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Yeah, that's really representative of Oakland. Cripes. You've shown something pretty far away from downtown, which is what the discussion is all about.

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not tryin to hate; I wish we had that shit in Atlanta

You want gang controlled, high-crime areas? I'm sure Atlanta already has them.

I'm getting hella downvoted because the tech scene in the Bay Area can't appreciate the various strata of culture that surrounds them. Since they're afraid of it they group it all together as "gang culture" which is a myopic viewpoint. It's Oakland culture not gang culture it just so happens that a subset of Oakland culture interpenetrates gang culture.

Haters gone hate.

That is the irony of progressive thinking: they are constantly torn between saying "Black people don't really do X" and "X is completely fine, people just look down on it because of racism".

In this case, X = "driving a car around in circles" or "a vibrant and expressive form of performance art", depending on what kind of progressive you are :)

a progressive who listens to Keak Da Sneak In da building feeling like YEEE! R.I.P. to tha Mac Dee Are Eee!

Why are you assuming the side shows in the video are gang-related? All I see is a bunch of guys -- actually remarkably multiracial, exactly the opposite of what a gang scene would look like -- enjoying car stunts. It's pretty awesome AFAICT.

1. Do you think the people living in that house in the background appreciate that? 2. All I can think of watching that guy on the motorcycle sans helmet at the end is his brains splattered over the pavement.

Because that area is so gang infested that OPD ignores large swaths of it. Any other neighborhood that closed down the street for that type of "fun" would have OPD swarming on them in a few minutes. Not this one.

no I want people driving cars around in circles for fun! and ghost ridin the whip. Oakland is dripping with creativity even in high crime areas.

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