South Oakland?:

A lot of people were commenting on how strange it was that East Oakland was really in the south. We started asking people why they thought that was and if they thought there was a reason why we don't have a South Oakland region designated. Here's what people had to say:

'There are historical reasons. When Oakland first started it was just in this central downtown area. What we know as West and East Oakland were their own little communities and towns separate from Oakland.'

'You're driving south on the freeway heading towards East Oakland and then the freeway turns east.'

'West Oakland is really west but East Oakland is really south. East Oakland is called East because if you look on the map, it is directly opposite from West Oakland. I don't know why it is this way. People are really weird.'