Bay with the fastest-growing rents in the U.S. isnt San Francisco. Oakland, long synonymous with crime and blight, is attracting businesses and residents priced out of its more famous neighbor to the West and drawn to an increasingly vibrant scene. This is one of the few places Ive ever been where on a daily basis you see changes, said Lucy Flood, a 35-year-old freelance writer who rents work space in a converted Mazda dealership. Paintings hang advising, Hipsters Only and LGBT Only. San Francisco rents are so high. Its cheaper to be here. Its considered edgy and hip and cool....
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-20/oakland-rents-outpace-san-francisco-as-hipsters-relocate.html
#crime