Violence is why Oaklanders forsake the city Violence is why Oaklanders forsake the city
Susan Gluss may be one of the most recent Oakland residents to move on to safer, saner confines in the Bay Area, but she is by no means alone in her decision to call it quits. Gluss, and countless others like her, are the collateral damage - the civilian...
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Source: SFGate: Chip Johnson
· 12-07-08 · 1 Comment »
[…Whatever you think of her decision, it is hard not to sympathize with Gluss. In what seems like a matter of months (she doesn’t quite say), her car was broken into twice, her home once, and her wallet stolen. But it is also hard not to notice how dumb she seems. Her wallet was taken out of her purse right in front of her at a local club. She apparently left her doors unlocked at home to allow a thief in without her knowing until she opened her jewelry box. Finally, she left her purse out in plain sight in her car. A dweller of any urban area will tell you that these are all things you don’t do, whether you live in Cambridge, San Francisco, Oakland, or Kalamazoo. Or even Greenbrae….]
December 11th, 2008 at 12:36 am