Tuesday, March 22, 2011

LA Times goes bullish on Oakland; Yes, There is a 'There There'; Tuesday AM Pulse



The LA Times, once a dominant and uber-respected daily back in the Otis Chandler days, (and still is despite its onerous corporate owner) has discovered Oakland is chic.

As if we didn't know that already. (I'm a native--Go Skyline Titans!)

The Times piece is a welcome acknowledgment of the Eastbay's biggest city, but the sub-headline uses the usual banal Oakland stereotypes.

 Oakland, once known for grit, crime and the Raiders, has changed.

"Grit," code word for: minority. "Crime?" as if no crime exists in any other city with a population of 400,000. (Have you ever been to Newark, NJ?) ...oh, and the "Raiders?" Too easy. Lazy too.

But hey, we won't complain. As a matter of fact, we may just head over to Bakesale Betty's and have a fried-chicken sandwich.


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8 comments:

  1. Rich, I've had the pleasure of going through the lovely city of Newark NJ matter of fact im from the Garden State! Yuck!

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  2. I can't wait to return to Oakland...Portland is stuck in the fifties!

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  3. I work near the Uptown district. It's a truly cool area. Rich, I may actually go to Betty's Bakery and get that same sandwich, excellent!

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  4. Rich, sorry this is my second post today, you know how to bring the good/ bad out of something, thats a great thing! That's why you are the KING!

    408er

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  5. Rich, Newark is a good comparison. Many similarities.

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  6. Good news. But Oakland still has a far higher murder rate than even New York.

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  7. I read the article. It is about dining in Oakland and some of the new frou-frou places that you can find in the rare pockets of town that yuppies and hipsters can go without feeling scared.

    Despite that Oakland has a long way to go to escape the Fresno, Newark, St Louis, Jackson Miss., Cleveland, Birmingham and Beirut category.

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  8. The above haters probably have never even been to Oakland. You sound like the same type of scared fools preparing for the end of times with a bunker in the basement. Stay in suburbia with your inbred cousins and your backward opinions. We don’t like your type in Oakland anyway.

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