Greyhound flavor

I am waiting for the second bus for San Francisco, the first was full and has already left. After three hours of waiting, this was ultimately a windfall of opportunity for a few snapshots of the atmosphere of these treasured Greyhound stations. A TV screen placed on the bank of lockers, with an American flag draped overhead, broadcasts CNN news continuously with the sound off. The wait is long, and everybody finally gets comfortable.

Greyhound buses are known for being used by lower-class Americans. While encountering upper-class people is very rare, it seems that we aren't very far below middle-class. It should be said that a bus ticket is not much cheaper than a plane ticket -- in the States, planes are not expensive, or rather buses are very expensive, depending on what side you're speaking from....