[jchrisa]

Part of the reason I moved away from the Bay Area is that no one seems to care about it. Everyone is too busy working all the time for their start up, and so there's very little in the way of community. Oakland seems to be the one exception, where it is cheap enough that you can live without dedicating your life to work. Surprise surprise, it turns out to be the place with the interesting restaurant and arts culture.

[pnathan]

What about stories like [1]? Is that restricted to the "bad parts of town"? The impression I've always gotten is Oakland was the bad part of town.

(This is an honest question - not trying to be sarcastic. I havn't lived in the Bay area.)

[1] http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57599011/violence-in-o...