Oakland (Oklahoma, United States)

Type: City

Name: Oakland (Oklahoma, United States)

population: 729

First reported Jan 27 2013 - Updated Jan 27 2013 - 1 reports

S.F.'s pop-up rental boom

Daniel Marienthal, 23, lives in a Twin Peaks mansion with 11 other men, where privacy is so scarce that for a few months he lived in a canvas tepee he had built.Josh Furnas, 23, has taken up residence in a converted closet, near the living room, in a ... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 27 2013]

Entities: San Francisco (United States), Oakland (Oklahoma, United States), Entrepreneur, Startup

First reported Dec 04 2012 - Updated Dec 04 2012 - 1 reports

American cities to Millennials: Don't leave

Open spaces such as the public lawn of Oklahoma City's Devon Energy Center are crucial to maintaining downtown residential bases. / Brett Deering for USA TODAYby Haya El Nasser, USA TODAYFiled UnderThe hot pursuit of young professionals has been at the ... [Published Northwestern - Dec 04 2012]

Entities: Allison Brooks, Richard Florida, William Fulton, Oakland (Oklahoma, United States), José Huizar

Quotes

"When these young men get here, they live far below what their normal standards might be elsewhere. But it's funny, they don't seem to mind."

S.F.'s pop-up rental boom [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 27 2013]

..."Within 10 years, people made requests for grammar schools," he says. "Cities are recognizing that. They want to hold on to and stabilize the tax base."

American cities to Millennials: Don't leave [Published Northwestern - Dec 04 2012]