Just a Typical 14-Hour Greyhound Trip
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2024
- Yeah, I had to edit something quick, so enjoy this little adventure from almost a year ago! (pre-Flixbus merger) (also yes, this trip was to ride trolleybuses, but no, I don't know when the trolleybus video will come out...)
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If I'd been on that bus and two people started sweetly singing Simon & Garfunkel's "America" I'm not sure I would have really believed it.
I'd be singing along with them
Aleena's right. You haven't truly visited a place until you've taken a dump there.
Now that is an absolute fact
This is true! Taking a dump at Disney World adds a touch of pixie dust, so it's the most magical dump on Earth.
Alternatively, you haven't truly visited a place if you haven't taken a piss there.
It's gotta be a dump; a piss is too easy!
@@MilesinTransit So trve
I last was on a Greyhound from San Francisco to Worcester, MA. I decided to get off the bus in Salt Lake City and take Amtrak the rest of the way lol.
Great decision lol
@@TheHamburgler123 Absolutely 😁
@@TheHamburgler123 totally.
very good call hahha. Amtrak coach beats Greyhound any day of the week
@@himbourbanist absolutely 💯
Like a classic commercial states, "Go Greyhound, and leave the driving to us! America is discovering the comfort and convenience of G R E Y H O U N D"...reality is often disappointing. I'm quite impressed with Jackson's highway engineering knowledge on top of all his quality diner knowledge! Blue Mountain is a ridge that runs for 150 miles or 240 km from the Delaware Water Gap to Franklin County! It reaches an elevation of 2,270 ft above sea level just north of the PA Turnpike! Regarding South Midway, at one point, if westbound travelers wanted to visit the lunchroom in the South Midway rest stop from North Midway, they were able to gain access to the plaza via a now-closed pedestrian tunnel. North Midway used to be even SMALLER!
Here are some elk facts: The word "elk" originally referred to the European variety of the moose, Alces alces, but was transferred to Cervus canadensis by North American colonists. It is also known as the wapiti, a Shawnee and Cree word meaning "white rump", referring to its lighter fur in the rear. Weighing in at up to 700 pounds, the North American elk stands as one of the biggest deer species on earth. A mature bull can run as fast as 40 miles per hour, they’ve even been able to outrun horses in short races. And elk can jump eight feet vertically.
Was midway the only one with a pedestrian tunnel? Are any of them still open?
Dayton was founded on April 1, 1796, by 12 settlers known as the Thompson Party. They traveled in March from Cincinnati up the Great Miami River by pirogue and landed there. The city was named after Jonathan Dayton, a captain in the American Revolution who signed the U.S. Constitution and owned a significant amount of land in the area. Dayton was originally born in Elizabethtown, or now just Elizabeth in NJ. Dayton was arrested in 1807 for alleged treason in connection with Aaron Burr's conspiracy to establish an independent country in the Southwestern US and parts of Mexico. He was exonerated by a grand jury and never tried.
White Castle was founded in September 1921, in Wichita, Kansas, and was the world's first fast-food hamburger chain. The burgers were initially priced at five cents in 1921 (76 cents in 2023 money) until 1929 and remained at 10 cents until 1949. Before White Castle, cofounder Walter Anderson opened his first diner in a converted streetcar in 1916. He teamed up with Billy Ingram, a real-estate and insurance man, in order to create a chain. And since Mount Laurel was briefly mentioned, Mount Laurel was incorporated as a township by an act of the NJ Legislature in March 1872, from portions of Evesham Township. The township was named for a hill covered with laurel trees...very straight to the point
Congratulations on the 75th Anniversary of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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Thanks kimmy
Good to see that such an esteemed leader as Kim knows his history
White Castle is also the subject of one of my favorite movies, the 2004 film *Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle* starring John Cho and Kal Penn as the eponymous characters.
Features a hilarious cameo by Neil Patrick Harris, before his role in "How I Met Your Mother".
Not sure how I feel finally having reached the end of the I Get Around a cappella. Bittersweet, wistful, nostalgic for days gone by. Pondering in the gentle breeze. Yearning. Forlorn.
how many times do i have to watch this video to get miles a night vision camera
They do have a patreon.
There is a Patreon, but I use the money to fund more stupid trips rather than find better ways to film them ;)
Who needs a night vision camera? The real question is dots or no dots windows, and what we really need is a dots vision camera.
The wheels on the Greyhound bus go round and round early in the morning….😝😜🤣
Seriously, you are a real transit road warrior! Thanks so very much for giving the hound a chance! 👊❤️👊
I love that Jackson was about to disparage Pittsburgh until you said you liked it lol
There were a TON of 7-Elevens all around Copenhagen, and it wasn’t for tourists, the LOCALS actually were obsessed with the baked goods and coffee.
Yeah, we love our 7-11s here
I have to tell you, Miles, that I got my mother hooked on your videos and she was telling me the other day "you have to tell him to try the NYC ferries and do a video on it." So, thought I'd send over that suggestion from her.
Jeremy and I have been talking about doing a speedrun of all of them!
@@MilesinTransit Good to hear! She'll be excited to hear it.
Just an FYI, the way that ferry routes work, the one from 39th St on the west side to Staten Island doesn't connect up with the rest of the routes, so the best way to pull it off is to take that one first to Staten Island, take the free Staten Island ferry back to Wall Street and then take the other routes from there. Hope this helps.
Cringe
Theres something so greyhound about closing a bus station in the middle of a large city in the NEC where bus travel is a big factor in transportation. Really drills it in making people feel shittier for deciding to take a bus for them to wait on the sidewalk in the hot sun, rain or freezing cold without any bathrooms.
True suffering.
I think the issue is that they’re broke because their business gets taken by everyone else in the northeast. Amtrak is good enough that it takes the business away from the high quality bus companies, so they take Greyhound’s business. But the Chinatown bus is cheaper than Greyhound, so they just get squeezed out.
I'll never understand why greyhound doesn't just incorporate their bus stations with a local bus transit hub...they did in my small Idaho town and Spokane (with the Amtrak station) and made for a far more pleasant wait with late buses.
@@AssBlasster Before Greyhound left Canada, that was the situation here -- several bus stations were co-located with passenger train stations.
Some of the smaller replacement bus carriers do this as well.
Hot sun? Ice pack in a hat. Rain? Windbreaker. Cold? Pack an extra t-shirt to wear under your jacket. Bathroom? Go around the building in the alley, dude. Homeless people do the same thing; nobody's going to look or care. Just pack toilet paper, hand towels, and hand sanitizer.
Bring a bag of food/drinks commensurate with the length and duration of the trip.
Ah yes, my favorite current country...V E R M O N T. Vermont was actually its own country once though! It started in January 1777 when delegates from 28 towns met and declared independence from the colonies of Quebec, NY, and NH. However, they weren't recognized by any foreign power. Many Vermonters took part in the revolution, but the Continental Congress did not recognize the NH Grants (Vermont also called that) because of objections from NY. Vermont then attempted to join the Province of Quebec which was accepted by the British, offering generous terms. But when the British surrendered in Yorktown, it became clear Vermont needed to consider joining the United States. Which they joined in 1791.
Ethan Allen was one of the founders of Vermont and helped capture Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War. He led the Green Mountain Boys in a campaign of intimidation and property destruction to drive New York settlers from the region, and he declared independence for the Vermont Republic after being released in a prisoner exchange from the British because he attempted to capture Montreal. Allen and his brothers purchased tracts of land that became Burlington. Thus, for being a Vermont hero, Amtrak named the Ethan Allen Express after him
Another video in the backlog is one where we visit Windsor, VT (least used Amtrak in VT), which was the capital of the old country!
Babe wake up, Miles in Transit uploaded a GREYHOUND video!!!!
The Greyhound station for Dayton used to be in Downtown Dayton, a few blocks over from where the Amtrak station was before it closed in 1979 and was torn down in 1989. They moved the Greyhound station out to middle of nowhere Trotwood like twenty years ago maybe, I was never clear about why they did that.
"Since I'm a slut for covered bridges" caught me SO off guard. Hilarious!
I mean same tbh
Aww dude… damned. I’ve got stories to tell about Greyhound and Continental Trailways bus journeys.
I was a young kid in the 70’s and my mom dragged me and my sister not once, but twice from Los Angeles, CA to Orlando, FL to visit my grandparents.
1977 and 1980.
On the 1977 return trip my dad joined us and we went from Florida to New Orleans, spent a few days there, and then rode the Amtrak Sunset Limited back to L.A. in flippin’ COACH omg. Strangely enough, that experience made me a lifelong Amtrak fan.
Anyhow, from watching this video, all I can say is the Greyhound experience is not much different than it was 40+ years ago. Those middle of the night / early morning “wake up and get off the bus!” moments were always surreal and kind of fun from a lunatic’s perspective.
I am seriously impressed with you and your friends’ journeys. Keep this shit up.
Also, as a lifelong public transit (edit: and high speed rail) fan I fully agree that USA can and must do better.
Thank you so much for the comment, and it's sad to hear that the Greyhound experience basically hasn't changed. Amtrak in coach, on the other hand, is pretty darn nice all things considered...
You should add "hot dog with rizz" to the start of the description for the next video
That beachboys acapella finale was unironically a banger!
Thank you!!
Tough sleeping on the Greyhound, too bad you didn't have a Manta Sleep Mask
TRUE! This was pre-sponsorship!
My first time riding on Greyhound was from New Haven to NYC. I should have taken the train since the ticket prices are the same but I didn't know at that time. But honestly it was a great experience. Alot of traffic but seats were comfortable and clean. I usually take the Chinese bus that got brought out by Flixbus from Richmond VA to NYC all the time. Now that is an experience lol
In the near future I am planning on moving and taking the greyhound from Atlanta to Las Vegas I am both scared and excited 😆 I like challenges so this should be one definitely 💯
Did you move yet?
wtf that was the best singalong of "america" i've ever heard let alone on a greyhound bus
All credit goes to Jackson's harmonies!
EVERYONE WAKE UP NEW MILES VIDEO
Ahh I’m awake what happened?
I just noticed the “new” Greyhound stop at Dayton in this video.
When I traveled Cincinnati to Toledo via Greyhound in 2019, they stopped at a shared terminal with the Transit Busses (including one of the trolley us routes)
It seems in this video, they took an old Tax Office strip mall building and renovated it into a stand-alone greyhound stop. Whats bad is now there’s no easy connections to the Dayton transit system.
You can still walk to the terminal, it's just kind of a pain! I wish they just stopped with the RTA buses still...
Philadelphia Pennsylvania Greyhound bus station was the same way you used to be able to connect to another Bus system like New Jersey Transit Martz bus Peter Pan Trailways the list goes on I believe and now that station is closed leading to curbside pick ups with customer stranded waiting on cold streets no benches no places to use the bathroom it’s crazy. I just don’t understand why these major bus companies would do this to customers like this. I have never written on a Flixbus, however, heard many terrible stories about their service.
The credits music is just the mid-afternoon pick me up I needed to get through the workday. Thanks!
Ayyy, thank YOU!
I live in downtown Los Angeles and the Greyhound Station closed down and now all Greyhound buses arrive and depart from Union Station which actually much better for connecting to other public transit options here. I don't know what is worse though about Greyhound the conditions of all their buses or the passengers being a EXTREME majority of vagrants and/or people whose last bath was at least over a decade ago.
It's always fun meeting recent ex-cons too!
Ah, the one that was located near 7th and Alameda, right? Its proximity to Skid Row did not help things. I used that station for both my LA to NYC trios and DTLA to Riverside from 1995 to 2003.
Hopefully servicing the bus also includes some level of lavatory servicing.
YAYY!!! NEW VID!! GREYHOUND ADVENTURES!!
I'm liking Alena's criteria for visiting a state.
Does Jackson always have Pepto Bismol when traveling? Smart
As a Vermonter, I'm pretty sure we have exactly one 7-11, and I think even then it might've shut down recently LMAO
One thing I've noticed about Greyhound Stations.....I've been in quite a few when I was young and broke but wanted to travel as much as I can....With a few exceptions, if you been to one, you've been to them all.....Rock hard seating, maybe a vending machine or 2 that actually works.....If you're lucky you'll get some random 30 year old arcade game that's blaring music as loud as it can and a cafeteria selling dollar store frozen food for $15, but you can't leave the station to find food because it's in the worst possible spot in the city with the highest crime and you hope the 2 rent a cops can somewhat keep things in order....Although you know darn good and well the likelihood of that actually happening are slim to none, so you keep entertained by watching the homeless beg for money.....
That's about 90-95% of all Greyhound Stations in major cities
Except now they're closing all those stations and replacing them with open-air stops at gas stations in the suburbs! Somehow they've made the experience even worse.
That performance of S&G was unexpectedly excellent!
its soo weird to see yall in my city just recording at white castle lol
Shame on Philadelphia officials who thought relocating closed Greyhound station to street corner at 6th and Market made any sense. Bus riders now wait on sidewalk exposed to elements and buses idling back up traffic on Market street. Politicians should be forced to commute via public transportation two weeks a year. Nobody gives a fuck about bus riders and thats shortsighted and wrong.
I blame American people. There is almost zero interest. In Atlanta we had a vote to expand public transportation and the people voted against it. Americans don’t value public transportation like in other countries
In Atlanta we tried to expand public transportation but the people voted against it. The fault is the ignorance of the American people that has little interest.
Props for the Big Star wallpaper on the phone. 👍
You guys read my mind when you started singing "America" on the bus. Great song for being lonely and traveling. Also, you made me remember how much I miss not being able to go to a Wawa, only Sheetz in NE Ohio.
6:11 "Which country in the world..."-"Vermont."
lmao
You're both priceless, I hope you know that :)
Thank you so much!
you can't start a video with the defunct philly greyhound station, it's still too raw 💔
I support Jackson drinking pure Pepto Bismol at 8:58.
Not only did Jackson think Vermont might have the most 7-11s, he also thought we were a country. Not sure whether to be proud of embarrassed.
I think he was messing with me 😂
Amtrak is really so much better when travelling long distance. I can go coast to coast and think nothing of it. Excellent singing and a song I have listened to loads of times. The other I like when travelling cross country is “By the Time I get to Phoenix’ by Glen Campbell. Gotta love Dayton for those peace accords. It’s seems forever since 4 acapella squares was a thing and everywhere.
Is nobody gonna notice Jackson is wearing the same glasses as miles
Wonder if Miles is jealous of those sweet transition lenses
"I do like Self Control" by Laura Branigan." and "I bought my Auntie Anne's gift card for nothing." were my two favorite quotes today.
Wow, both in the same scene!
RIP Philly Grayhound station.
"Let's not get beat up..."
Congrats on 30k! Well deserved. And glad to see this trip wasn't horrible!
Thank you so much!!
So there was an "Adult Musical Parody" of Singing in the Rain and those were the lyrics to that version of Good Morning, question mark.
Are they? It's an old Penn Band joke, but I assume they got it from SOMEwhere!
i miss the way greyhound was before they took over flix. they had more express routes. now no matter where you go you have to transfer to a flix bus somewhere.
No you got it backwards FlixBus took over Greyhound.
@@timbuktug3321 oh that makes it even worse
@@kevinhoward9593 exactly
Dayton trolleybus content when
Also hopefully you guys also got to visit the Air Force Museum and all the Wright Brothers' stuff
(Sadly most museums are not very walkable/transit accessible, if at all)
It'll be awhile, but it's coming...
Congrats on 30,000 subscribers!
Thank you so much!
Jackson and Miles will always be my favorite duo!
In defense of the seat amenities the outlets dont work on most greyhounds ive been on
Greyhound has gone downhill deeper and deeper. Tim here watching from NJ
Service the bus = empty the toilet tank.
Shirts and shoes, don't need to wear pants. 🤣👍
It took me 4 days to hitch hike from Saginaw.....beautiful
I mean taking these buses for adventure might be really cool. For exploring the US.
Yay Miles greyhound video
I purchased a round trip ticket to México City and back to Orlando.
Upon arriving in Houston our bus arrived 4 hours late. Upon leaving and arriving in San Antonio there was no apparent desire to board/disboard with any urgency to try and arrived in Monterrey within any semblence of the hours scheduled. In San Antonio it took a whole hour to board the passengers before heading to Laredo and finally Monterrey.
All of this was after stopping at múltiple stations that were dirty and with barely functioning bathrooms.
Upon arriving in Laredo the individual attending was at least the first person who tried helping but unfortunately misdirected me. Because the bus arrived late and the misinformation I Lost 12 hours without being able to sleep in Laredo. Luckily in Monterrey they have proper understanding of how to manage transport and I was able to arrive in México City without more complications.
I have used buses and public transport in EVERY part of the world from Thailand to Europe and have never had such a terrible experience.
@5:17 the south midway plaza also features a "museum" of turnpike memorabilia. It's really just one display wall behind glass but interesting to look at while waiting for coffee.
People on bus trying to sleep.
Miles "im gonna sing about the water bottle holder"
Honey, Miles in Transit posted a video!
Yall a real one because I could never. Buses are sooo not the way
Hey guys, please resist the temptation to sing "how'd you like to (bleep) me" when there are other people sitting around near you. You're the best.
@4:42 one of these abandoned tunnels and its section of turnpike is accessible if you get off at Breezewood and go a short distance east on US 30. Years ago I rode my bike through the abandoned tunnel but ran over some broken glass and popped a tire. If you ever visit be careful!
2:00 this is the most goated meal at wawa
It's called the ride of shame and regret
Greyhound the company full of many issues ://///
A few people mentioning they liked 'America,' just want to chime in and say the little snippet of 'Chicago' was also great. ❤
If you want a really really long direct bus you should head down to South America where they have one from Lima, Peru to Buenos Aires, Argentina crossing Tropic of Capricorn ♑!It takes 3 days! Australia must have some long ones too assuming that they do something direct from Sydney to Perth?
Is there actually a way to book the South American one, though? I've looked into this and not found anything yet! The longest in Australia would be Adelaide to Darwin, which would be awesome to do!
@@MilesinTransit I don't know how you book that South American one but it was shown in the now discontinued Thomas Cook Blue International Rail Guide about 6 years ago.
@@MilesinTransitOh wow, i didn't realize there were intercity buses between Adelaide and Darwin. I guess there would be a handful of inbetween stops on that route, like Alice Springs?
@@BoratWanksta Yeah, basically every little watering hole along the way gets a stop!
The reboarding pass thing is so weird. I've not encountered that in any other country where I've taken (very) long coach bus rides.
True no idea what purpose it serves given you already have a ticket!
It's for the stops when they kick everyone off (in itself quite a Greyhound phenomenon) - you use it to get priority boarding when you get back on the bus.
@MilesinTransit doesn't the original ticket have seat numbers on it? Hence no need to be on 1st as your seat is allocated for whole trip?
@@nickhiscock8948 I haven't done a long enough trip since they started assigning seats to know for sure, but I know they still do reboarding passes. I guess just for the illusion of priority?
every service you take in philidelphia and pittsburgh always look like you're going to be stabbed...
10:00 Dammit, make the statement about Michigan as you *board* the bus! Not after you are seated.
I'm very happy you added the word "acapella" on the music video portion.
Have you seen a picture of the "new" station in Columbus? It is an old gas station about five miles west of downtown. Greyhound(FLIX) did not receive a legal occupancy permit. The city is trying to close it.
I haven't seen any pictures, just looked on Google Maps, but it looks so awful! Where would they go if the station got closed? I'm not sure what the status is on this, but I read that they just stopped serving Huntsville, AL because they couldn't agree on a station location with the city...
@@MilesinTransitSo I'm not 100% sure how true this claim I once read online from someone else is, but when Greyhound was sold to a new company, someone else claimed they sold the ownership rights for their bus stations to some private equity company. Not sure why they did that, since to me I am thinking WHY would you want riders to wait in the cold and other inclement weather? I know in Milwaukee, Greyhound/Flixbus uses the Milwaukee Intermodial Station(along with Amtrak), which has a good indoor waitong room for passengers to wait for the bus. In Chicago they still have their traditional bus station building in use for now, but there are a lot of current rumors that this station building may be redeveloped. To me(if i were Flix/Greyhound) I'd move the bus station boarding/dropoff area over to Chicago Union Station(as it has a designated bus boarding/dropoff area on Canal St), but that is just me.
A few years ago, I rememher noticing the long time Greyhound bus maintenance building in Chicago got demolished, when doing a bike ride myself on Halsted. Supposedly new apartments will eventually be built on this site, but for now no new construction has started on this site.
You and Jackson are so cute
When you guys record your acapella segments are you listening to a click track in the headphones or are you both just wearing them to be close to the mic? I love those segments and am curious about your process
There's no click track, but we're listening to the previous parts we've recorded so the subsequent ones sound okay!
@@MilesinTransit Awesome stuff! Always happy to enjoy your content
The page advertising Breezewood 😂 are they trolling
It would be funny if instead of a White Castle, it was a Five Guys. Then as you and Jackson entered, you saw Jordan “The Tribal King.”
And then he yells “JORDYCAKES!!” and Jordan just gives a disgusted look.
@10:00 seems like a dream to me indeed :)
When 30K speical?™
I still gotta do 20K...
Don’t think I’d survive a Miles in Transit adventure. Y’all wild, keep rollin’.
inspiring
Laura Branigan, S&G, and the Beach Boys. Nice!
The bus looked rather worn and old. Not the best foot forward for Greyhound. It was a fun adventure, as usual.
When does Greyhound EVER put their best foot forward??
Somehow you just tend to confirm my preconceived notions of this bus line. Being tall, it would be a nightmare to travel long distance here. Hope someday you’ll get to travel by bus in Mexico. Travel there is so much nicer by bus.
ah yes another episode where we come to see the crazy greyhound adventures and stay for the serenading!!
As a former Dayton resident, where is the trolleybus video? YT search fails me.
Still working on it, I'm trying to get it out by the end of the year! 😬
@@MilesinTransit Awesome, thanks! I went to school there and, 10 years later, worked at the same College and one of the lines went past, but I never rode one.
V E R M O N T
I keep coming back for that aggressive Boston accent.
It's not THAT aggressive, is it??
"VERMONT." da bescht, by Betz.
14 hour trip from wawa to white castle! i didnt even know there was a greyhound stop in mt.laurel
Jackson and miles had a favorable “White Castle” experience because they had their breakfast fare…it’s analogous to McDonald’s breakfast being the best thing on their menu, bar none.
I can only imagine Miles & Jackson splitting a Cheezy 10 sack! 😂
@@bkark0935 I've honestly never been to white castle
Miles you should do a cross country race, with no flights or driving in cars allowed.
9:02 super secret bonus a cappella deviation
Jackson was so proud of that Cbat trumpet line.
Miles y’all should come to Seattle & ride the cascades to Vancouver, BC! it’s a great trip with wonderful scenery
Does greyhound still check the weight of your luggage?
I thinkkkkk so, but I'm not sure.
Why did you go to Dayton, Ohio?
Trolleybuses!
YOU KNOW THE TOLLBOOTH SONG