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A comment on Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership. Parent comment

Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership by Kalium on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @05:55PM (#10261984)
The parts of Oakland near BART are either not that cheap or Fruitvale levels of get-shot-for-not-being-poor.
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Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership by krakensden on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @11:32AM (#10265633)
You are nuts. Crime in east oakland is almost entirely "poor people vs poor people".
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Re:Silicon Valley’s Economic Indicator: Caltrain Ridership by Kalium on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @01:40PM (#10266553)
I was exaggerating for effect. Parts of east Oakland are definitely the kind of place where you might get mugged for looking like a techie and carrying a laptop.
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