You're getting downvotes because of how you phrased your comment - but the base point is still there. I've driven to Oakland once, and it was to pick up a frie

You're getting downvotes because of how you phrased your comment - but the base point is still there. I've driven to Oakland once, and it was to pick up a friend after he missed a connection on BART - Within that 30 minute window of me driving to pick him up he was nearly mugged by a group of 3, jumped in a black windowless van as an escape route - and somehow managed to have that driver be an ex-taxi driver who noticed he was in trouble. There's obviously some more dangerous, and some safer areas of the city - but it's still known as having an extremely high crime rate.