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  The last two cities I've lived in I've relied on their public transit systems (Boston and New York for full disclosure) and yes I regularly see homeless and drug addled folks on my daily commute in each. It's not like, a lawless hellscsape where everything is on fire but some days it felt pretty close, especially on routes near any hospitals or public health services.
  And granted some days the Boston T lines literally were on fire but anyways..
  Before THAT, I lived in San Diego and it wasn't even a question of riding public transit, homelessness was everywhere. Not as bad as San Francisco but the point stands - it's an epidemic.
context: In boston on the orange line, people would get on the virtually empty outbound trains in the morning, ride to stops further from the city, and switch to an inbound train.
  Probably other lines as well. >
  
  It is quite common to do this on BART (in the Bay Area) during commute time. Although, there is rarely an issue with the trains being actually full. People do it so they can get a seat instead of standing. >
  
  Another common BART rider trick is smoking fentanyl in the bathroom until you overdose and pass out so nobody else can use the bathroom til you (hopefully) wake up. That and pissing and jacking off on the train. But I mean obviously these aren’t selfish like the woman in the article though. >
  
  Man, what the fuck is up with the public transport in the US? I've used it all over Europe and the weirdest I encounter is just obnoxious people. And that one time the guy pissed himself in the back >
  
  Lack of social safety nets and shit healthcare system exacerbate homelessness and the raging drug epidemic. >
  
  You missed sky rocketing housing costs. >
  
  Have you guys actually ridden public transit before? It's not normally like this at all.