Posted by evoba I'd suggest getting a workers vest or jacket. That approach has worked for me countless times. I'll be stressing on the inside but as long as I keep my calm on the outside and try and act like I'm supposed to be there, most people walking by wont even notice. Also, if you bring a clipboard, for whatever reason when people see clipboards they just let you do anything.
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Hard agree with all of this. Look like you belong, act like you belong.
eternal-star is also right about local homeless, if it's in a very convenient place. In my hometown, the homeless would congregate where the people were to maximize the effectiveness of panhandling and wouldn't move much; they mostly stayed within their neighborhood. Those who did would pretty much only take public transit and usually only the routes that ran extra buses due to going between hubs. For this reason, I never worry about encountering a squat anywhere on the outskirts or further.
Bottom line, you mentioned that you're new to the forum, but are you new to UrbEx? Whether I'd recommend it or not would depend on your personal skill which is really up for you to decide. It's not like a license exam where you can be gauged on your skill.