I Survived the MOST DANGEROUS Food Tour | Oakland, California

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  • This is the most dangerous square mile in America according to national and international news. So I made up a food tour of the neighborhood and visited myself to see what it's really like.
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  • @relyk4277
    @relyk4277 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

    I grew up in Oakland. It is an incredibly beautiful place with expensive parks and amazing architecture. It is full of a vibrant art and music scene and is an economic powerhouse with the port, major corporations like Kaiser and Clorox, and a hub of innovation in tech, education and healthcare. It breaks my heart to see the crime and poverty spread so far in the city. But anyone who truly knows the city understands it is still sn amazing place.

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      100% agree! This is about the worst place in Oakland. There are so many other amazing places in the city.

  • @ddc2343d
    @ddc2343d 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    I lived in the Bay Area for 15 years; the only time I got robbed was in Oakland around 2010, near Jack London Square. Never went back after that and moved away a few years ago. I'm so glad I don't live in that mess of an area anymore.

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Jack London feels relatively safe these days. It’s certainly safe compared to Hegenberger road.

    • @jfungsf882
      @jfungsf882 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      I don't live in Oakland, but I have been to Jack London Square and its waterfront, and I feel that it's one of the more safer areas of the city. In fact, as of this writing, I went to Jack London Square last week & felt quite safe.

    • @matteframe
      @matteframe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You sound like an easy mark...

    • @DrSlipperyFist
      @DrSlipperyFist 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I lived in Oakland for 40 years and never been robbed

    • @Vet0714
      @Vet0714 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DrSlipperyFisttoday your luck might run out.

  • @dannyblanco8544
    @dannyblanco8544 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Still live in Oakland, this is a nostalgic video. I still miss that old Walmart and now that in and out is closing I no longer have a reason to go by that area:(

  • @rickhardcore975
    @rickhardcore975 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I went to that Raising Cane's about a year ago and couldn't believe how bad that area was. I've spent plenty of time in Oakland and it never seemed as bad as people made it out to be but that section was incredibly sketchy.

  • @SippyCupAdventures
    @SippyCupAdventures 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    The case that the A's and Fisher make about, "We can't make it in Oakland," rings true, unfortunately, when seeing this. This is a dam shame. I am familiar with this area from when we attended A's games from Modesto. When coming from Sacramento, we don't see this area, not that it is any safer. Why can't politicians just get things DONE! Is it that there is so much red tape? The issue is too far gone, and everyone just has a "f**k it, it is what it is!" Man.

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      There's so much that is so frustrating about this. It's why I thought doing a food tour might lighten the mood a bit. It's tough not to feel some understanding of Fisher wanting out of Oakland. Especially considering he's politically on the other end of the spectrum. At the same time, investment into sports teams has helped revitalize neighborhoods in places like Detroit, and Philly. But Fisher hasn't tried to do any of that in Oakland.

  • @GGordonWorleyIII
    @GGordonWorleyIII 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    when i first moved to the bay i used to go to that walmart every month to get discount prescriptions because i didn't have insurance. at the time it was sketchy but fine. sad to see it decline.

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It sounds like the other walmart I mentioned is now going to close too

  • @MrHawaiiboy510
    @MrHawaiiboy510 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    The notion of in n out burger being “not that good” is wild. I appreciate what you are doing for Oakland and the Bay Area but I gotta say in n out is top 5 burgers all time.

  • @OakTownCowboy
    @OakTownCowboy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    Oakland is an anomaly. If you have enough money to live in the nicer parts, it can be a slice of paradise away from the city. I left SF for the Oakland hills back in 2020 and never looked back. It has everything you need and is in such convenient location distance wise to the entire Bay Area. I love me some In-N-Out, but the people who swear by In-N-Out, Whataburger and Shake Shack haven’t explored the full spectrum of what a truly great burger tastes like. I’d take a Super Duper Burger any day over those three. Keep up with the videos. I really enjoy your different perspectives on these places you visit.

    • @sgt_slobber.7628
      @sgt_slobber.7628 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Only problem w/ Oakland hills is that you have to get through East or West Oakland to get there from SF!!!!!:/:/

    • @CoutureThug
      @CoutureThug 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sgt_slobber.7628 you can get to the hills right off the freeway on 24 or take 13. You can even get to the hills from the other side of the tunnel through Orinda

    • @tommoore4128
      @tommoore4128 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I prefer Pleasanton

    • @johnespinoza4405
      @johnespinoza4405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tommoore4128Pleasanton is trash that’s where are the white folks live at 💀

    • @OakTownCowboy
      @OakTownCowboy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tommoore4128 I play tennis out there. It’s great. Although I like my 70 degree weather better. It was 100 last time I played in Pleasanton a week or so ago.

  • @cpta03
    @cpta03 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    In the late 1980’s and 1990’s, my sons and I went to several A’s games a year. We only only got out of the car in the parking lot or the BART station to walk game. We never stopped anywhere else in Oakland just to be on the safe side. Looks like it’s gotten much worse. Too bad a thriving business district did not develop around the Coliseum.

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      To be fair, this is about as bad as it gets in Oakland. It's just too far to walk to from the coliseum unfortunately

  • @normp3273
    @normp3273 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I have lived in the flatlands of east Oakland for about 35 years. For anyone that lives in the city knows that for the most part there are decent hardworking people there. For me crime has always been a constant. Sometimes there's a spike and other times there are drops. Homeless on the other hand has increased to the point where you can't enjoy the city's parks or trails. Other cities I have visited across the country are dealing with the same problem. Maybe not to this degree but they often have the same struggle.

  • @nnnickkk
    @nnnickkk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want to get a job at the tourism department for Oakland. And my #1 goal is to post this video on the city's website and link this TH-cam video in all future e-Mail correspondence. I'll get fired, but it will be sooooo worth it.

  • @Patman494
    @Patman494 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know a couple videographers who have had their gear truck totally cleared out at gunpoint. Damn shame.

  • @Cilantro4875
    @Cilantro4875 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Come through and check Stockton out, similar to Oakland in the sense of crime, homelessness, and some closures. Especially midtown, downtown, and south Stockton areas

  • @jfungsf882
    @jfungsf882 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Another great informative video😉👍💯 That part of Oakland has always seemed to be one of the more wild areas. But of course I don't live in Oakland and rarely go there.

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! I just spent some time in the tenderloin, and I’m probably going to make a video about it. I would absolutely rather go back to the TL (and definitely will) than go back to this part of Oakland.

  • @guyinthewhiteT
    @guyinthewhiteT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Its kinda insane how much thing can change in Oakland. I used to walk around Edgewater all the time and never felt even the tiniest bit unsafe. Pre-pandemic it was probably the nicest area in Deep east Oakland. There are systemic issues that have cause the neighborhood to falter that needs to be addressed.

  • @jhouston206
    @jhouston206 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I feel this was a good clear look into an issue with your biases spelled out. I have a reaction to your comment where you implied that raising the minimum wage caused Wally World to bow out of the city. If you have a business that relies on underpaying people then it not much of a business plan. In general it feels strange to demand cheap labor so our consumer cost is low. Not sure I am comfortable with that dynamic.

    • @ArtamStudio
      @ArtamStudio 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      To me it wasn't implied at all, it was very plainly stated the wage hike was the reason for closing - paying their staff more would affect the Waltons' 15th Lear jet.

    • @LegoCookieDoggie
      @LegoCookieDoggie 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think it was implying how cheap companies are and rather abandon communities than pay them a fair wage and if that’s a bad bias yeah we’re fucked

  • @steveschramko2386
    @steveschramko2386 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I'm glad you survived without getting shot, but the damage to your stomach because of all the junk food...well, that's another matter...

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, it was a tough day for sure!

  • @jreds79
    @jreds79 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    For the nearly 10 years I've lived in Oakland, I've never thought about visiting hegen-burgers 😂 When I first moved to Oakland in 2014 I thought I wanted to be buried in Oakland. With the rising crime, the influx of camper vans and homeless, and the city politics is making me rethink that decision. For the prices we pay in rent you would think this city is better ran, but it not. Oakland is being divested from and out troubling.

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      This perfectly captures what so many of us are feeling right now. And Hegenburger is for sure the best place I went to this day!

  • @eossoon
    @eossoon 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I moved to the bay area for school and I've never felt more unsafe then I when was waiting for an uber not 1 block from the Oakland Police Department station, watching a guy look underneath and try the doors of every single car parked on the other side of the street, then move onto trying to open the doors and windows of every building. If I happened to be on his side of the street, I'm pretty sure the dude would've tried to rob me and my friend. We walked the other way as he slowly and methodically tried to commit crimes TOWARD the direction of the station. Not only that, but 2/3 parks that we saw on our way to check out some places to eat looked like they were taken over as encampments. I walked by the Chinese Garden Park and there was zero chance that I was going to go in there, it looked positively dystopian from across the road.

  • @lindah5910
    @lindah5910 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The family would go to the A's games at the Oakland Coliseum in the heydays of the early to mid 1970s, and it was a great time as a kid at a safe place. That was 50 years ago now. Sad to see this happen. Yikes!

  • @boredsoim01
    @boredsoim01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I work in the area and I got gas at that station hella early in the morning cause I work graveyard and two random people came up to me and warned me to watch my back, it's not safe. Nothing happened, but there was a bad vibe.

  • @motaselects
    @motaselects วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love these videos. WHERE DID YOU GET THE GARLIC FRIES. ???

  • @dudebrodude4388
    @dudebrodude4388 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My job involve(d) going to the coliseum and working with the A's, and the first time they sent me there I was early and had like 10 minutes to kill so I pulled into the In-n-Out parking lot not knowing anything that goes down around there. As I am sitting in my work car looking at my phone I hear a noise and I look in my side mirror to see a dude who had just broken the window of the car next to me pulling stuff out of the back, then running to a getaway car. It was shocking how brazen it was.

  • @oiler62
    @oiler62 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So sad to see that area go down. Was hoping it would thrive and add more shopping and eateries.

  • @TheLobster99
    @TheLobster99 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oakland really is bad. I’ve lived here for years and I’m from the east bay. I’m finally leaving next year since so many of my friends have been mugged at gun point and/or threatened with one unprovoked. Six friends of mine have left in under a year.
    I have one friend who got robbed while pumping gas at Grand Lake too.
    Oakland is beautiful but it’s a goddamn mess out here and anyone who’s trying to shrug it off is simply lying to themselves cause it doesn’t fit their narrative ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @timtwoface
    @timtwoface หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mmmm Raising Cane's was solid...tried it for the first time in Miami a month ago! Good on you for venturing in this part of Oakland with what I suspect is a really nice camera, even in broad daylight!

  • @brendanmohareful
    @brendanmohareful 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I used to eat at that in n out late night after band practice. Always checking the mirrors in the car while we ate lol. Nothing ever happened luckily though.

  • @noelsweet1772
    @noelsweet1772 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Used to work at a cannabis grow in that area, how did I not know I was filling up my truck at the most dangerous gas station in America? 😂😂

  • @jagdipsingh1272
    @jagdipsingh1272 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hiya Adam
    Love your video with great content.
    Sad too see what is happening in that area. Such a nice area turn another way around.
    I was thingking that Bronx area in New York is most dangerous in the state.
    where is mine French fries🍿 ? I like Mexicans Coca Cola .
    Next video if you can please share about homeless people in San Francisco / California.
    Thank you brother Adam.
    Keeep the good work
    Cheers

  • @HKim0072
    @HKim0072 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I grew up in Baltimore and I don't fuck with Oakland.

  • @danmartvk
    @danmartvk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I live about 1.5 miles from here and my wife works in the hagenberg corridor. Its not that bad.

  • @shanonb8921
    @shanonb8921 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    IVE BEEN TO BOTH OF THOSE GAS STATIONS IN MY NEW CAR AND NOI ONE BOTHERED ME. ALSO I LOVE IN AND OUT BURGERS AS MANY PEOPLE DO, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE FRIES, THERE TERRIBLE. I ALSO JUST MOVED TO OAKLAND AND I LIVE NEAR LAKE MERRITT AND NOW I WON'T GO DOWN THERE ANYMORE, I'M SURPRISED THAT ANY RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN DOWN THERE

  • @omgprince4727
    @omgprince4727 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Mannnn it's been like this for years however the crime in these areas has never been this bad

  • @imp0rtt
    @imp0rtt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    In n out burgers are not good ? Are you serious ? What's a better fast food burger to you ?

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Any of them. I'm not saying they're not good. They're just... fine

    • @oliverdemingoy7464
      @oliverdemingoy7464 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      In-N-Out burgers actually are good, though. A lot of the most famous chefs and food critics in the world (e.g. Gordon Ramsay, Bobby Flay, the late Anthony Bourdain, etc.) have claimed In-N-Out as the best fast food burger (if they had to choose a fast food burger.) Mainly because the ingredients are so fresh. Usually the people who don't like In-N-Out just need something more salty, more fried, and some bacon, which is a valid preference.

  • @startupmindsets
    @startupmindsets 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Was there for 10 mins and saw a group trying to break into cars in a parking lot

  • @BallparkMark
    @BallparkMark หลายเดือนก่อน

    The blueberry cake donut from dunkin is the best!

  • @joelvinson
    @joelvinson หลายเดือนก่อน

    I miss Oakland. In 1996.

  • @davegilmore7420
    @davegilmore7420 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    All depends on the staff&management, when it comes to fast food.

  • @eug4684
    @eug4684 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Panda Express there goes crazy (except when the grill for the teriyaki chicken doesn't work)

  • @norcaldragonz1904
    @norcaldragonz1904 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    U forget the mayor is crooked and was raided by the fbi

  • @Whoisbu89
    @Whoisbu89 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i used to work on hegenberger at the SPCA right across the street from that in n out. I went there all the time. Oakland is an absolute dumpster fire of a city and its only going to get worse.

  • @Kaaseki
    @Kaaseki 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ain’t no fuckin way, if you look it up, my high school was right across the street from the gas station on Hegenberger

  • @cobra935o
    @cobra935o 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I dont get the obsession with in n out burger either, a lot of hype or something, every time I come out west where there is a location I have to try to make sure nothing has changed, but I would rather just go to Jack in the Box and be satisfied, lol.

    • @bartonpercival3216
      @bartonpercival3216 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I'm telling you the Jumbo Jack & their tacos are soooooo good. I really miss them. Don't have them where I live now!!! 😭

  • @Dafna-ke2wr
    @Dafna-ke2wr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That was definitely a cup of milk lol

  • @jst_yo
    @jst_yo 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i have to go to san lorenzo for in n out now, i was like 5-6 minute drive from the in n out. at least we still have Canes!(with the very long lines😂)

  • @crescentcrab
    @crescentcrab 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There is a silver lining everywhere, I suppose

  • @Mr.banana_man6000
    @Mr.banana_man6000 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think I was in the same in n out

  • @jasonsmith1143
    @jasonsmith1143 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    gooood luck going to Oakland.

  • @kingworldadventures
    @kingworldadventures 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I live here brah 😢

  • @phantom18x
    @phantom18x 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I work on that street 😂

  • @DropSet_Nicky
    @DropSet_Nicky 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My
    Poor boyfriend works over there

  • @eyesears113
    @eyesears113 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Why don’t you show the other side of Oakland too? The Oakland Hills, Montclair, Redwood Park, Temescal, Glenview, Rockridge, Piedmont, heck, Jack London Square, even the Grand Lake/Lakeshore area (although I don’t recommend that place at night). You gotta show the two sides of the coin, my man. Oakland is basically two completely different cities in one. I do admit, those neighborhoods shown are nasty. But Oakland has a lot of nice spots too, just like in any large American city. I’d say Oakland is divided. Minorities mostly live in the flatlands and Whites/Asians live on the hills in multimillion dollar houses., lol. And no American city can remotely can compete with awesome Japanese cities. Tokyo, Osaka, Yokohama, Kyoto, Sapporo, Fukuoka (which believe it or not, it’s the sister city of Oakland, lol), etc.

    • @eyesears113
      @eyesears113 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh, I just searched through your channel and came upon: I spent 72 hours in Oakland California to show you the other side. Good job! 😁👍

    • @eyesears113
      @eyesears113 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I just found out you are from Oakland. Now I feel like an idiot… 😱😭😀

  • @ronin3782
    @ronin3782 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have to carry, bro.

  • @pastense
    @pastense 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I love In N Out fries! Mostly because they actually taste like potatoes. And not greasy, salty cardboard. Oh well, more for me!

  • @KongSunWu
    @KongSunWu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had a friend from college, he was part Black but very ligh skinned his dad was a judge, he married a local Chincese girl. Had a very nice house in the Oakland Hills. I love the place. Anyway, he was walking in his neghborhood and two Black guys croosed the street and beat the crap out of him (polobear hunting). Oakland is not safe especially if you are Asian or White

  • @kanyelives
    @kanyelives 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This just cements how bad oakland really is, the 76 that got raided is laughable, yeah unless if you live in the rich area of oakland, there is no point in going or living there and people are too blinded to say how horrible it is, glad you aren't one of them!

  • @jtlusong
    @jtlusong 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    starbucks sucks

  • @wheelmanvicful
    @wheelmanvicful 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stay away from Oakland

  • @samstone8029
    @samstone8029 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I want to like your videos but the in n out hate is a giveaway you just don’t go here bro

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah. I don't even go here :(

  • @blantant
    @blantant 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Stop watching when this guy sit in and out is not that good. Lost all credibility.

    • @lettuce1626
      @lettuce1626 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      He said it so casually I had whiplash lmao

  • @roastbeefy0weefy
    @roastbeefy0weefy 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bout time someone took In N Out down a notch. It's not bad, but it doesn't deserve the 30 minute drive thru lines you see in places like the South Bay. It's a sort of Plato's Cave mentality that elevates mediocre options to cult status. Give me a Whataburger over that any day

    • @AdamDoesNotExist
      @AdamDoesNotExist  5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I understand that it's an institution that so many people grew up with. But I wish it was... better.

  • @doubl33Ace
    @doubl33Ace 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who are these people committing crimes in Oakland?

  • @Megakussh
    @Megakussh 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    its kinda interesting that those Oakland mayors don't match the Oakland population

  • @dripgodvtgvlogs6871
    @dripgodvtgvlogs6871 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    San Francisco more sketch

  • @rociorosariolimonavila4564
    @rociorosariolimonavila4564 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am sorry, maybe I am being unfair but I don't think you should be encouraging people to visit this dangerous places.
    If you happen to live there, good luck but don't say it's ok to go :/

  • @misterkiller89
    @misterkiller89 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Even though you hype up Oakland and say it's great...the content you show says otherwise :/....

  • @graysuns
    @graysuns 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    your vids are entertaining. i’ve got some thoughts.
    1. in n out is fire.
    2. for fried chicken you should’ve gone to aburaya on 17th.
    3. title is clickbait-y as hell. c’mon dawg

  • @bartwilloughby2909
    @bartwilloughby2909 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What are the Demographics of Oakland ?