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empathy, i get it.

i have not been able to ride my bike to work. okay, unwilling actually. i dont feel safe.

there is a trail that almost connects my home to the office. i can get to work 80% away from traffic. it is pretty awesome.

the city closed some parking lot that was the encampment. now, they have flowed onto the trail. there are rows of tents and cardboard shack flanking the trail for a hundred yards. you literally have to run the gauntlet.

Oakland is worse. they set up and maintain banks of portable bathrooms and wash stations at the larger camps. in my city i see a trailer with mobile showers and clothing washing stations pull up.

i dont think there is a solution. drugs, poverty..those arent going away.

i tried to get to work on my bike using the streets. all good except on long stretch of narrow road..it is way scary for me. no bike lane, big winery trucks.