Travelling in California
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I just got back from 1.5 weeks in the bay area. I had been pining to move there anyway, but now I want to live there more than ever.
I was fortunate enough to have a friend living in Oakland (an awesome part in the central area north of MacArthur,) and I really had a great time there. San Francisco is great, but honestly, I came to appreciate Oakland's sort of grit more than a lot of S.F., which admittedly I didn't explore as much but found rather touristy and inauthentic in a lot of places. I like it for what it is, don't get me wrong, but I wasn't feeling it the way I did Oakland. My friend is a lifelong bay area resident and she said it was way better pre-tech boom. It was cool having someone point out to me the best local places for breakfast / lunch / dinner...really just enjoyed the shit out of everything in Oakland. The Lake Merritt area, Piedmont, downtown, uh...probably forgetting the names of some things.
I've gotta point out, and maybe it's because I had a friend to point out all the best places...but dayum does the bay area do breakfast good. Fred's in Sausalito was probably the best.
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I rented a car while she was working heavily for a couple of days, and drove up to Marin. Sausalito and a couple of other places. Drove the headlands and all that. Beautiful stuff, fun drive.
We drove up to Napa and spent the night in Yountville and did two days there. Beautiful area, naturally. We got bumped out of our room and got upgraded to a $600 a night suite. Ate at Bouchon one night.
Trying to think what else...we ate in Berkeley once or twice. She took me to a dark, sort of macabre magic show that was fun. We also went to a theater that did a kickass gory, funny show. Very talented group of people.
Shocktoberfest 15: The Bloody Debutante | Thrillpeddlers
That was my last night there.
I was fortunate enough to have a friend living in Oakland (an awesome part in the central area north of MacArthur,) and I really had a great time there. San Francisco is great, but honestly, I came to appreciate Oakland's sort of grit more than a lot of S.F., which admittedly I didn't explore as much but found rather touristy and inauthentic in a lot of places. I like it for what it is, don't get me wrong, but I wasn't feeling it the way I did Oakland. My friend is a lifelong bay area resident and she said it was way better pre-tech boom. It was cool having someone point out to me the best local places for breakfast / lunch / dinner...really just enjoyed the shit out of everything in Oakland. The Lake Merritt area, Piedmont, downtown, uh...probably forgetting the names of some things.
I've gotta point out, and maybe it's because I had a friend to point out all the best places...but dayum does the bay area do breakfast good. Fred's in Sausalito was probably the best.
Fred Reviews - TripAdvisor
I rented a car while she was working heavily for a couple of days, and drove up to Marin. Sausalito and a couple of other places. Drove the headlands and all that. Beautiful stuff, fun drive.
We drove up to Napa and spent the night in Yountville and did two days there. Beautiful area, naturally. We got bumped out of our room and got upgraded to a $600 a night suite. Ate at Bouchon one night.
Trying to think what else...we ate in Berkeley once or twice. She took me to a dark, sort of macabre magic show that was fun. We also went to a theater that did a kickass gory, funny show. Very talented group of people.
Shocktoberfest 15: The Bloody Debutante | Thrillpeddlers
That was my last night there.
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It just made me laugh because it's such a bay area thing to say that it sounds like he already lives there, and that could mean Berkeley, San Francisco, or the Berkeley-ish parts of Oakland. In his defense I'm sure he was mostly repeating what his friend said. Never fear though, the Bay Area is awesome despite the huge number of condescending hippy douches.
You can just picture Jackie's post being said by these guys:
You can just picture Jackie's post being said by these guys:
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I'm definitely not that guy. I fucking hate hipsters and hippies. I'm a yuppie if anything, and I sure as fuck don't look anything like a hipster, I've posted pictures of myself in various threads before.
I'm not saying San Francisco isn't awesome, it is. I have plenty of respect for it, don't fear. I wish I could have seen more, and I want to see more of it. No, I didn't get to explore it as much as I wanted to. My friend even told me (after having already went there for the day) I went to the too touristy spots. She did recommend to check out Mission, among a couple of other places. Oakland felt more home-y to me. It's more the type of city I'm used to. Not as big, not as much shit going on.
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Here you go, pic of me while arguing with Red Pill tards from a few months back.
I'm not a hipster. I drive a German car, I own a shitload of guns, I listen to largely mainstream music, and I dress like someone out of American Psycho.
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Frankly I find the potential for violence in Oakland more thrilling. I kinda get off on that shit. There are so many wimpy looking men in the bay area, by the way. Fucking cunts with beards all over the place, faux-masculinity wannabe lumberjacks, skinny twats.
I also applied to the Oakland police department.Decidedlynot a hipster thing to do.
I'm not saying San Francisco isn't awesome, it is. I have plenty of respect for it, don't fear. I wish I could have seen more, and I want to see more of it. No, I didn't get to explore it as much as I wanted to. My friend even told me (after having already went there for the day) I went to the too touristy spots. She did recommend to check out Mission, among a couple of other places. Oakland felt more home-y to me. It's more the type of city I'm used to. Not as big, not as much shit going on.
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Here you go, pic of me while arguing with Red Pill tards from a few months back.
I'm not a hipster. I drive a German car, I own a shitload of guns, I listen to largely mainstream music, and I dress like someone out of American Psycho.
Rerolled
Frankly I find the potential for violence in Oakland more thrilling. I kinda get off on that shit. There are so many wimpy looking men in the bay area, by the way. Fucking cunts with beards all over the place, faux-masculinity wannabe lumberjacks, skinny twats.
I also applied to the Oakland police department.Decidedlynot a hipster thing to do.
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It's a lengthy process. Not quite, and I just applied last week.
Applied for another job in San Jose (not police, relevant to my current career,) and another somewhere else.
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Anyone been to Sequoia/King's Canyon in the winter? Have family coming to visit, and I'm not sure if the roads will be closed. I don't want to end up booking a hotel outside the park and be unable to go in. I wanted my niece to see the sequoia's because I think they'd blow her mind.
If not, I'm thinking I'll try to convince them to do the PCH from Santa Barbara to SF.
If not, I'm thinking I'll try to convince them to do the PCH from Santa Barbara to SF.
It's a crap shoot, and I wouldn't plan a winter vacation there since you just can't know if it'll be ok or not. Their website says that they do plenty of shit during the winter though, so if you really had your heart set on it I'm sure you could figure something out. It's a big place so maybe parts will be open even after a good storm.
If you were to drive up the PCH you'd only be less than an hour from the Muir Woods and that's more than good enough for your big ass tree fix.
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I don't doubt that for a minute.
Muir woods is nice. I went in for a couple of hours. I would have stayed later but it was getting late in the day. Then I got lost driving back since I couldn't get a GPS signal until I made it back to flat ground. Thankfully that area is totally awesome to get lost in. Really beautiful.
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It's not all like that. The east and the west are bad, she drove me through the main part of them, and it wasn't even that scary in the daytime, lots of whiteys driving through.
My friend has an almost million dollar house in a nice area (Diamond District)...which for someone who lives in Florida right now (me,) god DAMN that million $ doesn't buy you a lot, but that's the bay area for you I guess. The house she has where I live right now would without exaggeration be a $150k house.
As for why I like it, the nice areas quite simply feel more familiar to me. It's not that hilly, it's easy to navigate, lots of nice little cafes and bars, but it's an easy drive to S.F. or Berkeley or up to Marin. If I hadn't had someone to show me all the nice places and tell me the best restaurants to go to and so on, I might not think that way, but since I did, I see plenty of things to like about Oakland.
Oakland's a very dichotomous city. Its not too big but its bad/good areas are distinctly noticeable usually separated by the freeways. I used to live near the lake and it was a very nice part of town but just go west of the 980 and you are in a pretty bad hood, one of the worst in the US actually. You definitely get spill over from the bad hoods into the nicer areas. My old roommate got assaulted while waking around the lake once.
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