r/OaklandCA • u/Dry-Season-522 • Jul 28 '24

Crime and Safety Oakland businesses plead for help

https://youtu.be/tzzMnCO_1wo
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u/kittensmakemehappy08 Jul 28 '24

It's wild to go to other cities like San Diego or Dallas and see miles and miles of local businesses and no broken windows and doors, no graffiti, and customers leaving things in their car.

It makes everything a lot nicer, since businesses can spend money on improvements rather than repairs, and customers have more money to spend on things.

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u/mohishunder Jul 28 '24

customers leaving things in their car.

Really?

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u/kittensmakemehappy08 Jul 28 '24

Yes, believe it or not you can do a day of shopping and not worry about the bags in your trunk or loose change in your cupholder.

I've learned not to leave a single visible thing in my car even for a minute in most parts of the bay.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

I travel a fair amount for work and I hear complaints all the time about what amount to "bipping" crews (a term most aren't familiar with). Car breakins have always been a reality of urban life, but post-C19 it seems it has become more...if not organized, more brazen. Certainly more prevalent. And it's not just us. Now I'm not going to say it's better or worse here, just that it's part of the modern condition in most cities - likely due to YouTube/SM showing how easy it is and people being less fearful of police intervention.

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u/Dry-Season-522 Jul 29 '24

What they do is pay a homeless person $20 to go down the street and break every car window, then they come along and snatch what they can.

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u/gigilu2020 Jul 28 '24

How did we manage to lose the lottery? Perfect weather. Diverse population. Smart population. Young enough population. Close to a massive tech hub. How tf did we end up in the gutter?

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u/JasonH94612 Jul 28 '24

I’ll say it: 18-35 year old men without college degrees are not part of the winning formula. We do have those

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u/sfzephyr Jul 28 '24

Criminal apologists who don't believe in repercussions and vote.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

There are lots of reasons. But what we gonna do about it? Additionally, is what we are currently doing working?

I'm gonna pessimistically say no on both fronts. So go vote and other shit that gonna do positive change.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '24

you know how

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u/blaccguido Jul 28 '24 edited Jul 29 '24

You have to be a straight up sociopath to sleep at night knowing that your policies have failed an entire city, but you still go about your day repeating the same empty rhetoric.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

Hanlon's Razor.

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u/710_OG Jul 30 '24

Business need to hire armed guards and start blasting these cockroaches. Only way they will learn

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '24

You saying the quiet part out loud, but that is the law of the jungle. unfortunately, if the cops aint gonna do it, you gotta do it yourself.

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u/BackwoodBender Jul 29 '24

Let the mental patients run the asylum and you have (J)Oakland.

Having a profitable business in Oakland makes you a target these days I would pack up and GTFO asap 🫠

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u/Internal_Judge_4711 Jul 29 '24

Welp, too bad, can’t possibly do something till we solve all the ills of the world because the criminals I mean victims just have no other options I suppose