Oakland Ranked America's Most Exciting City
On Thursday, May 2, 2013, the real estate website Movoto ranked Oakland as the most exciting city in America on its roster of the “The 10 Most Exciting Cities in America.” In selecting their top 10 cities, Movoto looked at the following criteria that gauge the level of excitement in a city: Park acreage per person, Percent of population between 20 and 34 years old, Fast food restaurants per square mile (the fewer the better), Bars per square mile, Big box stores per square mile (the fewer the better), Population diversity, Movie theaters per square mile, Museums per square mile, Theater companies per square mile and Music venues per square mile.To view the post, please visit http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/10-most-exciting-cities/. Photo by Michele Silvia.
Oakland Among Top 5 Places to Visit in the World
Oakland ranked as the 5th most desirable destination to visit this year in “The 45 Places to Go in 2012.” The story appeared in print in the Travel section of The New York Times on January 8, 2012, and was posted online January 6. Oakland placed between #4 London and #6 Tokyo in the coveted list and was the highest ranked North American city. Click here to read the article.
The original story generated signficant local and national press coverage. Here's a sampling of some of the coverage:
- Oakland Named a Top Tourist Destination - KQED News, January 6, 2012
- Oakland Ranks #5 On New York Times’ List Of Places To Visit In 2012 - CBS 5, January 7, 2012
- Oakland ranked number Five in New York Times 45 Places To Go in 2012 - Huffington Post, January 9, 2012
- Oakland ranked among top tourism destinations by NY Times - ABC 7, January 11, 2012
- Finally, Oakland gets some good press it deserves - The Montclarion, January 11, 2012
- Oakland ranks high on New York Times 'places to go' list - Oakland Tribune, January 13, 2012
- Hey, New York Times, Oakland is more than Uptown - Oakland Tribune, January 16, 2012
- Oakland, California named top Tourist Destination - Fox News, January 24, 2012
Click here to read the City's release on the ranking.
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Other Accolades Bestowed on Oakland
The New York Times isn't the only publication to acknowledge Oakland. Below is a short list of some of the additional accolades that have been bestowed on our city.
Oakland's Merritt Crossing Senior Apartments among Top 10 Examples of Green Design - American Institute of Architects, April 22, 2013
Second Best California City For Singles - Movoto, April 23, 2013
Oakland Ranked as Greenest City in U.S. - SheKnows.com, April 15, 2013
Oakland's Upper Rockridge Census Tract Top Creative Class Location in the San Francisco Metro Area - The Atlantic Cities, April 1, 2013
Ten Best Cities To Have a Dog - NerdWallet, March 25, 2013
Oakland Among 5 best markets to sell a home - CNN/Money, March 14, 2013
Oakland Among 15 Top Cities for Tech Startups - National Venture Capital Association, February 13, 2013
#10 Most Walkable City in America - America Walks, February 2013
Oakland Ranked Among Top 12 ArtPlaces in the Nation - ArtPlace, January 7, 2013
Gayest Cities in America, 2013 - The Advocate, January 2013
Oakland Rises to 7th in Nation in Bicycling Rate with 7,000 Biking Commuters - U.S. Census Data, November 5, 2012
Oakland Named Among America's 50 Best Cities - Bloomberg Businessweek, September 26, 2012
Uptown named among the Best Hipster Neighborhoods - Forbes, September 20, 2012
Oakland named among America's Best Cities on the Rise - SmarterTravel.com, August 31, 2012,
Oakland Tied as Most Honest City in the U.S. - National Honesty Index, August 20, 2012
Oakland top city for fastest selling homes in the nation - Realtor.com, August 8, 2012
6th among the 51 largest US cities for percentage of residents that bicycle to work - Alliance for Biking & Walking 2012 Benchmarking Report
Where the Creative Class Earns the Most - The Atlantic Cities, July 2012
#2 US City in Per-Capita Availability of Eco-Friendly Services - Thumbtack, July 2012
4th Greenest US City - Mother Nature Network, July 2012
5th Greenest City in America - Corporate Knights Magazine, June 2012
The Gardens at Lake Merritt Named Among Top 5 in California - Via Magazine, March 2012
Men's Fitness Ranks Oakland the 4th Most Fit City in America - Men's Fitness, March 2012
CNN includes Oakland in its 5 must-see film sites - CNN, February 23, 2012
California’s 2nd Most Literate City and 15th in the Nation - America's Most Literate Cities, 2011
10 Great Places to celebrate the Year of the Dragon - USA Today, January 19, 2012
10th Greenest Real Estate Market in U.S. - Cushman & Wakefield Green Building Opportunity Index, November 2011
#2 “Can-Do” City - Newsweek, September 2011
10th Most Walkable City in the Nation - Walk Score, July 2011
3rd Most Active City in the U.S. - Men's Health, June 2011
9th Most Sustainable City in the U.S. - Sustainlane, 2008
4th largest "Nano Metro" Area in the nation - Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, 2007
In the last 10 years, Oakland has also been ranked in the top 10 for use of renewable energy, percentage of women-owned businesses, most “Most Wired” metro area, healthiest city in the U.S., best places to retire, most fun city, best climate and best drinking water.
Oakland is home to the nation’s oldest official wildlife refuge, Lake Merritt, which was established in 1870 and the nation's 5th largest Port.
