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Re:America's Greyhound bus stations are disappearing by sevensor on Saturday September 28, 2024 @07:43PM (#41683695)
I’ve been my share of 15 hour bus rides. Greyhound. Megabus. Changing buses downtown at midnight. Mostly it’s just people trying to get around. Worst that ever happened is I got scammed out of $20 when I was a kid and I’d never heard “I’m trying to get back to Virginia but I’m $31 short” before. I mean sure, there might be a junkie taking way too long in the bathroom, but people intent on doing you actual harm are pretty thin on the ground.
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Re:America's Greyhound bus stations are disappearing by searealist on Saturday September 28, 2024 @10:03PM (#41684279)
> Mostly it’s just people trying to get around

That's not good enough. It needs to be 99%. Look at the other stories in this thread. Even 5% is enough to avoid it.

Moreover, you come across as someone driven by ideology rather than honesty. You jumped straight into a cliched talking point about how the man is maliciously trying to keep poor people down.

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Re:America's Greyhound bus stations are disappearing by tivert on Sunday September 29, 2024 @12:14AM (#41684856)
> Look at the other stories in this thread. Even 5% is enough to avoid it.

A lot of them sound like: "Ick, I saw poor people, never again will I subject myself to that. I now restrict myself to modes of transport too expensive for those poors to use."

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Re:America's Greyhound bus stations are disappearing by searealist on Sunday September 29, 2024 @01:41AM (#41685193)
blasting music, smoking drugs, feeling unsafe...
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Re:America's Greyhound bus stations are disappearing by sevensor on Saturday September 28, 2024 @10:53PM (#41684488)
> That's not good enough. It needs to be 99%. Look at the other stories in this thread. Even 5% is enough to avoid it.

That’s a pretty high standard considering the behavior of highway drivers. How do you get around, friend?

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Re:America's Greyhound bus stations are disappearing by searealist on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:06PM (#41684546)
It's the standard I meet by flying any airline except Frontier or Spirit.
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