Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland

Re:Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland by throneaway on Sunday March 30, 2014 @08:24PM (#7498674)

Ethnic demographics and crime rates are correlated, so it would be a mistake to dismiss concerns over crime in an area as a "race thing". People may have legitimate concerns about an area not necessarily driven by racial animus in Oakland, Baltimore, Detroit, DC, Atlanta, and etc.

Because of the correlation between crime and demographics, it might be tempting to publicly call out concerns about high crime neighborhoods as examples of racism, but I still wouldn't check your iPhone on the street at night in Oakland.

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Re:Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland by dllthomas on Sunday March 30, 2014 @10:46PM (#7499274)

I regularly check my phone on the street at night in Oakland and have had precisely zero issues. Of course, I'm also large and male and in one of the nicer areas of Oakland, and I still make a point to keep my head about me (it's a city...).

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