^Well, nobody should accept that kind of talk, just on principle. San Jose is a growing market, Oakland...eh, not so much.
Oakland's core is more vibrant and safe than it's been in decades. I suspect those thousands of new units downtown have pushed the core's population to an all-time high, too, which will in turn support more business enterprises and further enliven the area--but outside the core, people are decamping Oakland by the tens of thousands. Even the largely successful 10K project couldn't make up for the loss.
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