Do God Bless Alameda!

Which is better? Alameda or Oakland. There are so many arguments in which people say that Alameda is way better than Oakland. They say that because of the media explaining the constant murders found in Oakland and the bare amount of murders in Alameda. I found a response post by Rokhsor Yusufi that I thought would explain my opinion. She says:

"I am shocked. If anything, Alameda is the coolest place to be and just because you do not like it here, does not make it dumb or stupid or anything like that. I am tired of people calling Alameda bad names. ... Just because people live in Oakland and it’s where all the “cool people” live, does not make everywhere else dumb ... (My dad works in Oakland and he has seen people get shot but he loves it there and he says he would not want to work anywhere in the world but in Oakland but you do not see him talking trash about Alameda.)"

Before I moved into Alameda, I lived in Downtown Oakland for about 10 years. In my mind, there isn't much of a difference between both cities but Alameda ends up to be better if you think about it. To me, Alameda is a much safer place to live and people are much more peaceful here. When I lived in Oakland, I got robbed and there were so many places in which people were hurt or raped. Oakland is much dirtier where I live and there are a lot of homeless people there. In Alameda, the streets are much cleaner and I don't see any homeless people around here. There are much more events in the city of Alameda compared to Oakland. 


There doesn't seem to be any difference on other areas. In both cities, the people are nice. In my school, there are many people that come from Oakland and I don't have a problem with them. They are actually pretty cool people to be with. Both educational environments are similar. There are those that drop out and those that continue to become successful.