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>born here, i live in east San Francisco bay area
>its very safe
>the masses of immigrants that came(lots of indians but the college graduate good jobs types) pay super high rent so they arnt violent
>there are lots of rediculously beautiful things within a 3 hour drive (beaches, redwood forests, farmland, sierra nevada mountains, tahoo lake)
>cost of everything sucks, voting has never mattered cause dems will win
>schools are good (lots of shit schools withing a 30 min drive)
>the state itself is GOAT tier but the people and gov suck
North Oakland resident, lived all over the country, this is the best so far, only other place I might consider is Utah for the scenery, have had 5 bikes stolen and two cars vandalized, but nothing serious yet in 30 years. Fire season is getting to be worrisome though. Many smoky days every late fall.