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Originally Posted by Capsule F
Oakland is a joke compared to Phila. Not to mention Alameda county has 100k more people.
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Precisely the stereotype shot down by the fact that the county in which Oakland sits (surrounded by a bunch of suburbs) has a larger GDP than Philadelphia.
Thanks for making my point (however angrily).
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Originally Posted by dimondpark
Being from The City, he was probably surprised to see the East Bay rank so highly seeing as how intensely they look down on Oakland. LOL.
Oakland is actually quite nice and Alameda County only recently surpassed Philadelphia in population. I reckon AC will probably extend it's lead from here on out.
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That too is rather my point. Most of the country "looks down on" Oakland as a land of gangstas, rappers, "road shows" and an edgy football team but not a whole lot of economic activity reflected in its GDP. That's the sterotype and very different from the image of Philadelphia (in another thread, one forum participant called that "New York's little sister" or some such).
Anyway, nice to see how much economic activity is indeed happening in Alameda.