What is there to do for locals and travelers?! If we have No sports teams left, beside the Oakland Roots.. Its Soccer for those who just gave up on Oakland for any excitement. We have no drive ins, turned it into a flea market where its also considered the easiest place for your car to get stolen. I would have been so grateful, if they would have BIPPED IT, INSTEAD OF STEALING THE WHOLE DAMN CAR!!. YOU HAVE TO BE careful YOU DRIVE A HONDA, TOYOTA AND KIA. No malls.. I CAN TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHY, BUT THATS THE PROBLEM. OUR YOUTH have NOTHING TO OCCUPY THIER TIME. They ARE literally a product of their environment. SMOKING HELLA WEED, DRINKING, POPPING PILLS, SMOKING CRYSTAL METH AND GETTING LUCKY BY NOT BEING SERVE any FENTANY.. ROBBING, STEALING AND KILLING J7ST TO GET HIGH.. LIQUOR stores AND SMOKE SHOPS EVERYWHERE. YEAH OAKLAND HAS a few recreation centers left. YMCA in downtown ,But what programs do they have that really are teaching our youth life skills, financial literacy, uplifting them because who knows what they endure after the program .. we have failed the next generation... All parks filled with tents or homeless. Coliseum movie theater closed. Walmart closed. Malibu is gone. Alameda Beach needs to be shut down, white people swimming in Lake Merritt. We need to come together AND REBUILD OUR COMMUNITIES BEFORE WE ALL PARISH!
Growing up in the the Bay Area was an exciting experience in the 90s and early 2000s. The streets were wild and yet fun. With Sideshows in front of Ben's burgers after the Raiders won, festivals and street faires. Lake Merritt was the place to be. Sun, fun and food. Now the streets are filled with violence, police presence, drugs, pimps, and hoes. Sports were popular to us because thats all we had. The Raiders, A's and Warriors. Literally taking away the only thing we had left to be proud of, GENTRIFICATION AND TECHIE TAKEOVER BECAME REAL. WHAT DO WE DO NOW? THAT OUTSIDERS ARE NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT MAKES US HAPPY!?!
WHAT DO YOU DO AT THAT POINT!! Alot of us werent raised in a household that taught us how to be financially Literate! That's but another story for another day.
But there was We have failed the younger generation, there is a lack of morals. Leaving them with a wild and outlandish environment. Bipping (Breaking into a car) cars in ABSOLUTE PUBLIC DAYLIGHT IS INSANE!! STEALING CATALITIC CONVERTORS. RANDOMLY VICTIMIZNG OLDER ASIAN PEOPLE. FOR WHAT?
Oakland was an underdog city, with the Black Panthers, musicians, athletes, and artists all coming from the area. The FOODIE LIFE IS STILL ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, a unique vibe and culture.
Unfortunately, the recession and the COVID-19 pandemic have hit the area hard, leaving some without homes or jobs or even both. leaving people feeling bored and wishing there were more things for adults to do. You have to refine to re find!!
DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A FUN AND ENTERTAINING EXPERIENCE, THANKS FOR READING.. BUT AS A WOMAN IN OAKLAND OF COLOR, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER "EACH ONE, TEACH, ONE!"
This blog is about everything we go through to survive in the hood in order to live good. Trust your instincts, hustle, meditate, be humble, and stay woke!
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