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Old Sep 14, 2013 | 5:36 pm
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
Downtown Oakland is a rough area, but this was during the business day!
The area immediately around the hotel is generally OK, and the immediate vicinity has been gentrifying quite a bit recently. Not saying Oakland as a whole is in great shape, but I've stayed at that hotel many times before and this sort of incident is out of character.
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