Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
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Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
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Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#2Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision?
This kid is naive.
Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#3Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision? This kid is naive.
Yeah, folks, living and working in Oakland is literally a death sentence. Don't come here.
Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#4Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision? This kid is naive.
Risk of dying? Have you even been to Oakland? The area around Jack London Square is just as safe, if not safer than many of the parts of SOMA where startups setup shop.
Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#5Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision? This kid is naive.
Do you know anything about the crime in Oakland beyond the superficial 'oh man there is a lot of crime in Oakland!'?
Most of the crime is isolated to a few specific areas. You realize there's a lot of crime in SF, too, right? And that crime is concentrated in the areas where a lot of startups have their offices (e.g. the Fidi). Do you factor that in to your search when you look for a job in the City?
Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#6Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision? This kid is naive.
That depends greatly on where in Oakland.
Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#7Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision? This kid is naive.
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Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#8If you want me to leave Fruitvale to take the Bart to SF, you better be paying me to do so.
Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#9Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision? This kid is naive.
Yeah, folks, living and working in Oakland is literally a death sentence. Don't come here.
Indeed - my colleagues and I, here at Pandora, are murdered here regularly. But that's what happens when you try to run a tech company here.
Re: Why I Moved My Startup to Oakland
#10Did you factor in the risk of dying when you made this decision? This kid is naive.
Yeah, you're naive.
Yes, there are slightly more violent crimes in Oakland than San Francisco (and there's more property crime in San Frnacisco)[1], but on the whole they are pretty equivalent in terms of safety; especially if you stick to the 'nicer' areas of both.
[1] http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Crime-up-in-Oakland-much...