[ProfessorLayton]

This article reminds me of my coworkers who think San Mateo is sketchy "On the other side of the tracks".

I've lived 90th and International in Oakland and have a pretty good idea of what "red" looks like. Speaking from personal experience, San Leandro and Hayward are nice places to live in, and the crime maps match my experience with the area [1]. I understand the article was talking about poverty and not crime, but poverty and crime are correlated [2], so a crime map is a valid proxy.

I agree that some areas are a bit run down, but overall I think its the opposite, pockets of "red" surrounded by "green".

[1] https://www.trulia.com/real_estate/Oakland-California/crime/ [2] https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5137