This mystery business also has traffic of some interesting Oakland-known personalities. This part of downtown was once a dead and quiet section of Oakland. The most dominant change to Oakland's downtown, however, is that the Dotcom ers have come and have caused rents to increase dramatically in office space and parking fees. They are usually White and young, with some Asians and a few Blacks. One positive aspect of DotCom'ers having moved into the Oakland downtown area has been that they have brought a boom to the numerous restaurants in the area.
Restaurants have lines at lunch-time and some have a carryover effect into the weekend.
The changing face of Oakland s downtown is a face that has a new element, the Dotcom ers, and an old element, the drug dealers, and they exist side by side. Both are new to the Downtown section of Oakland, and both have down sides to the area.