Alameda or Oakland Response

In his post, David sates that even though many people have their own opinions about whether Oakland is better than Alameda or vice versa, both cities are essentially equal:

There doesn't seem to be any difference on other areas. In both cities, the people are nice. In my school, there are many people that come from Oakland and I don't have a problem with them. They are actually pretty cool people to be with. Both educational environments are similar. There are those that drop out and those that continue to become successful.

Everyone has opinions about whether one location is or is not better than another location. When they are asked what makes that location better than the other location they are comparing to, some of the most popular responses may include: safer, cleaner, more peaceful, etc. However, there is no concrete evidence that would support their claim. Everything would only be opinions.

To me, Alameda is a much safer place to live and people are much more peaceful here. When I lived in Oakland, I got robbed and there were so many places in which people were hurt or raped. Oakland is much dirtier where I live and there are a lot of homeless people there. In Alameda, the streets are much cleaner and I don't see any homeless people around here. There are much more events in the city of Alameda compared to Oakland. 

David personally believes that Alameda is safer and more peaceful than Oakland because he has been robbed in Oakland before; however, some people believe that Alameda is safer simply because it is Alameda and Oakland is a dangerous, neighboring city where murder can happen at any moment. I do not have anything against what other people want to believe in, but I believe that these people should consider some factors before leaping to whatever conclusion they want to reach.
I do not have any statistics to back up these factors, but I think Oakland has a bigger population than Alameda. In addition, Oakland has Chinatown and many people from different locations go there is buy groceries and stuff they need. If there are more people wandering the streets of Oakland, accidents are bound to happen. On the other hand, Alameda barely has any shopping places except for South Shore and maybe Park Street, making accidents less possible.