Alex’s airbnb is located in the heart of downtown Oakland which makes it a great place to stay if you’re primarily exploring on that side of the bay. There is a LOT of good food and coffee nearby to explore. If you’re commuting to SF, while the BART station is nearby, if you are coming back during late hours, ubers are VERY expensive to cross the bay. I was nervous to book this airbnb having not stayed in Oakland before, hearing about how unsafe it could be and I honestly never felt safer than the moment I would make it back to the airbnb every night. I only had one occasion that I felt unsafe and that was when I decided to walk to the West Oakland train station… learned my lesson haha. Aside from that, you are getting what you pay for by Bay Area standards as the entire market is expensive. The airbnb has a comfortable bed, nice shower/bathroom in a studio setup. It was simply a place for me to sleep and get ready but any issues/questions I had were quickly resolved by Alex. I would stay again if I were on the east side of the bay, otherwise, the cost of late night ubers alone would account for the cost of staying in SF proper next time, neither of which is of Alex’s control but sharing if someone was planning to do something similar.