Why are Greyhound bus stations almost always in poor, high crime neighborhoods?
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Greyhound bus stations need a rather large plot of land to operate since they need a parking lot for passengers and room for buses. Also need a large building to sell tickets, provide seating between buses and room for a restaurant, concession stand or at least vending machines.
Land is rather expensive anywhere where there’s enough people for a greyhound bus station to make sense. You can get unimproved land for less than $1000 US and acre in many parts of the United States but these are generally remote areas. Buying at least a few acres in an area with a high population is at least $100,000/acre or likely higher where it would make sense to build a bus station.
Now I haven’t been to a lot of greyhound terminal’s, but almost 20 years ago I went to the one in downtown Los Angeles. It’s not in the heart of downtown, it’s a pretty long walk away from the train station and the area is rundown. But it is reasonably close to a couple freeways. When the lot was purchased and the station built, it was a compromise between servicing people who would want the bus station and the cost to buy land and build it.
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