5 ms·
houses are impossibly expensive in Oakland also.
by fibbery 13y ago
houses are impossibly expensive in Oakland also.
- api 13y agoAnd Oakland can get stabby. So it's stabby and overpriced. No thanks. If I wanted stabby I'd go to Detroit and get a Victorian for $25k.
- GFischer 13y agoI had to look up "stabby".. Is this what you were talking about? www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stabby or http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stabby http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stabby ?
- jaggederest 13y agoStabby as in "You might get stabbed".
- Kickmr 13y agoThey mean to get stabbed by a knife, a common misconception about the east bay. Yes there's violence, but theres also beauty, you just need to know where to go and where not to go (san francisco is the same).
- taurath 13y ago#3 crime rate in the US isn't a misconception. Anecdotally, of 6 people I know who have moved to (relatively nice) areas of Oakland, 6 have had their cars broken into or robbed at gunpoint. 4 are currently looking to move elsewhere.
- potatolicious 13y agoHe's referring to high crime rates. Parts of Oakland does have extremely high crime rates, much higher than even SF's notably elevated violent crime rates. Many Oaklanders would point out that not all of the city suffers from extreme violent crime, but it would also seem that the areas convenient to a SF commute generally tend to be worse, and the good areas aren't that cheap.
- GFischer 13y agoThanks for all the replies. It was an honest question - I'm not a native English speaker and I get occasionally confused by slang.
- CamperBob2 13y agoIt's not just the violent crime rate, either -- it's that the police, as a matter of policy, don't give a crap about anything that doesn't involve blood in the street. If you call the police after your home or car are burglarized, they will basically tell you to stop wasting their time. If you're not a thug, all evidence (or at least many anecdotes) suggests that Oakland doesn't want you.
- ceol 13y agoI would assume it's the violent crime rate that causes the police to shrug off lesser crimes. I doubt the police do it because they only want gang members in the city — which seems like an extremely silly thing to think.
- untog 13y agoMr. Stabby may provide an unsubtle hint: http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Mr+Stabby/ http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/Mr+Stabby/
- swang 13y agoHe's referring to the high murder rate of Oakland.
- theboss 13y agoHe means "stabby" as in "there are a lot of stabbings there and the possibility I will be stabbed is slightly higher than in other areas"
- AnIrishDuck 13y agoI imagine what he means by "stabby" is "unsafe and at higher risk of violent crime".
- mike_herrera 13y agoMy wife's close friend was only able to purchase a house when she had (1) enough to offer a cash purchase, and (2) the emotional ability to put in an offer sight-unseen. Ugh.