I really want to play here but this scares the * out of me.
"This is the eighth robbery that has occurred in Alameda in the past 10 months and
the 11th over the past two years where the victim appears to have just left the Oaks Card Club in Emeryville, or the San Pablo Casino."
http://www.alamedasun.com/index.php?...2605&Itemid=10
That's an average of 1 every two months. And some are surely not reported. Looks like there are gangs doing this consistently. Also, if you look on Yelp the latest review is of a guy who was threatened with being shot in the parking lot after he won a pot against a... well... shall we say a peculiar individual. Had to call the cops just to get out of there because security wouldn't help. Earlier on Yelp, there's someone saying their uncle was followed home, robbed and shot in the leg.
There are reports of suspicious people hanging outside and inside just to rob people.
So I find the word "Friendliest" in the title of this thread somewhat ironic.
On the other hand, it seems there are people here basically saying "don't be paranoid u silly suburban sheltered white boy, just don't be stupid, watch your back and your risks are minimal". And they may be right.
I'm still trying to make up my mind but so far by preponderance of evidence the "this place is f* dangerous" version is winning in my mind.
Last edited by purplebliss; 11-01-2012 at 04:29 AM.