# How does Greyhound stay in business?

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**Created:** [March 31, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-greyhound-stay-in-business/939100 "2021-03-31T18:33:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 31, 2021, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-greyhound-stay-in-business/939100/27 "2021-03-31T23:15:10Z")

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See the [El Cheapo Airlines thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-jetstar-budget-domestic-airline-in-aus-fuck-you/939012/11) for a Greyhound/Amtrak tangent…

My contribution, which speaks to “Why would people take the bus?”:

> If you want to really see the country instead of flying over it (or driving past on a freeway), Greyhound or Amtrak is the way to go.
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> Even before Covid, I was trying to avoid planes (and the demeaning TSA/check-in/seating experience) , and trying not to put any more money in airlines’ pockets. I even turned down far-flung conferences in favor of ones I could drive to.
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> But I’ve found that when I drive, I don’t get to just stare out the window like I’d prefer, AND the quickest route is _around_ cities on generic-looking freeways.
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> But bus and train stations are often in the more colorful parts of town… or at least the more industrial (in which case the color is rust). I loved taking the train cross-country and seeing a lot of cities “from the backside”.

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