The really scary thing is that the government says everything is great.
@thetr00per30
Ай бұрын
they did this so of course they are gaslighting everyone.
@StevieD1x
Ай бұрын
FJB
@jameshayden3952
Ай бұрын
Politicians in Oakland don't shop at Walmart anyway, so no great loss.
@mikeg3439
Ай бұрын
"Leading the nation" is another thing they often say. It's just opposites day with California liberals.
@walterwhite1
28 күн бұрын
They are so brain dead or just corrupt pick it?
@kevinhardin5484
Ай бұрын
As someone who has lived and worked in Oakland, it is truly a garbage dump now. Don't blame the police when clearly the laws favor the scumbbag criminals.
@messenoir804
Ай бұрын
Same agenda in Chile
@annt.7785
Ай бұрын
I heard that in NY they fault the innocent person for defending themselves against nutbags 😂. This country just doesn't make sense anymore 😒😒.
@user-xu1ol3pn1e
28 күн бұрын
The Democratic Party has gone full blown communist Socialist
@sepperD3
28 күн бұрын
I wonder how long and how far it will go before people wise up and realize they are keeping these idiots in office,you can't look at these cities all over America ,our economy, and everything else is going good
@J_h_420
28 күн бұрын
@@annt.7785 you probably beilieve everything youre told and what they show on. Tv like a good mindless sheep. Keep it up...
@AlexGrateGaming
Ай бұрын
As a Oakland resident of 35+ years I appreciate this video It wasn't sensationalized for clicks It was just a honest view of someone observing it unbiasely. Niiiiiiice.
@donchoq
25 күн бұрын
I lived in Alameda and Lake Merit back in the 80's. Oakland was a working class town back then!
@aliceswing7185
4 күн бұрын
Agreed, but the thinly veiled divisive political slights were not necessary.
@KamikazeJustice
Ай бұрын
Just recently, four Walmarts closed down in Chicago because of shoplifting, and other crimes.
@mikeb3106
Ай бұрын
Oakland is the perfect example of the “Broken Window Theory.” You allow the small crime to be tolerated and the big crime follows.
@Dimythios
Ай бұрын
SF. Chicago. Baltimore. NY. Oakland What do they have in Common? Progressive Mayors. Enough said.
@benda777nba
Ай бұрын
Wow and ppl are always conplaining about my small town but at least I can take my trash out at night😂
@glennbourque111
Ай бұрын
@@Dimythios Dude, don't blame it on the mayors. This is not a "one person" issue.
@frankbergmanII
Ай бұрын
@@glennbourque111 You absolutely can and should be critical of leadership, as well you should those voters who enabled them.
@frankbergmanII
Ай бұрын
The tough on crime response to this is going to be absolute and brutal, and not only accepted by the majority but demanded.
@user-ii3vn8tn3q
Ай бұрын
Calif spend 17.5 BILLION annually on less than 200,000. Homeless. Someone is getting rich, and its NOT the homeless.
@marcodarko6941
Ай бұрын
How many mansions does governor gruesome have now.. There was an awful lot of money spent in San Franshthole just this past year to clean it all up for the democrats c c p owners to visit there and not have to see all that blight.
@user-ii3vn8tn3q
Ай бұрын
@@marcodarko6941 There is a $1.2 billion budget for a three year effort to clean up California. The first hundred million or so was spent and 8700 people employed to clean up San Francisco in advance of the APEC summit/
@user-ii3vn8tn3q
Ай бұрын
hundred million or so was spent and 8700 people employed to clean up San Francisco in advance of the APEC summit/ ( visiting Chinese dignitaries...temporary, good impression)
@davesbainrps6909
Ай бұрын
Lot of hotdogs
@mattroberts86
Ай бұрын
You are a liar. About $20 billion in the last 5 years. Increase in homeless in California is less than half that of the national average. 5.8% vs 12%.
@jennifermiller7139
Ай бұрын
No city in America should ever look like this 😢
@electronicpizzaparlor
15 күн бұрын
Excuse us while we give hundreds of billions of your tax dollars away to other countries like Israel and Ukraine.
@dexterricketts8313
8 күн бұрын
Not in Tanzania either.
@NormanSilver
3 күн бұрын
San Francisco makes his place look like a Country Club.
@sandrajones8245
9 сағат бұрын
Nowhere in the world, but they do.
@gjmbarusha6999
Ай бұрын
You know it’s bad when a thriving business like In-N-Out picks up and leaves and cops are still in Crown Victorias.
@adrukova1407
Ай бұрын
Lol
@knucklestheechidna5718
Ай бұрын
I love the crown Victorias. Obviously unrelated I'm just a car guy
@annabellesanchez8011
Ай бұрын
It's not the cops fault. They can't do their job. You should know that by now
@jfreeman1689
Ай бұрын
The Crown Victoria police car is a prop. It sits there from time to time.
@chefjasontaylor
12 күн бұрын
One of the (the last?) last body on frame car available (as in it had a actual welded frame like a truck has with panels bolted on). It's a lot cheaper when smashing a quarter panel if it's not also structural to the vehicle.
@davidwelty9763
Ай бұрын
This is what “criminal justice reform” looks like.
@Jesus_is_LORD444
Ай бұрын
I’m a white guy who was homeless and ended up in Oakland for a night. Found a black guy who took in me and we ate some homemade muffins and got high together. I was blessed to find such a nice man. He also stopped others from messing with me. I’m sober and homed now.
@paulazajac9155
Ай бұрын
Glad, happy you made it!
@aaronwilliams6989
Ай бұрын
I'm happy for you from another Black man.!
@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050
Ай бұрын
Was your butt sore?
@julieann4616
Ай бұрын
@@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050omg lol
@willowufgood261
Ай бұрын
Ok
@terry_willis
Ай бұрын
One problem with Oakland gov't is nepotism. They keep hiring all their incompetent relatives.
@jameshayden3952
Ай бұрын
Not incompetent, straight up thieves.
@phylliselizahb1041
28 күн бұрын
Like Cleveland, OH
@jeremyweems4916
11 күн бұрын
They're not incompetent. They're business people disguised as politicians.
@matthewwilliams3827
Ай бұрын
What gets me is the working girls were like “wtf? Cussing you out as if “you’re” the gross being. Hahaha. Gotta love it.
@westcoastg4life
28 күн бұрын
At least they are putting in work
@robkeysnj
18 күн бұрын
Wat ya'll doin filming us? I is in a a public place!! Oh. Wait. You are in a public place.
@JD-mh9rl
Ай бұрын
The Warriors left there a few years ago. The Raiders followed suit and now the A’s are the last to go. No professional sports teams left here.
@markhall6306
Ай бұрын
Stop voting Democrat
@JulianShannon-xl4zc
Ай бұрын
Why isn’t the crime reported there ? This looks worst then Detroit in the early 2000s. Yet Oakland isn’t in the most dangerous city list for 2024 how ??
@louiscypher4186
Ай бұрын
@@JulianShannon-xl4zc Crime isn't reported because nobody cares.
@midcenturymodern9330
Ай бұрын
Who would go to Oakland to watch them anyway? The Oakland Coliseum is falling apart. It's a like a tribute to the falling city. Quite fitting, actually!
@user-uo7fw5bo1o
Ай бұрын
The Warriors was the perfect name for an Oakland professional sports team, considering a movie of the same name that was about one gang pursued overnight through New York City by other gangs was made in 1977 and released in 1979. I actually got to see it in the cinema!
@krl8814
Ай бұрын
Home Depot in Oakland hires two official Oakland PD to stand out the door to stop robberies they are like the only people that can stop a shoplifter
@user-uj5kn6co5q
Ай бұрын
Sometimes not as the DA will not prosecute arrested murders but sends them to counseling classes.
@user-no8ol4rl4w
21 күн бұрын
Mr. President we need you back 🙏
@23561210
Ай бұрын
GAVIN NEWSOM DID IT
@leslielearnorth
Ай бұрын
Oh it’s wayyyyyy deeper than that
@EastLakeWatch
Ай бұрын
That's only one of the bad Demon RAT, a lot more than that!
@jameshayden3952
Ай бұрын
That's his ticket to the Whitehouse.
@johnjohnson2855
Ай бұрын
Voters did it to themselves!!
@ricardofierro7041
27 күн бұрын
Are you saying that Gavin Newsom threw All that trash all over town , then went around with cans of spray paint and painted all the graffiti ? WOW he is a very busy person. Plus it’s impossible. Basically people SHOULD be more Proud of Their neighborhood and keep it presentable.
@marcbenjamin9436
Ай бұрын
I’m from Fresno and I drove through Oakland a year ago after taking a wrong exit. It was shocking even for someone used to Fresno.
@karlchristensen6277
2 ай бұрын
You nailed this headline. Over 14,000 ABANDONED cars in 78 square miles; the third world city….City of Oakland. And companies in downtown telling employees “do not leave your building for lunch.”
@TOCC50
2 ай бұрын
This is how the Chocolates like to live.
@jeromefym9548
Ай бұрын
@@TOCC50lmao theirs more white and Hispanics then blacks there but go off
@Dills1995
Ай бұрын
@@TOCC50 WOW! I mistakenly thought we were in the twenty first century.
@TOCC50
Ай бұрын
@@Dills1995 DNA doesn’t change
@jongallardo8006
Ай бұрын
We’re not. We live in a time where people don’t know what a women is.
@valeriebrown7946
2 ай бұрын
I moved out of Oakland and never ever looked back. It was the worst place I'd ever lived in my life. Absolutely terrible and the people were equally as bad. The place is horrific.
@marcodarko6941
Ай бұрын
Hopefully you didn't take any bad voting habits with you that would turn your new location into the shthole you got had to get away from.
@cindytrayer4279
Ай бұрын
@Feather-yk8suyou nailed it- anything “blue” is a sh**hole
@cindytrayer4279
Ай бұрын
@Jamie-qg1iq left is left
@mr.lonewolf1754
Ай бұрын
I totally agree with you on that. I had left Oakland myself almost ten years ago because of the high crime and being robbed at gun point twice was the last straw for me that broke the camel's back. I never look back either and feel it was the best decision I made.
@yosra3551
Ай бұрын
Do not victim blame the person who left and reports on that. And definitely do not gaslight us into asking for this by 'voting' for it. If you still haven't realized the voting system is a total scam, and the shadow government is ushering in the New world order, than maybe do your homework first.
@thecandyman9308
Ай бұрын
Man the shots from the streets as the above-ground train passing over are straight out of an 80s Arnie or Sly dystopian sci-fi flick.
@jameshayden3952
Ай бұрын
Black Mad Max world.
@redwood_shores
16 күн бұрын
Exactly my thoughts. But unlike movies, there are no heroes.
@Damiens_music_studio
Ай бұрын
They need a governor and mayor with huge balls like the guy who made no apologies for cleaning the MS13 gang! This is all so disgusting and traumatizing for the public both criminals and ordinary people.
@susanne1756
Ай бұрын
My granddaughters husband is a young police officer in this town, Oakland, Ca. He said it's the city government, and especially the mayor that is the problem. Police officers in the San Francisco bay area, where Oakland is, are understaffed. Not too many men and women want to be a police officer in these cities where crime is not punished by the court systems. The criminals are brought in, they go to court and are back out on the streets within days. I live 20 minutes from Oakland, these criminals are making their way into the more affluent cities near Oakland. I've lived here for 72 years, this is has become our worst nightmare ever.
@user-ii3vn8tn3q
Ай бұрын
The city could pay for the garbage to be cleaned up. Every where.
@denniswaterman3982
Ай бұрын
@@user-ii3vn8tn3qCorrect. Newsom did it to clean up the Bay area when China was coming to town.
@danieltracy7136
Ай бұрын
When I lived in Fremont, I noticed a lot of burglary suspects arrested there were from Oakland. They would hit neighborhoods, businesses, and parking lots with easy access off of 880 and 680
@healthyone100
Ай бұрын
Its all by design, the liberals are taking down the country they hate freedom they rule of law, the constitution, they want to be in total control and they are not going to stop until they do!
@Baebon6259
Ай бұрын
San Jose and Fremont are feeling the heat. I guess...voting does matter.
@Fitinfifties
Ай бұрын
The thing you notice about any city in California are the junky RV’s lined up on every curb.
@davidthompson3415
Ай бұрын
Homelessness is a big money maker so it is always encouraged by city officials. Just follow up money and it always ends with taxpayers dollars in the pockets of politicians 😢
@dansuperbee3321
Ай бұрын
Me and a buddy in 1987 accidently drove through a bad part of Oakland heading for the Navy base, no one believed me that there was a school in a dirt parking lot with the flyover as a roof for the school. Then adding to that, drunks in the gutter across the road. I can only imagine how bad it is today.
@alangrund5031
Ай бұрын
Another place not to get a flat tire. You're a brave man.
@scottbullock3045
Ай бұрын
California has this more than any other state. Despite having a job, you still sleep in your car at night. $913,000 for a shoebox to live in so good luck affording rent. Forget about a mortgage! Any NFL fans out there wondering why the Raiders bounced for Vegas 3 seasons ago.😢
@sheryljeanne
Ай бұрын
In a crap hole like that. Home values are are about 90 percent more then they are worth. The city is worth nothing
@annt.7785
Ай бұрын
$913,000 for a shoebox 😂😂😂, hilarious but true.
@Lora-G
Ай бұрын
I live in Oakland. Been seeing the same homeless under the 580 fwy on 14th St and MacArthur since I moved here over ten years ago. Rep. Gallo couldn't get rid of him so supplied him with a porta potty. Why??? Why do homeless and thugs get a pass and taxpayers live in FEAR?
@johnheffner3950
Ай бұрын
Football returns to Oakland! The Oakland Looters vs the Washington Carjackers!
@bobc.7958
Ай бұрын
Our company no longer acceps jobs in Oakland. After the loss of a service truck and an employee beaten up and in the hospital, none of our crews will work there. The last project was near the former Dennys you showed. We had to hire private security to protect the job site. Each evening, 100% of our equipment was hauled away. If we didn't, it would be gone/looted/burned by morning.
@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS
Ай бұрын
What’s your company bruh?
@gnericnuser
Ай бұрын
@@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS applewood landscaping ask for Tig 😂
@mrseaweed5587
Ай бұрын
San Francisco isnt much better...My Door contractor had their work truck stolen on Franklin St. Daytime theft. took the truck to you know where????? OPD couldnt care less.. I spend quite a bit of money just painting over grafitti because its not a crime????? SF will fine me for not painting over it. Everything is backwards now......go figure.
@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS
Ай бұрын
@@gnericnuser lol
@SandorVitez
Ай бұрын
BTM
@daviddesmond2143
Ай бұрын
Somebody making $35 an hour working 40 hours a week can't afford an apartment.
@michaelellringer5600
Ай бұрын
And you well know the Nimby's in Oakland are partly to blame. There's NImby's all over the entire Bay area.
@hansolo189-6
Ай бұрын
This is true I live in the Bay Area
@trentdawg2832
Ай бұрын
@@michaelellringer5600 what is a nimby’??
@jennifertarin4707
Ай бұрын
@trentdawg2832 it stands for Not in My Back Yard and generally refers to people who block progress because it affects them negatively or so they seem to think. They have blocked mass transit in Bevey Hills and NYC, blocked multi use buildings from being built, hlising from being built in "nice neighborhoods ", etc..
@AuntieMamies
Ай бұрын
@@michaelellringer5600💯💯💯
@johnmcglinchy6746
Ай бұрын
Very sad My father was born in Oakland in 1929 his mother watched San Francisco burn from the roof of their Oakland home in 1906. A home they bought in 1930 is still in the family, but it's in the Rockridge district. Amazing how lack of police who make $300k. The mayor made a mistake firing the police Chief he was born and raised seemed like a good guy
@geraldmartin7703
Ай бұрын
I was in Oakland, briefly, when I was in the Army five decades ago. Surprised at city street after street with no people out in broad daylight.
@jerroldjennymichaudzhenmic3966
2 ай бұрын
Having grown up in the area I think I can provide some historical perspective. The West Oakland area is primarily non residential industrial area. It appears most of the businesses in the area have been abandoned, most likely due to sky high leases. Obviously this created an empty no man’s land where poor folks are taking advantage of the empty spaces and creating their own shelters. I think the poverty numbers cited are no accurate because a lot of the poor live off the grid and their lack of income is not reported. The main problem with the SF Bay Area is that during WW2 vast numbers of laborers from the south were brought in to work in the shipyards and munitions factories. Once those war jobs disappeared those folks were housed in essentially low cost military housing and were relegated to low wage jobs. But the cities were OK as long as you stayed away from those low cost housing areas that essentially became ghettos. In the 60s, 70s and 80s most of that housing was condemned and removed leaving large numbers of low wage families struggling to find housing. The dichotomy that you see in an area with most good jobs requiring high education and those educated folks making good money, driving up property values and the cost of living. And then an even larger population of uneducated families that are stuck in a place where there is little to no industrial jobs for the uneducated workforce. The end result is areas of squalor with high crime juxtaposed against areas of relative opulence and high living. It gets worse every year, It is easy to blame the politicians but any solutions to the problems will require drastic action like government subsidized industry and eminent domain actions to remove blighted areas. There is no political appetite for those kind of solutions so folks will just continue to wring their hands and call for more and more police.
@hadlee189
Ай бұрын
As the years have gone by, you're right, a lot of those companies that were in West Oakland have closed down, like Mothers Cookies, & Nabisco. And the workplaces/companies were abandoned. The problem with SF/Oakland/San Jose, & San Jose to a lesser point. Is Drug Addiction, Mental Illness, & the working poor. The Drug Addicted, Homeless, Mental Illness, & the working Poor are a Major Problem in the Bay Area. Then we have people from other states, & cities from within California that come to the Bay Area, because of cheap drugs, & both Oakland, & SF, pay these people to live here?! They do not have to be a resident of SF/Oakland, or California for that matter. Although I see that coming to an end soon. Another problem is lack of Policemen, & the criminals know this.
@user-fh6gt2gz1i
Ай бұрын
Of the hundreds of comments I’ve ever read, on any topic, this is thee most accurate and dispassionate analysis I’ve ever encountered . Sadly, it will go overlooked and under read by the dopamine fiend’s prowling the splinter net.
@user-fh6gt2gz1i
Ай бұрын
@jerroldjm etc.
@lanpartyanimal5215
Ай бұрын
Yes and no. Allowing the crime to have little or no consequence IS the Government of Oakland and Alameda County's fault and responsibility! They own it and until this changes nothing else anyone does will matter at all...
@georgeburns7251
Ай бұрын
It has a lot to do with the culture of the predominant population that settled there since WW2. It is the same for all high crime rate cities all over the US. THE CULTURE BLAMES THEIR PLIGHT on white privileged people.
@gatorgogo2742
2 ай бұрын
Horrible! Very nasty, very dangerous, very expensive! Why would a sane, reasonable human want to be there? The neighborhoods you drove thru were absolutely beautiful. It's such a shame the city is mismanaged. Thanks.
@snorky4506
Ай бұрын
because it's unbelievably nice here
@auggie803
Ай бұрын
These Demacrates ruin things all the time. They will do nothing to stop any kind of crime.It's who they are.
@mattroberts86
Ай бұрын
When exactly were the industrial areas next to the freeway beautiful?
@timrhoads3117
Ай бұрын
We have a Fox Theater here in Spokane Washington. Built in 1926 and restored to its glory in 1998 . It has once again become a downtown jewel.
@Alex-pr6zv
Ай бұрын
Smart safety move doing your tour of Oakland's finest attractions nice and early in the morning. Try that at night, and you're liable to get jacked or even worse.
@didbiddy3480
Ай бұрын
Glad you got the footage and made it out safe man!! Safe travels!
@paulturner1535
2 ай бұрын
Irresponsible government management.
@travisadams4470
Ай бұрын
That and irresponsible voters!
@michaelellringer5600
Ай бұрын
Yes, it would help to silence the anti-development Nimby's in Oakland!
@rickreese5794
Ай бұрын
Cali is done 😩🤮🤷🏿♂️
@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS
Ай бұрын
@@rickreese5794 yeah because one bad city represents the whole state, do you know how large California is?
@rinzler9775
Ай бұрын
Votes produce outcomes.
@MarcPagan
Ай бұрын
Oakland needs its own Mayor Rudy - Pre Rudy in NYC...crack, filth, and crime.
@gunshipgray4295
Ай бұрын
As part of a flight crew we used to stay at the Hilton by the Oakland International airport…..and shop at the “new” shopping center where the In-n-Out was located……it was only built about 10 years ago….it was nice but was turning into a very dangerous place even before the Covid-19 debacle….I used to go to the Oakland Harley Davidson located near there…but I won’t go there anymore…it’s too dangerous…I wouldn’t let my crew go anywhere near that shopping center anymore. The same with the Shell gas station where we used to fill up our rental cars….dangerous…. or any restaurants in that area..and there were some well established historic good restaurants near the airport …….but the Marxist democrats have ruined Oakland and the whole state of California.
@marks2997
2 ай бұрын
I had a chat with an Aussie who visited last year. Very fair minded guy - he said he couldn’t believe the changes for the worse compared to his prior visit.
@Jigsjigz
2 ай бұрын
im from london uk, ive been out to the us alot past 25ish years... been to cali 3 times each time it got worse and worse... Ive seen what the left has done everywhere...
@zoidmo3388
2 ай бұрын
@@Jigsjigz Oakland Mayor a demorat..just saying. 🤫
@XXtheJUMPoffXX
2 ай бұрын
& things are even worse now in Oakland compared to last year
@FourKingAwwSum
2 ай бұрын
I'm in total support of Oakland and what they've voted for. It warms my soul to see blue cities and states get what they deserve. Also, good move In-N-Out.
@davidbartlett8920
Ай бұрын
@@FourKingAwwSum, perhaps it's time for blue states to stop subsidizing red states and let them sink on their own.
@overbanked
Ай бұрын
From 1967 to 1976 Oakland had a NHL team (California Golden Seals). So at a point in history, Oakland had all four pro sports teams, and now they have none
@danielschear556
Ай бұрын
It's good to see folks getting what they voted for!👏🤗
@sandrajones8245
5 сағат бұрын
🤦🏽♀️ please stop? I'm not from the usa, so I don't fully get your voting system, but I'm pretty sure that whatever party is in charge has the final say, right? If so, the leaders have changed (between Republican and democrat) quite evenly since Regan. And I'm reading that the area grew rough since the 90s, which was either Bush snr or Clinton. So stop it. This lifestyle isn't good to see even on your enemy. And oakland isn't the only city in the usa with this kind of problem, all over it has a similar problem. I've said this before, the usa is a façade! In all these movies showing big cities like NYC, LA, L.V, S.F, Miami, Chicago, etc they all edit out or don't go to where the homeless is. So in Oceans 11 (just a movie in L.V that I can talk about, because ive been to L.V) although they show the ritz, the MGM, limos, lights, etc the real L.V away from the strip, is ghetto! What about L.A? Anyone that saw Clueless (another movie because ive been to L.A) would think wow, is that how it is? When they go however, they're so disappointed. Doesn't Nevada vote red? I know a state that definitely votes red, Florida, yet Miami is terrible. It has nothing to do with who the rest voted for, and everything to do with the whole country. E.g. China's a big place, in both population and land area, but when the corona virus hit, it was simply China. When there's a school shooting, it's not "Oh in San Diego blah blah high school got shot up" it's the usa had another school shooting. That's how the rest of the world think, and believe it or not the usa only make up about 4% of the world in population and in landmass. Your democrat or Republican party are insignificant to the rest of the world! So instead of saying "folks getting what they voted for" you should understand there's nothing stopping it spreading to you, in whichever state your in.
@oledennis6918
Ай бұрын
I grew up in Oakland. Lived there until around 1970. As a kids we road our bicycles all over the city without any thought of trouble. There was a creek running through our yard that terminated at Lake Merit. Can't even guess how many times we followed that creek down to the lake. And the other end of that creek originated in Mountainview Cemetery. We used to walk to the Fox theater downtown, about 6 miles from our childhood home. LOL. Preaching to the Oakland citizens is useless. One of my sisters still lives in CA, and she doesn't see how this happened. We live in Arizona now. And get lots of CA people moving here, I just pray they stop voting for the things that got CA in trouble. But so far, it seems the reason they left hasn't changed their voting habits. Thanks for the tour. You have confirmed the picture I had in my mind's eye. Now I wonder how or why anyone would go there without an armed security detail. We left the state and haven't looked back.
@bigb6046
Ай бұрын
My aunt, uncle and cousin left Oakland 30 years ago because it was getting bad. I can't imagine what it is like now.
@giraffesinc.2193
Ай бұрын
When I was a young girl (in the 70s), we were driving though Oakland on our way home from a camping trip. The axle broke on the trailer. My Dad (who was deputy Sherriff) was super concerned, because it was bad way back then! It looks unimaginably bad now!
@Swampster70
Ай бұрын
It did get better for a while and pre-pandemic late 2010's it wasn't that bad. Post covid has been grim though, so it's probably back to where it was 30 years ago. Even Downtown is super sketchy now.
@daveb7577
Ай бұрын
It's terrible, awful, and a disaster. I went outside to walk down'the Whole Foods the other day and was beset upon by actual ZOMBIES! That's right, effing ZOMBIES! Luckily, they were the slow kind, like in the Walking Dead, not the fast ones that workout and can run fast, like in Zombieland and World War Z. Even so, holy cow, I was pretty scared. I ran back inside and locked the door before the undead could eat my brain. Or worse! Don't move to Oakland; and if you already live here, get out, quick! Don't worry, I'll take care of your place for you -- no charge. Just keep the utilities on so I can scare off the ZOMBIES!!
@karlamckinney1374
Ай бұрын
feels demonic
@lawrencelewis5800
Ай бұрын
Just saw this...I was born and raised in Oakland, late 60's - 70's. It was a great place to grow up, yes there was crime, but not like today. The down turn was when factory jobs started to leave, then crack hit Oakland. Then all the military bases closed and on top it of that incompetent city leadership. Most people I've grown up with have left the city and /or state like I have. It's very sad what's become of Oakland.
@glennwebster1675
Ай бұрын
Keep voting blue and your town can look identical......
@aisle_of_view
Ай бұрын
Sure, like the repukes care.
@bigdogbrown8106
Ай бұрын
@@aisle_of_viewReeee.... 🧂 y
@benmisner6457
Ай бұрын
Take a look at texas the biggest red state there is its the exact same. Politicians on both sides are killing America
@fzmoifzmoi2575
Ай бұрын
Keep dreaming that blue or red makes any difference! Keep snorkeling the govment shaushage! 🙄
@jennifermiller7139
Ай бұрын
I agree.
@Zak6959
Ай бұрын
500 cameras, for what ?For video of people they won’t lock up.
@robatsea2009
Ай бұрын
Working girls at 9:30 in the morning? I guess the early bird really does get the worm! 😆
@bayoumanbryan
Ай бұрын
LOL
@24LindseyTribett24
Ай бұрын
Lmao 🤣
@InJunoWeTrust
Ай бұрын
Now I feel awful when I sleep in. Someone out there is always outworking you!
@SaltySouthTexan
Ай бұрын
Literal worm 🐛
@Aieshoo
Ай бұрын
Early bird gets worms.
@ibbetn1
Ай бұрын
How does a city lose three sports teams and an In And Out Burger in five years? Run it like Oakland, that’s how.
@lefkytheshin
27 күн бұрын
The 13% came in and did their thing, that's how.
@consuelayip3470
Ай бұрын
Right at that corner with the working girls are the best Vietnamese sandwiches, aka Banh Mi in town. It’s the very outskirts of Little Saigon and used to have some amazing southeast Asian restaurants that went out of business due to crime. The government is just pathetic. Pre-pandemic, Oakland was thriving. Chinatown was thriving. Lots of new restaurants. I really hope things pick up. The weather is amazing year round.
@jj_k24
29 күн бұрын
I lived in Oakland for over 20 years and never seen it this bad. One of the reasons I left. Oakland City Council should be ashamed.
@lizinwisconsin6728
Ай бұрын
This is so depressing. I don't know WHAT is happening to this country. I can only speculate it is due to political corruption. Greed and power. I was in Oakland in the early 80s and it was a decent city. So sad. I hope you enjoy Sacramento. Thanks again for your posts. Stay safe always!
@or2ak
Ай бұрын
Capitalism and greed.
@lightningstrikes7314
Ай бұрын
@@or2akToo much welfare, taxes, restraints on business, social programmes, 'Big govt.' dragging on and stifling the economy.
@BadChad52
Ай бұрын
Tax theft and robbing the us citizens..its SO VERY BLATANT 😂
@bobdobalina838
Ай бұрын
No, they probably steal the spray paint. 😅
@xoxoxoxoxo7997
Ай бұрын
😂
@lefkytheshin
27 күн бұрын
@@matthew1er Oh, I guess "stealing" was deemed offensive. Don't want to offend the thugs, now, do we?
@tram84mvp
Ай бұрын
The soon to be permanently empty coliseum can be seen @ the 14:47 mark
@tombkk1322
Ай бұрын
Another very good video. Your style is really great.
@bobbyjohnson6355
Ай бұрын
Looks like Haiti
@leslielearnorth
Ай бұрын
Yeah and if you follow the tracks you’ll see the authors of Haiti- effin Clinton’s. The slime exuding from Hillary I’d you loook reaaal close is so obvious. The info is out there folks. We are responsible to investigate
@markknowlton7128
Ай бұрын
As do the residents of Oakland.
@jameshayden3952
Ай бұрын
Clinton Foundation on the way!
@annt.7785
Ай бұрын
And many parts of France and Italy 😂😂.
@sylviathompson100
Ай бұрын
It doesn’t look like Haiti Don’t exaggerate.
@theswabbie30
2 ай бұрын
When I was a young 21-year-old sailor I used to hang out at the Black Saddle bar in Oakland. The place is so different now then then in 1963.
@elbuggo
Ай бұрын
Indeed! Cant even smoke indoor anymore!
@SailorSam41
Ай бұрын
Nice to read your post. I too was a sailor who hung out at the same Black Saddle from '63 - 65. There was a decent restaurant within walking distance called The Golden Bull if I remember right. Ate there a lot. Oakland always was a bit wild, liberty in Alameda was quieter if you could survive that mile long walk through that fume infested tunnel. This is "Sam" AO 3 from G division USS Midway presently age 81. Whoever you are thanks for the memories and I hope you're doing well.
@theswabbie30
Ай бұрын
"Ron" RM3 From OR Division USS Ranger CVA-61. Went on to spend 29yrs 9 months and 18 days before retirement from the USN @@SailorSam41
@theswabbie30
Ай бұрын
@@SailorSam41"Ron" also 81. RM3 in OR Division USS Ranger CVA-61.
@SailorSam41
Ай бұрын
@@theswabbie30 Just one word Ron, and I bet you'll be laughing out loud . . . "Olongapo." see, I'll bet you're smiling already. Leaving me thinking of those ice cold San Miguel's at the Acacia club, and pretty Bernandita who loved only me.
@KhanR1-qm2xi
20 күн бұрын
Even lake Merritt has been destroyed by gangs and street takeovers. It's completely disgusting.
@CarswithNash
Ай бұрын
Shocking and sad! I really feel for the people in those beautiful homes that have to deal with being associated with all the trash in other parts of their city...
@user-kv1hy3vu1k
Ай бұрын
They should demand their mayor clean this up. IM sure they pay big taxes
@beancount61
Ай бұрын
3rd generation Oaklander and I work there when I'm not working from home. My grandparents moved to Oakland in the 1920's. My company has several office buildings downtown within a few blocks of each other and we are told not to walk between the buildings because it is so dangerous. We have to have a security guard drive us between the buildings. We are also discouraged from parking on the street or going to a restaurant to eat. In the late 80's crime in Oakland got really bad due to the crack cocaine epidemic. I was determined to get away from Oakland back then. I think Oakland improved in the 1990's with tougher crime laws, but then the police got defunded after the Riders scandal in 2001. I got an offer I couldn't refuse to come back to work in Oakland in 2008. There were regular protests shutting down downtown starting with Occupy Wall Street and the Oscar Grant shooting. It really went downhill after COVID because so many employees are now working from home.
@lowersaxon
2 ай бұрын
20 years ago I spent some time in Dominican Republic. Literally nowhere I saw anything comparable to this.
@ScottyBennitone
2 ай бұрын
I mean Haiti is on the other side and just about the same.
@ScubaSteveCanada
2 ай бұрын
@@ScottyBennitone Unfortunately Haiti is far, far worse. A totally corrupt government, no police to speak of and now, under control, of the gangs. Oakland hasn't reached that level.
@ScottyBennitone
2 ай бұрын
@@ScubaSteveCanada Pretty sure some dude was caught in CA last week eating someones leg like a zombie. So no , not that far off.
@ScottyBennitone
2 ай бұрын
And literally everything you said about Haiti can be said about Oakland.
@jessiejoseph1093
Ай бұрын
@@ScottyBennitone Yikes, I had to google it!
@philipkoekemoer4705
Ай бұрын
The people who litter like that vote with the same care
@hartmutlorentzen9659
Ай бұрын
For an European it’s interesting to see this American way of life.
@annt.7785
Ай бұрын
There's homelessness all over the world. For you to think this is how all 50 states are, in one country is very puzzling. For you to think that all of us are living among this, is very odd 😮💨😮💨.
@sylviathompson100
Ай бұрын
Where in Europe do you live? Because, a lot of places in Europe are pretty bad, A lot of homeless and druggies living in the street, like, Brighton seaside London,Birmingham , Jaywick E. London , West Bromwich, Greta Green, South Wales etc. etc. Moscow Germany pretty bad over there. So please don’t judge if you don’t know your own country, don’t forget drugs are all over the world. I am from the USA and I’m very proud to be an American, BTW my town is Beautiful and clean.
@chicagomike
28 күн бұрын
This is not average American way of life.
@ernst91
22 күн бұрын
Exactly why we should stop giving Europe money.
@francescapowell1538
15 күн бұрын
@@annt.7785To be fair Beverly Hills ain’t looking much better from the videos I’ve seen on here… everything is closing down. America looks to be failing.
@user-zo9dq6qc3c
Ай бұрын
Me and my husband lived in Oakland for six months in the mid 70s. Fast forward x amount of years, my boyfriend and I drove to Alameda and stayed in a hotel to attend an antique show. We drove around and saw a side of Oakland that looked, in my view, like Lagos, Nigeria. The area we stayed in was ok, but it is evident that Oakland is going to hell fast.
@chrismaik8681
Ай бұрын
Loved the program. Ex pate from Alameda 44 years now in Texas loving it here but I try to keep tabs on Bay Area current events and you filled that check box nice. Peace
@margaretwilliams9842
Ай бұрын
yeah,, check out independent news reporter,, The Berkeley Scanner online, for an eye-opening experience of crime in Berkeley, not being reported by local news???
@Australia-ky7kx
Ай бұрын
Absolutely shocking. The idea one could be attacked buying fuel is incredible. I've been to California a few times and never saw anything like this. I guess the economy is to blame.
@Pitchithard
Ай бұрын
We saw this 35 years ago. It was a movie called Escape from LA with Curt Russell as Snake Plisken . Nothing but a breakdown of morals , drugs alcohol and lawlessness. Next is SanFrancisco and New York.
@michael931
6 күн бұрын
Actually New York was the first movie in 1981.
@mikehatcher5533
2 ай бұрын
Your a brave man running around Oakland
@RandyFelts2121
2 ай бұрын
Or maybe Joe has just lost his mind. :)
@anthonyagudo208
2 ай бұрын
😅@@RandyFelts2121
@Tyr1e
2 ай бұрын
I said that at 11:11😅
@235buz
2 ай бұрын
You're
@grenzhochspannungshindernis
2 ай бұрын
thats a day time and hes in a car... wheres the bravery?
@STEEZ-A-LEE
Ай бұрын
@11:08 They started SNAPPIN on you 😂...HILARIOUS she said why you recording us-he said its 9 am
@lindadhill
17 күн бұрын
OMG. Felt like I was RIGHT THERE!! thank you so much.....because I'm so glad you did. Have never seen a video like this...I almost felt like I was going to fall into Lake Merrit!.
@roberthendrickson6505
Ай бұрын
Living in Denver I see a lot of this 🌻
@brodielewis6150
2 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for showing this place I have lived in the Bay Area my whole life and it has never been this bad. It’s amazing what leadership has done to this city
@nancyparker9986
Ай бұрын
I agree ! All caused by the evil corrupt government!!!
@jimfesta8981
Ай бұрын
The potential for out of control crime is a constant. Good leadership just keeps it in check.
@jayo9750
Ай бұрын
It was worse in the 90s
@marcodarko6941
Ай бұрын
Did you vote for it.. if so then you have no one to blame but yourself.
@jayo9750
Ай бұрын
U must not have been around that long. Crime was way worse in the 80s/90s. Google the stats
@user-zx6lc3lo3k
Ай бұрын
Well, I guess we should be congratulating the residents of Oakland. They are getting exactly what they wanted. After all they voted for this every chance they got.
@sandrajones8245
5 сағат бұрын
So it turned like this during Bidens admin?
@matthewwilliams3827
Ай бұрын
12:02 most dangerous gas station. Crazy that this particular shot looks like a nice postcard compared to the other footage, hahaha.
@gaylordfrancisco8928
2 ай бұрын
Sad to see Oakland's downfall. Happy to see you got out unscathed. Take care
@nockee
Ай бұрын
You act like riding around in Oakland in a car is an act of bravery. I have ridden my bicycle on similar routes and was not scared.
@Errcyco
Ай бұрын
lol it’s not like you die if you go there. If you mind your business and don’t flash you’re a tourist you’ll be fine. Oakland is a beautiful place underneath the superficial stuff. Met some of the coolest people in my life there and they were way cool. Just no money.. blame capitalism and the greed that comes with it. For every person that holds wealth and uses their wealth to get more and more.. thousands of not millions have to be poor. It is what it is. Greed is what did this.
@SandorVitez
Ай бұрын
Ooooooh never going back again
@Thyalwaysseek
Ай бұрын
Oakland's downfall is America's downfall.
@KiddKoalaz
Ай бұрын
There is definitely greed alright 👃
@getsmart9987
2 ай бұрын
This is what the leadership of California want for all the big cities here. We Californians are being held captive to this, while paying top dollar for homes, property taxes, gas prices, food cost, etc, while getting nothing back. It’s nauseating, especially since the rhetoric of these leaders is they are sympathetic to the poor.
@marksongbird7534
Ай бұрын
They get what they vote for.
@PapaHank1
Ай бұрын
Like Joe said,who’s voting these people in? You lose 3 major sports teams and all their revenue. And Walmart moves out? They need a new sheriff in town and the National Guard.
@getsmart9987
Ай бұрын
It would appear that way, marksongbird, except no one I know vote for these people. That includes the many folks who would normally have, the voting system has many flaws. Just putting it out there.
@vickyrumsey692
Ай бұрын
Why don't you leave Ca.? I did long before it got worse than it was way back in the 70's!!!
@kdevinturner8778
Ай бұрын
1st time shame on city, 2nd-1000th time shame on voting citizens.
@23561210
Ай бұрын
Kamala Harris HOMETOWN vice president of United States of America OAKLAND CALIFORNIA
@leslielearnorth
Ай бұрын
Yup- but you won’t hear that spoken by MSNBC
@walsterdoomit
28 күн бұрын
@@leslielearnorthmsnbc doesn't provide news of any substance. It has nothing at all to do with her.
@walsterdoomit
28 күн бұрын
Yeah you'd expect a woman with absolutely no power as VP to whip that place into shape in 3 years for God's sake. Trump didn't. Obama didn't. "w" didn't. Clinton didn't. But VP Harris. What a loser am I right? BTW I am no Harris fan. But get a grip.
@FHOFHO2424
Ай бұрын
Great journey, thank you!
@robertross804
2 ай бұрын
pretty bad when dennys closes after 50 years
@TOCC50
2 ай бұрын
1,000 Shell stations are closing
@rickysampson8759
Ай бұрын
When Waffle House leaves you know it’s bad
@richardmorris7063
Ай бұрын
I guess Pawn Shops are the last to go.
@LEBUMCHOKEDIN6FINALS
Ай бұрын
@@rickysampson8759waffle house was never in Oakland or California in general
@adrukova1407
Ай бұрын
@@TOCC50 damn😲 California's going down
@beavis_loves_you
2 ай бұрын
So long as you don't actually punish criminals then you will continue to have this problem
@SeventhSonofASeventhSon77
2 ай бұрын
Add to that, criminality is destined to be high with all worthwhile jobs getting shipped out of the state/country and all of the jobs that stay getting occupied by people coming from outside of the state/country.
@peterb6282
Ай бұрын
Please explain how'd you do that when California's prison population is 137.5% of designed capacity ?
@peterb6282
Ай бұрын
@@SeventhSonofASeventhSon77 The people doing these crimes have no interest in working!
@richfranks9161
Ай бұрын
The only criminal who needs to be severely punished is Gavin Newsom.
@fishychips08
Ай бұрын
@@peterb6282Build more prisons.
@calgacusofcaledonia
Ай бұрын
Embarrassing, and I don’t even live in California. I guess all normal people can do at this point is flee. Abandon what you can’t sell, and flee for your life.
@ChidoBanditoR1Cito
16 күн бұрын
Even the sun don't wanna shine there.... how sad. Thanks for your videos yall 😊
@garyssimo
Ай бұрын
I was born there in 52 when it was safe and beautiful. 3 of my aunts thrived safely in East Oakland at one point.
@johnmaxwell4072
Ай бұрын
$900k median house price to live amongst crime, filth and squalor. For the same price in my Gulf Coast town you can get 3000 sq ft waterfront property, totally tricked out w/ pool, boat dock, etc but for this price you can also include a nice fishing boat or pontoon boat, and a late model car. Low taxes and even lower crime rate.
@giraffesinc.2193
Ай бұрын
You are blessed (and smart)!!
@Sean_Connery
Ай бұрын
Ya the same jobs don't pay the same in your town that's why.
@patrickt6540
Ай бұрын
Enjoy while you can.The water is coming soon.
@headleygrange6205
Ай бұрын
Which "Gulf Coast"?
@user-ci7vu7eo9w
Ай бұрын
California dreaming is long gone
@user-xb4pg8zj1z
Ай бұрын
Thank you Joe & Nic's Road Trip for filming and driving. I wonder if there are still nice towns in California?
@preluderunner1
29 күн бұрын
This reminds me a whole lot of Seattle in pretty much the same condition now and seems to be getting worse everyday.
@monkeyking-self-proclaimed7050
Ай бұрын
I live in a pretty decent neighborhood but there is an apartment nearby. Certain shade of people would throw trash out of their car instead of throwing it in the trash bin even if it was just one step away. Trash people will always be trash.
@catlover614
2 ай бұрын
Very interesting and eye-opening, although there are some beautiful buildings downtown. The theatre is gorgeous ! Thanks for showing us around, Joe, much appreciated.❤
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
Ай бұрын
Thank you CL!
@stephencarey2601
Ай бұрын
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Are you thinking of stopping through towns like Sausalito or Monterrey?
@eggbirdtherooster
Ай бұрын
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Reprehensible and worrying images. This is the tragic fall and collapse of the western (woke) world. We experience the economical and cultural suicide here in Europe and the f*cking globalist cancerous tumor aka the European Union also for some time now.. 😒 btw, like the chill and relax way you narrating and edit your video’s my man. 👊🏼 p.s. Nice track @17:35 bro 😏
@eggbirdtherooster
Ай бұрын
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Reprehensible and worrying images. This is the tragic fall and collapse of the western (woke) world. We experience the economical and cultural suicide here in Europe and the f*cking globalist cancerous tumor aka the European Union also for some time now.. 😒 btw, like the chill and relax way you narrating and edit your video’s my man. 👊🏼 p.s. Nice track @17:35 bro 😏 Shazam says The Veil by Beyond Valley.. but it’s a remix or edit if I may ask? :)
@kurtwm2010
Ай бұрын
$900+ is for one of those RVs. Trash pickup is not included
@echoswaifu
Ай бұрын
I grew up near there, my mom worked in Oakland and it wasnt perfect but it wasnt so terrible in the 80s and 90s and as the years have gone on its become dystopian. Shanty towns not just in Oakland but all over the Bay Area. Its surreal how fast the Bay Area fell into ruin
@user-mz1kg9qd9x
Ай бұрын
Excellence tour of Oakland California
@mcwine18
Ай бұрын
Not gonna lie, I'm surprised you didn't get jacked. Thank goodness you are safe.
@steve-uq5tl
Ай бұрын
Then don’t !
@ryangonzales8891
Ай бұрын
You are a brave dude for doing a you tube video there. Nice video for informing us how bad and unsafe it is there.
@gortnewton4765
28 күн бұрын
Very informative, very interesting, watching this from Sydney.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip
28 күн бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@edwardturner1282
Ай бұрын
Great job Joe and Nic. The statistical inserts were well done in supporting the visuals.
@markrichards6863
2 ай бұрын
Oakland has always been poorly run, and it's a shame. The have much better weather than San Francisco, being that they are on the sunny side of the bay.
@exeuropean
2 ай бұрын
Back inthe day when Brown was mayor it was pretty good. After that yes it went to hell.
@m73a
2 ай бұрын
Ranked-choice voting (RCV) for mayor and city council members (starting in 2010) have made Oakland even more poorly run. We have as many renters as home owners here, so the policies represent the "progressives" that do not prioritize public safety or economic development. Oakland is in terrible shape today and I do not see any relief in sight -- even if our mayor and DA are recalled successfully. All this in spite of the fact that the weather here is among the best in the nation (almost as good as San Diego!).
@michaelellringer5600
Ай бұрын
It would help to silence the Nimby's. That Lake in Oakland, Merrit, just try and propose a new high rise around that lake! See how far that goes!
@usedscar
Ай бұрын
Yeah that's a heck of a nice piece of real estate that they are letting go to hell.
@kbezier7484
Ай бұрын
@@exeuropean Jerry Brown was mayor a few years after Three Strikes totally collapsed the crime rate in California in the mid 1990's. Not that many years before, late 1980's / early 1990's Oakland was even worse than it is now. Far more dangerous. Even places like the low teens on Telegraph downtown were rolling stops only at red lights in daytime due to risk of getting carjacked and most 880/680 offramps were into dont stop zone. Most of the flats were no go zones. Even worse than South Central LA at the time. Props 47/57 dismantled Three Strikes. Ranked voting and a DA who works for the gangs made the city ungovernable. The video shows the results.
@johnhall9645
26 күн бұрын
Just because you have a degree don't mean you are educated.
@3ofus135
Ай бұрын
"Who runs this city?" The "mayor" is Sheng Thao, and there is a recall effort on her taking place currently. She has been a terrible mayor.
@carly8056
Ай бұрын
Chinese mayor, turning a blind eye to all the fentanyl incoming from China, what a surprise says no one.
@lyndajones2029
2 ай бұрын
I worked at one of the large hospitals in Oakland for several years in the years between 2012-2019. I used to take bart and walk down MacArthur blvd to work. I was a Caucasian women and never felt afraid. I loved stoping at the restaurants to get food for lunch or to bring home. I now understand the employees are now requested not to Leave for lunch due to the many crimes against employees So sad.
@CarShopping101
2 ай бұрын
Crime has completely spiraled out of control the last 3-4 years. People don't even bother calling Oakland PD for property crime, retail theft, car break ins b/c they don't bother responding to those crimes anymore after Gavin Newscum basically legalized any theft under $950.
@dasker209w5
Ай бұрын
So you was a Caucasian lady? What are you now?
@jayo9750
Ай бұрын
That was a weird hipster/gentrification trend time thats over now. Before that it was more like it is now. Its been on the top 10 dangerous list for 70 years
@lycancatt4248
Ай бұрын
this is my experience as well, i still have warehouse space on the alameda side but rarely go to other areas, it was a very different place even 5 years ago..
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