Riku
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I'm looking to live/work in oakland Cali, what are you thoughts on this such as how hard jobs are to get or how much is living and so on
I work mostly with food cooking/front of the houseWhat kind of live / work?
Jobs : Depends on what kind of job you're looking for, seriously.
Rent : Look on Craigslist.org
My thoughts : I don't know you.
Source : Born and raised in Oakland.
I work mostly with food cooking/front of the house
and for rent im guess wondering how cheap it can get
Sounds easy enough,i have a good resume so it shouldnt be hard to get a place, and only about 400 a month to live is pretty damn cheap even for where i live. I have to say people always bumrush when the going gets good,but as for me any new change would be nice at the momentIf you have a good amount of experience, in decent restutaunts, you might have luck applying to every place on Solano Ave in Albany; College, Shattuck, Telegraph, San Pablo Aves and 4th St in Berkeley; Telegraph, Broadway, Lakeshore Aves and All of downtown Oakland; Bay St in Emeryville; to start.
Don't rely on Craigslist. Make a list from Yelp and Call & visit Everywhere.
The East Bay is drowning in fresh meat so jobs are scarce. Even bring a native and knowing a ton people all over, the last few times I looked for a job, it took an average of 4 months. And that was Before Oakland was named "Most exciting place to live", and people started bumrushing the place.
As far as living - you'll be hard pressed to find anything cheaper than $400 for a room in a house, or $850 for a one bedroom apartment.
If any kind of "gentrification" happens here its solely done by yuppie, hipster, artsy, frat or silicon dildos and doosh boxes, who think they can use cities like oakland as their own personal version of the Capital from Hunger Games.
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You can actually see on google maps where all the wealthy neighborhoods are in the bay area if you type in whole foods.
Neighborhoods do change over time—for example Fruitvale used to be predominantly African American.
honestly I've never really done much UE except for when I was in Gary, IN.
I've been kind of a shut in as of late mostly just the way I am, partially because of a lack of funds to do anything because I'm saving to go to Mexico, so UE sounds like an awesome no-low cost activity. I've got a semi open schedule next week.