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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by a123b456c on Sunday November 23, 2025 @11:04PM (#46030266)
OK, but do you realize that the worst cases from places like yours get exported to SF, NYC and other hubs, for them to deal with?

And you're out here bragging about what you "let" your neighbors and kids do. And bragging about visiting two US cities.

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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by JumpCrisscross on Monday November 24, 2025 @12:07AM (#46030582)
> the worst cases from places like yours get exported to SF, NYC and other hubs, for them to deal with?

Source? (I genuinely know nothing about this. But would appreciate hard data.)

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Re:Iowa City made its buses free. traffic cleared, and so di... by skylurk on Monday November 24, 2025 @01:37AM (#46031031)
Not GP and I don't know anything about this either, but I found this:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/...

Anecdotally, I used to take the Greyhound a lot and everyone on them is either a student or somewhat homeless, e.g. they just lined up another friend's couch to sleep on for a little while.

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