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I'm a 'slightly extend the leg while staring out the window' kinda guy. What about you all?
I once rode Greyhound from Salt Lake to Detroit with steve, who had an interesting tactic to keep the seat next to him open.
That trip was hellacious and surreal. I think I lost a bit of my humanity on it.
The part about the sleep deprivation is true. It's brutal having to get out of the bus at 3AM, and wait in a cold dirty station, on plastic seats, under flickering fluorescent lighting, in the middle of nowhere.
The article is spot-on.
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thenewgreen · 4620 days ago · link ·
I'm a pretend I'm asleep and already sprawled across both seats kind of guy.
- There are certainly signs of social disengagement on trains and planes, but not to the extreme that Kim describes, and spontaneous camaraderie on these modes is much less rare.
I've not traveled by bus inter-city. After the account of the beheading, I'm not sure I want to. -Yikes.