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Greyhound Bus Trip Provides Snapshot of U.S. Poor
Most Americans fly or drive across the country's vast distances. Bus travel is cheaper and people who are poor often go Greyhound. The company boasts 16,000 daily departures across North America. Reuters
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*I am a member of New York to Los Angeles in 3-days club... Winter of 1980. Drivers change, the Bus doesn't... Longest stop was in Texas at an integrated Burger King, 30 minutes.
i did minneapolis to new orleans in 1992. heading down through chicago, it seemed like we stopped EVERYWHERE, every little tiny whistlestop town. i think it ended up being just over 24hrs. and then i had to go BACK a few days later.
our big stop was at a bus station in jackson mississippi where i got sausage biscuits for breakfast before it was daylight.
Act 1 of This American Life Episode 102, Roadtrip!, follows Dishwasher Pete as he travels on the Greyhound bus, interviewing passengers and sharing his personal commentary.
i did a whole road trip chicago - south canada - boston - nyc - philly - dc - miami - key west - chicago within 12 days back in 1998. i saw the whole east coast, read two books on the bus, and shared the last tour from kentucky to chicago with ten amish families on their way to an amish convention in chi-town. unfortunately my wallet got stolen during a night ride somewhere around tallahassee, florida. bummer.
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