you must have a deathwish
lol if you knew I moved to nyc at 18years old with only $28, what would you say? Haha just have a heart for adventure, I guess lol
Why would u move to Oakland oh no!!!!!!!!!!
bad decision
lol i get it. but I'm so glad I came, I saw, I experienced life here, and it led me to where i am now. :)
You all on this thread are delusional.. Oakland is the worst place, let alone California.. idiotic move.
People have different motivations when it comes to making a move. I am SO glad I made the move - I got what I needed from it, and moved on with my life. It was perfect. Not an idiotic move on my part. But I do agree with the previous comment about the crime. It’s wild. I can’t say i felt 100% safe all the time in Oakland.
Oakland is fantastic! A lot of the people are frightened and coo coo, but it has a good arts and music scene.
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lol i think i know what u mean by these emojis. i get it. but I'm so glad I came, I saw, I experienced life here, and it led me to where i am now. :)
Wear a billet proof vest. These dudes in Oakland do not know how to act.
Oakland is a dump
Don’t forget to mention that you have to step over people and shit on an hourly basis. Budget your car expenses when you leave your house but TRUST, you WILL be robbed. New to Oakland or not, the audacity of that population is incredible. Good luck!