@skinnylatte
I am not so sure.
Take east palo alto. (It has been gentrified in the early 2000s, when IKEA moved in and such). But it was always not the nice part of the bay. Even heard that after the gentrification like 8 years ago.
Now Oakland and Hayward has been the not so nice parts. There are also not so nice parts of San jose.
And I hate hearing that but I have heard from non whites too.
Note I have not lived in the bay area for 8 years but I lived in San Mateo for 4 years and Sunnyvale for 8 years. I still have friends and family that live there too.