Moving to Oakland may have literally saved my life.
I had lived in SF for ten years or so, and it was killing me, even though I didn't realize it until I came to Oakland. I moved partly because of a girlfriend, partly because of an opportunity to live in a neat place, partly to get away from horrible landlords. I loved Oakland immediately, even if I didn't really know most of Oakland, only my little piece of it. People said 'hello' as I walked around my new neighborhood. There was a lake within walking distance. There wasn't as much of a sense of just-surviving that there had been in SF: People strolled sometimes, hung out on the grass around the lake. I felt more like myself in Oakland.
I frame it as saving my life because I didn't realize how much the stress of SF had seeped into my body until I left SF. The relief was tangible, a relaxing of my body, my heart. I rode my bike more. I socialized a little more. I finally figured out that I had been dealing with undiagnosed anxiety and depression for much of my life--and I could only see it when I moved away from one of the biggest stressors in my life, San Francisco, which I both loved and hated. If I hadn't gotten out of SF, I wonder if I would have figured all of that out, if I would have just kept going until the stress of it killed me.
Over the years I've learned more about Oakland, grown to love it more. I ride my bike near the lake every day on my way to and from work. My first book is a love letter to Oakland, to at least the parts of Oakland I know best. It shows a few of the highlights, centering on the lake, the people, diversity of various sorts. It involves a fictional take on the dangers Oakland faces in the near future: As more and more folks make a similar move that I made fifteen or so years ago, from SF to here, gentrification is a problem to be faced. Racism has never left Oakland, even if it's one of the most diverse cities in the country, and along with the rest of the country, it's facing old monsters with new faces. I hope I've captured just a sliver of all of that with my book.
Order Lake Miskatonic here.
I had lived in SF for ten years or so, and it was killing me, even though I didn't realize it until I came to Oakland. I moved partly because of a girlfriend, partly because of an opportunity to live in a neat place, partly to get away from horrible landlords. I loved Oakland immediately, even if I didn't really know most of Oakland, only my little piece of it. People said 'hello' as I walked around my new neighborhood. There was a lake within walking distance. There wasn't as much of a sense of just-surviving that there had been in SF: People strolled sometimes, hung out on the grass around the lake. I felt more like myself in Oakland.I frame it as saving my life because I didn't realize how much the stress of SF had seeped into my body until I left SF. The relief was tangible, a relaxing of my body, my heart. I rode my bike more. I socialized a little more. I finally figured out that I had been dealing with undiagnosed anxiety and depression for much of my life--and I could only see it when I moved away from one of the biggest stressors in my life, San Francisco, which I both loved and hated. If I hadn't gotten out of SF, I wonder if I would have figured all of that out, if I would have just kept going until the stress of it killed me.
Over the years I've learned more about Oakland, grown to love it more. I ride my bike near the lake every day on my way to and from work. My first book is a love letter to Oakland, to at least the parts of Oakland I know best. It shows a few of the highlights, centering on the lake, the people, diversity of various sorts. It involves a fictional take on the dangers Oakland faces in the near future: As more and more folks make a similar move that I made fifteen or so years ago, from SF to here, gentrification is a problem to be faced. Racism has never left Oakland, even if it's one of the most diverse cities in the country, and along with the rest of the country, it's facing old monsters with new faces. I hope I've captured just a sliver of all of that with my book.
Order Lake Miskatonic here.
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