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SAN FRANCISCO MAY INSPIRE more pop songs, but Oakland, its less showy neighbor across the bay, has plenty to croon about too. Oakland has long pioneered movements—whether political or culinary—that influence the rest of the country and lately, as creative types get priced out of San Francisco, they’re establishing themselves in Oakland in growing numbers, spawning comparisons to hipper-than-thou Brooklyn. Yet Oakland offers unique charms; here, five ways to sample them.
Hike through a redwood forest in the middle of the…