ever taken a greyhound bus across country{USA}? looking for advice

I did Buffalo to DC via NYC Philadelphia Bmore a ton of times in the 90s. I never had any problems with people on the bus. It's a long, slow, boring trip though. When you layover and need to transfer sometimes the busses are late and you get stranded waiting for the next one. The stations are usually not in good areas. Bring lots of food, drink, batteries and your own entertainment. There can be sketchy people on the busses but they are rarely full.

I flew the DOG (greyhound) from Phily to Detroit and it was very enjoyable. Bus seats beat anything the airlines have to offer including AMTRACK. Spacious and panoramic view from large windows allow you to sight see. Met some very interesting people as well. I sat next to a gal from Israel who was a world class pastry chef that was competing all over the world. I asked the driver why we coulndt sit in the front seat and he said "SNIPERS". The Israeli lady burst into laughter as she told the driver that you dont have snipers like we do in Israel. Bus drivers think they are AIrline pilots and their bus stations are like airport terminals. They will check your identity and also scan you like they do in airports.

If your a pot smoker, you will find plenty of like minded people on the bus, some will be sleeping one off.

Farthest I ever took one was Monterrey to L.A. thirty years ago.


Fucking things used to stink.


I don't know how they are nowadays.


Far enough for me.

Pot smoke

at some stops drug enforcement cops have dogs sniff all the baggage, if you take anything illegal you may get arrested and some states used to have ridiculously draconian penalties for even small amounts of marijuana etc

other than that all i can say is its a pretty miserable experience, you are tired but cant properly sleep, and then dead tired you have to exit and wait around in a greyound station for an hour or more for a connecting route, or just because they have to clean the bus you're on

i once made such a trip when i was being actively targeted with directed energy weapons and thats a whole new level of misery, because these weapons can be used to kill but they can also be subtle and just make you uncomfortable so that you can't even get a short nap and go 24, 48 hours or more with no sleep at all, and can even make it so that you cant seem to find a comfortable position to sit in your seat ... believe me ive made a greyhound trip across country while being targeted and then later without targeting

bring something to read and a lot of redbull

Felony

freshman year of college taking greyhound back from urbana il to chicago

about two stops into the trip half a bus of inmates get on

all white ts and jeans, about 95 percent black

ill always remember that

they were the happiest group of people ive ever seen

as we were riding up to the loop.... i can still see their faces looking up at the buildings

Did it in the 90s. Bring your Gameboy.

i'd love to but I think i'd be murdered by an inf0wars or GLP employee in less than 48 hours

You already lied. You are not taking Greyhound. I'm the guy who has family in MA. You blocked me from posting on this thread.

OP is not going to MA via San Diego and Texas. He is the dirty liars of all liars.

You don't do charity. You are a liar like everybody on glp

I think he’s in bed

California to Michigan.

My advice: ditch greyhound, take Amtrak if possible.

Don't do it man. train is 100% better. save your pennies and take Amtrak...

And typical what happens on glp after my posts = forum sliding posts

Sit near the front otherwise you have to smell the nasty bathroom odor.

You would spend $200 to $300 on a bus or $600 to $700 plus gas for a one way car rental or if a round trip the car could be as low as $400.
I would use my stimulus check and rent a car..

Last Edited by Soundman on 03/10/2021 07:27 AM

last time I checked cross country amtrak ride it was like fucking 1200.00 or some shit . tf !?

And dont think for a second a 1 hour greyhound ride is any less sketchy than a cross country greyhound ride.

I took Greyhound in the 80's through New York, Massachusetts, and back again down through Florida to Ohio. But not in one stretch, always stayed for a few days.

You have to do some gymnastics frequently.

I wasted a one in a lifetime opportunity too... met a couple splendid young girls - one blonde, one Asian - in Florida but was not the opportunity-taking kind... lol

Oh well.

Railway is much faster and more roomy... but Greyhound gives you more opportunity for taking in the landscape. It has definitely its charms.

I would suggest railway if you want to be where you want as fast as possible and you really need more than (relatively) minimal comfort, otherwise go by Greyhound.

When I was about 14 I rode the bus from Detroit to Cincinnati to visit my older sister who was living there with her graduate school husband. The bus was actually very cool as it had that window bubble up top and sometimes I got to sit up there.

The bus broke down in the middle of nowhere at night and the driver went to get help. So there I was sitting all alone in a bus full of people not my race.

This was back in the day of all the riots too.

Anyway a nice older lady just ahead of me must have noticed I was anxious and said "Don't worry honey, we are not going to hurt you". I appreciated that.

I love this idea. It's like we will all be living through you.

rso. i took a gram of it orally an hour before taking a 747 to europe. i couldn't talk really. ugh-ed my way through it. not that i was out of it but i was high enough that everything i thought i would say beyond yes no and my name would come out crazy like i was kinda tripping. but sooooo calm and i did not want to fly over the ocean. watched movies drank some free wine on the plane and sobered by landing. first few steps out of heathrow airport a crazy russian lady was(fake?)talking into a cell phone. starts screaming mafioso and swearing at me. really caught me off guard and i found it so funny.

flights today went well. they both had one roller coaster turbulence moment.

reminds me of one time that i went to florida and it was raining bad and that created crazy turbulence and it went on for 20 minutes.