Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland

Re:Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland by eastbayjake on Sunday March 30, 2014 @10:38PM (#7499236)

I live near 19th Street BART, and honestly I feel safer after dark in downtown Oakland than I do any time after 8 PM around the Powell Street station. I usually go for a run after sunset around Lake Merritt and there have only been a handful of occasions where I felt uncomfortable.

The other night I saw a young woman walking by the lake at 10 PM while talking on her iPhone -- and that seems normal for me as a newcomer, but my wife grew up in Oakland and tells stories from the 90's when it wasn't smart to park your car by Lake Merritt in the middle of the day on a weekend, let alone go for a walk by yourself at night with your phone out.

What I don't understand is given the skyrocketing real estate prices in San Francisco, versus the much cheaper and undeveloped density that the BART corridor could support in Oakland, why more high-density residential isn't springing up on this side of the bay.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland by dllthomas on Sunday March 30, 2014 @10:43PM (#7499260)

This is pretty much my experience as well (and Jake - we should grab a beer or something, I'm at Grand & Perkins).

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland by eastbayjake on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:02PM (#7505270)

Yeah, that'd be fun. How should we coordinate?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Tech startup scene starting to flourish in Oakland by dllthomas on Monday March 31, 2014 @08:57PM (#7505513)

Shoot me an email ([email protected]) or hit me on IRC (davidthomas on freenode - typically lurking in #haskell, #snowdrift, and a couple other random channels).

[ Parent | on HN ]