I have family that used to live in Oakland, Berkley now. I would always try to have them come out to Fremont or to Discovery Bay where other parts of our family were instead of going there to visit them.
The few times we did go down there, we were in my 3 series (about 7 years old at the time) and I could see random guys on corners eyeballing me as we drove by. Not like, look at the car, but more like, "Keep moving, you stop here, we're going to rob you and take that car!" Definitely did not feel welcome there at all.
Always makes me wish that the California laws weren't as restrictive and I didn't have to lock my gun up at the border.
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