1. An Oaklander Will Stick With You Through Thick And Thin
Oaklanders are going to fight for the ones they love, and they don’t easily give up on people or things. Take their relationships with the Oakland A’s and Golden State Warriors—they’re on their side through thick or thin.
2. Oaklanders Are The Most Passionate People Alive
RaiderNation is known for hardcore, passionate fans—and once you see how much emotion Oaklanders can give to a beloved football team, you’ll know you’ll get that feeling double time as their true love.
3. Their Friends Will Quickly Become Your Friends
Oakland is like one big community, and they are hella proud of those hometown folk made good. So when you’re dating an Oaklander and you’re treating them right, that whole community will welcome you right in to their circle.
4. Your Oakland Sweetheart Is No Pushover
Oakland has always been a hotbed of activism and fighting for progressive causes, which means Oaklanders aren’t those sit-back-and-watch kind of people. If you’re the kind who likes to be engaged, your Oakland date will reel you in.
5. Calm That Heart Rate, You’re With An Oakland Date
Feeling stressed out? Not around your love from Oakland. Locals are known for their laid back, chill lifestyle, so hanging with your man or woman from Oakland will drop your blood pressure back down to normal.
6. You Don’t Have To Go To Venice For A Gondola Style Romance
Ever imagined your boyfriend taking you on a slow, romantic gondola ride through the canals? You don’t have to fly overseas, because an Oaklander can make that happen for you right here at home on Lake Merritt.
7. Artsy People Always Write The Best Love Letters, And Oakland Is Full Of Them
One of the biggest events for Oaklanders is the Art Murmur, or First Fridays, an art gallery open house festival. And it’s not your grandmother’s stuffy museum festival. It’s trendy, artsy, and it’s done on the cheap so everyone can get involved in appreciating art—which you’ll appreciate in a person you date.
8. Romantic Home-Cooked Dinners Are Always An Adventure With An Oakland Date
Organic urban farms are huge in Oakland—they won’t settle for chain-store brand chicken and veggies. So cooking you up a candlelit dinner with some nice wine also means really, really fresh food, from the backyard.
9. Oaklanders Believe Everybody Should Be Free To Love
It’s live and let live in Oakland, and locals have a majorly great reputation for being open and accepting to LGBTQ families, with the highest population of female couples in the U.S. So no matter who you love, you can find a happy place among Oaklanders.
10. Your Oakland Sweetheart Will Take Your Taste Buds On A World Tour
Maybe your date can’t take you to Italy, Ethiopia, or Hong Kong, but Oaklanders can definitely show you the best food from those cultures. Whether it’s true Southern barbecue and chicken and waffles, amazing tacos, better deep dish pizza than Chicago, Eritrean food, or the best dim sum in the state, your taste buds will never be bored.
11. Your Relationship Will Be Positively Sunny
While couples in San Fran have to hide in sweatshirts, the sun is always shining on Oakland. And with sunshine comes Vitamin D, happiness, and the summer spirit all year round—and all of your dates will be spur of the moment adventures.
Did we miss anything? Tell us what you like about dating someone from Oakland in the comments below! 
