Why has there been an exodus of black residents from West Coast liberal hubs?

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30. Gentrifiers are starting to get their mitts on West Oakland and areas like north of Fruitvale

The next few years will not be pretty, I fear. West Berkeley is undergoing major transformation, and South Berkeley already has techies scrounging up the houses (they're still "relatively" cheap there).

I'm in El Cerrito/Albany and was glancing at houses. The closest I could manage is probably El Sobrante if I don't want to own a one bedroom closet. Which is a nice area and still oddly affordable, while not being crazy far from the city.

I feel like a lot of the dislocated poor and working class are moving north towards places like Vallejo and Santa Rosa.

Even the Richmond enclaves of upper middle class (Marina, San Pablo Dam corridor) are starting to spread inward towards the central area that have been traditionally black and Latino.

No one cares. Developers gotta develop, and the politicians are firmly in their pocket. Berkeley is losing its liberal flavor in favor of the monied classes.

I'm really pissed about West Berkeley at the moment. They took down some of my favorite local shops and restaurants in favor of luxury condos and high end boutiques. It's only a matter of time before all of West Berkeley looks like Fourth Street. A natural consequence of lesser known but still well-funded tech companies taking up residence in the industrial park.