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On Venice Beach I was walking a year ago and surprised by the animosity of the “regulars” (venice bums mostly) toward Bird scooters. Knocking them over, throwin
by mruts 7y ago
On Venice Beach I was walking a year ago and surprised by the animosity of the “regulars” (venice bums mostly) toward Bird scooters. Knocking them over, throwing them in the street, I even saw one guy through one into the ocean.
I was a surprised by the vitrol. I rode one for 30 minutes and it was fun. Maybe the locals feel it is for tourists and was including them? I’m not sure, but I was considerably saddened by what I saw. “This is why we can’t have nice things.”
- cafard 7y agoI see them around Washington, and it appears that the riders are having a good time. Certainly many of the riders are tourists, but so are many of the pedestrians. I do find it obnoxious to encounter them left on the sidewalk or beside a bike trail.
- klyrs 7y agoI also visited Venice Beach a year ago. The scooters littered the place, and they're a nuisance. Between the riders who nearly hit me twice in as many days, and the omnipresent tripping hazards, I'm with the "bums," as you call them. Though much of the problem lies with the riders, it's much more trouble to throw them into the ocean