“Oakland Isn’t Oakland Anymore!” A Popular Instagram Post Blasts Gentrification
ONN – “Oakland Isn’t Oakland Anymore!” A Popular Instagram Post Blasts Gentrification
The Instagram account “WeloveOakland” posted this four days ago. It’s very sad:
2 1/2 Years Ago |
Captured and posted this March 21, 2017 from a boarded up building near MacArthur Bart that is now being built as condos / apartments.
The spelling ‘IS’NT’ correct but whoever wrote this was right most may agree.What’s the good?
What’s the bad?
Thoughts: No joke. . . I’m thinking of cheating on Oakland with Tokyo Japan ( job offer ) – Oakland has pissed me off in many ways and now may be the time. It’s a love dislike relationship but I won’t sell my home just in case.
– Homelessness is worse than ever and it is sickening to know our governments have such little compassion for those who need true help as they provide very little aid while women and men sleep in our many tent towns. The City has provided sheds for some but is that enough? The governor has said 1 billion will go towards the states homelessness. When, how, where? It’s needed now and not in government time.
– Crime and Crime Avoidance: True we have crime but the services to aid in its relief is non existent.
– Schools: Near the bottom in the state and likely the nation as our local politicians move towards getting out of the $chool bu$isne$$ as there is not enough money in it for their corruption. That’s why Oakland is full of charter schools.
– Streets / 100 million on street repair that we all will pay for when you pay for your property taxes, or when you decide to buy you too will pay forever when we know this will be a patch job on 1/10th of the streets although we were told differently.
– Lost the Warriors, Raiders ( for good reason ), A’s are next ( see last post )
– Housing? You have to have some good karma in order to live here ?
– Oak trees? They are never coming back
#lifeinoakland
#tokyo
#japan
#karma
#macarthurblvd
#damnoakland
#oakland
What can be done? A lot. First, bring back California Redevelopment and its 20 percent revenue set-aside for affordable housing.
Stay tuned.
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