Why I recommend this place to visitors — 1 year ago
Going to college in Oakland has been a huge difference from growing up in predominantly white, coffee bleeding Portland, Oregon. Oakland is a truly diverse and vibrant city, which lacks the glitter of San Francisco across the bay, but makes up for it in grit and countless opportunities for discovery.
Lake Merritt is simply beautiful, as is Chabot regional park, and sunset from the top of the Oakland hills rivals any other west coast sunset there is.
