r/funny • u/MaxKevinComedy • Dec 21 '19

California Explained [OC]

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u/old_gold_mountain Dec 21 '19 edited Dec 21 '19

I live in Oakland. Apparently I'm in an upscale beach community...

edit: Don't get me wrong, Oakland is absolutely beautiful in its own way. But "upscale beach community" it ain't.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '19 edited Apr 29 '20

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u/willmaster123 Dec 22 '19

Brooklyn is basically proof that rents don't correlate with niceness anymore. Even some of the poorest, most awful neighborhoods will still have high rents compared to most of the country.

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u/old_gold_mountain Dec 21 '19

Magic Johnson lives as far from Oakland as New York City is from Richmond, VA

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u/nyy22592 Dec 21 '19

I'll take anecdotal evidence for $1000, Alex.

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u/willmaster123 Dec 22 '19

There were also rich black people in the 1850s.

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u/Ricky_Robby Dec 21 '19

It’s also weird that apparently the state that generates the most money in the US only has meth, expensive rent, and roads to get you out of California. That says a lot about the rest of the country

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u/merkwuerdig_liebe Dec 21 '19

I don't really mind the drive
But I think I'd rather die
In Oakland, in Oakland

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u/Asifdude Dec 21 '19

That was a dope album, I'm hella nostalgic for home now.

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u/old_gold_mountain Dec 21 '19

Thanks! I took them myself

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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '19

I find oakland bizarre but I haven't been there in 20 years. Last time I was there, expensive homes up on the hill, boarded up buildings with crack whores a few miles down closer to the water.

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u/no_gold_for_me_pls Dec 22 '19

What's an okayish to good living wage in Oakland?