piedmont

There is a decent shopping area near Piedmont in Oakland (confusingly, on Piedmont Ave), similar to Rockridge.

Google MTV employees would not move out of San Francisco or away from Piedmont street in Oakland if you took the busses away.

Speaking of which, when I get around to running for mayor of Oakland, I'm going to have only 2 planks: 1) Charging the people of Piedmont $50 to drive out of Piedmont.

Just saying that the guys in Bordeaux and in Piedmont have been at the red wine thing for the last 2000 years, pre any marketing-to-unsuspecting-masses techniques.

Heh - one of those data centers (Lenoir) was the focus of quite a bit of optimism in the Piedmont area of North Carolina a few years ago.

Each regional language has many dialects, so for example in Piedmont you have the Turinese dialenct of Piedmontese from Turin, which is distinct from the Piedmontese dialect in other areas.

Loving my own apartment, but wishing more and more I had searched harder for a place near the walkable parts of Grand Ave or Piedmont Ave.

Great (safe + cool) Oakland neighborhoods: Temescal, Rockridge, Piedmont Ave, Lakeshore, Lake Merritt, Uptown, Old Town, and Jack London//produce & waterfront.

But the estimation of "3 minutes" combined the GPS path showing me leaving from Piedmont Ave.

These aren't "rich" people that want to hire security to protect their gated community (:cough: piedmont:cough:).

>To which Burford replies, in his soft Piedmont drawl: “That’s my point.” You're kidding, right?

It's bordered by Piedmont, still has that "true diversity" as in ALL the colors of the rainbow feel, 20 min commute into San Francisco, AND I have a Damn patio!

Not everybody knows it completely encircles Piedmont, one of the richest cities in the country.

Pac Heights and Oakland Hills/Piedmont are both quite safe, but are not really startup areas.

Piedmont, surrounded on all sides by Oakland, has been hit by an increase in robberies, many of which are home invasion style.