![]() ![]() It’s the quintessential Oakland experience. It’s the type of place where all walks of life have to awkwardly stand next to each other and hope not to get stabbed. You probably have a black lives matter sign, but you still call the cops and secretly are happy when affordable housing measures fail because you want to keep the character of your neighborhood or some other weird rich person verbiage to justify neo-segregation. The worst part is that you drop the fact you live in Oakland in casual conversation to seem woke. If Rockridge is your station, you don’t actually live in Oakland, you live in fucking Piedmont with potholes. Rockridge BART Station mural, painted in 1980 by a group from Vista College. If someone gets on a train in Pittsburg, is the experience the same as someone who gets on the train in San Jose? The answer is a resounding ‘fuck no’, and that’s why I made this list. But not every BART station is built the same. The Bay Area Rapid Transit, with its loud trains, lateness, general sketchiness and insanity is a rite of passage for anyone who has lived in the 9 counties that hug the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. But one thing that is synonymous with the Bay Area experience, is BART. The Bay Area is a big place with a lot of cities, and every city in the Bay can be a little different. ![]() 1087 Shares Share on Facebook Share on Twitter ![]()
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