oakland- what a great place to live.........

I work in Richmond off of Cutting Blvd, and with all the gang related shootings they have had in the last few months out there, I think they're going for a new record.
They even shot the windows out of a police car in the brand new police station.
As for Concord, I was born and raised here, even though I have lived in Pittsburg, and Martinez Ca. too. It has it's good areas and it's bad areas, if you live near Monument Blvd, AKA "little Mexico" (which I did when I was just out of high school) they'll steal your freakin guard dog if you don't lock him up LOL
When I bought my house, I made sure it wasn't too close to apartments, section 8 housing, and wasn't on a road with alot of through traffic. I also looked at what streets/areas all the crimes seemed to be at, you can't always stop a crook, but you can better your odds.