Greyhound notorious attraction to crime

For years - journalists have reported on an increase in crime around the Greyhound bus stations in midtown Houston. Since then that bus station has moved its major operations from midtown to the east end...and the reception is not the greatest because residents are concerned about crime.
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  • @SpookyDookySr
    @SpookyDookySr3 ай бұрын

    I was at the midtown location once. A very aggressive homeless man kept bothering me for a lighter out in front. After I gave it to him, he pulled a glass pipe out and started smoking meth right in front of me. This was in the middle of the day. 😅

  • @michaelglenn4014

    @michaelglenn4014

    3 ай бұрын

    wow

  • @CorkyPeters

    @CorkyPeters

    21 күн бұрын

    Well did he offer to share with you?

  • @gonzalogutierrez4748

    @gonzalogutierrez4748

    21 күн бұрын

    Wat color he was 😂

  • @SpookyDookySr

    @SpookyDookySr

    21 күн бұрын

    @@gonzalogutierrez4748 black

  • @Marvin-ut4xs

    @Marvin-ut4xs

    19 күн бұрын

    Kool

  • @romundabostic5066
    @romundabostic50663 ай бұрын

    I ride the bus and highly educated, everyone who rides is not a criminal. With that being said Greyhound the buses was sold to a German company that is who owns it.. The buildings that Greyhound owned were not part of the sale. That is why you are seeing them being moved from inner cities to neighborhoods or away from viable transportation. Also you have to know cities do have programs where they do give homeless one way tickets to other cities so that is an issue to.

  • @nicolemonrue

    @nicolemonrue

    3 ай бұрын

    Ahhhh ok now it makes sense

  • @1104ray

    @1104ray

    3 ай бұрын

    most are thugs just like most homeless are on drugs

  • @savvyroca

    @savvyroca

    18 күн бұрын

    That’s crazy. Who owns the old Greyhound buildings?

  • @NateTheVideoKing
    @NateTheVideoKing3 ай бұрын

    As a former Greyhound Bus Driver the people who are being released from prison normally aren't the problem. In fact, I never had an issue with a person being released from prison. They're normally on their best behavior just happy to be going home.

  • @MrMarmaduke09
    @MrMarmaduke093 ай бұрын

    I worked for Burlington Trailways and I NEVER had an issue with from on my buses . But it’s true about dropping off people who had been released from prison and I was on a route that I would do pick ups from those getting out of jail and they NEVER gave me any trouble . They just thanked me for getting them to their destinations and got off . It’s not a Greyhound problem , not a bus station problem , it’s a PEOPLE problem.

  • @elhuddleston17
    @elhuddleston173 ай бұрын

    Back in 90-91 I travel Gray Hound from KCMO around upper States & some Western States on a $500 unlimited ticket for a few months. Areas like New York- New Jersey - Connecticut and Reno was worse for traveling. In New York passagers had to set on the dirty floors or stand till they left the area. The panhandlers knew when the police was coming through they would slip in & out the doors where you loaded. I did see the police walk up an talk to a young girl asking her age what her plans was telling her she had to come with them because the station was a bad place for under age because of sex trafficking.

  • @ibe310
    @ibe3103 ай бұрын

    IT IS NOT THE BUS STATION IT IS THE LACKNOF POLICE PRESENCE AND COMPETENT SECRUITY AGENCIES THAT KNOWS HOW TO FOLLOW THE LAW

  • @LoriL010

    @LoriL010

    3 ай бұрын

    It is the thugs that have taken over our streets and no one else is to blame!

  • @mattisonjames5639
    @mattisonjames56393 ай бұрын

    It’s awful in Chicago, and Atlanta. What got me was when I learned that they transport people being released from jail on Greyhound without the public’s knowledge. I was so done!

  • @Calicapenergy88

    @Calicapenergy88

    14 күн бұрын

    Yes I seen this once in downtown Fort Worth and they had their jail outfits on and waited for a greyhound. Don’t know what they are in for so it’s a bit scary

  • @velvetice100
    @velvetice1003 ай бұрын

    Well in Dallas after 45 yr they have decided to close down their downtown Greyhound location too 😮

  • @autumnseptember4635

    @autumnseptember4635

    3 ай бұрын

    😮

  • @Dead_Again1313

    @Dead_Again1313

    3 ай бұрын

    Im from Dallas but living in Ireland currently. When did that happen and where are they rerouted to? I couldn't stand having to wait at that station

  • @kmena05

    @kmena05

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm from Houston and got food at that McD's next to the Greyhound in Downtown Dallas a couple of years ago and it reminded me of the McD's that was next to the Greyhound Station in Midtown Houston but they demolished it already it was nicknamed McLegacy after.

  • @Marvin-ut4xs

    @Marvin-ut4xs

    19 күн бұрын

    They're moving it ???? Dam , i liked that greyhound it was close to McDonald's.

  • @a1solutions2u
    @a1solutions2u3 ай бұрын

    Thats every grey hound station in every city

  • @TheeHuntress
    @TheeHuntress3 ай бұрын

    I was wondering what happened to the Greyhound station. I knew that McDonald's was going; but I was shocked when I came home to visit. I feel for the citizens of that neighborhood though. Downtown was a much better location, rather than bringing all of that into a place full of families and children 😢🤦🏽

  • @KingStix
    @KingStix3 ай бұрын

    exactly why you don't take public transit in USA

  • @armageddonready4071

    @armageddonready4071

    3 ай бұрын

    Greyhound isn’t considered public transportation. It’s a corporation, not a government agency.

  • @oladeebiazazi4538

    @oladeebiazazi4538

    3 ай бұрын

    Right plus we need public transportation to reduce the amount of people on the road

  • @jcraigshelton
    @jcraigshelton3 ай бұрын

    Imagine if Greyhound put their stations in Walmarts.

  • @LouiseStastny
    @LouiseStastny3 ай бұрын

    There's nothing they can say that will ever help the neighborhood stay safe now...

  • @debbiejohnson7758
    @debbiejohnson77583 ай бұрын

    Greyhound isn't moving to any industrial area. At least not anytime soon. It cost them a lot of money to make this move so they're staying put for an indeterminate amount of time. Get used to it East side.

  • @georgemichael9106
    @georgemichael91063 ай бұрын

    Greyhound the ground version of Sprit Airlines.

  • @cruzdeleon1888

    @cruzdeleon1888

    3 ай бұрын

    Greyhound was here way before spirit...it laid the foundation 😮

  • @georgemichael9106

    @georgemichael9106

    3 ай бұрын

    @@cruzdeleon1888 Wow really who knew.

  • @TsAudrey

    @TsAudrey

    3 ай бұрын

    Absolutely true, where have you been, are you one of the millennial idiots! ​@@georgemichael9106

  • @YellowPaint100

    @YellowPaint100

    25 күн бұрын

    It ain't funny but 🤔. . . 🤭🤭🤭

  • @jackiemills2466
    @jackiemills24663 ай бұрын

    Instead of running from the problem face it and do something about it. ❤

  • @CorkyPeters
    @CorkyPeters21 күн бұрын

    I doubt an ex-convict will step off the bus then immediately rob someone. If you can afford it then try and show compassion and understanding and give them a drink or food. Panhandling is someone's 1st amendment right but they should not harass people who don't want to give

  • @TsAudrey
    @TsAudrey3 ай бұрын

    Wow they moved it from the lucrative downtown high-rises to your local neighborhood! All done by design!

  • @TheeHuntress

    @TheeHuntress

    3 ай бұрын

    😂 Lucrative high-rises, where?? The old, downtown Greyhound station was trash/dope fiend central🤦🏽

  • @TsAudrey

    @TsAudrey

    3 ай бұрын

    @@TheeHuntress The new high rises, that went up around the area that once used to be nothing but ghetto tenement slums! The McDonald's building tore down, I'm sure the old Greyhound building will follow through! To be replaced by high rise condominiums that the didn't do nothing will never be able to afford! That's what I'm talking about, you buffoon idiot!

  • @TsAudrey

    @TsAudrey

    3 ай бұрын

    @@TheeHuntress The area has been gentrified, soon the properties the McDonald's and Greyhound bus station sat on, will follow through with lucrative high rises, where none of the cogs that previously lived in that area will ever afford to live in! Okay, yes ma'am! 🤗

  • @robrokswing8110
    @robrokswing811024 күн бұрын

    that bus station has been there longer than anyone complaining

  • @BigBBigTrees
    @BigBBigTrees3 ай бұрын

    I’ve road more than a few Grey Hounds. Every station is in fact dangerous.

  • @babyyoda5501
    @babyyoda55013 ай бұрын

    They need to hiring some security people tho

  • @lwrefrigeratedexpress5698
    @lwrefrigeratedexpress56983 ай бұрын

    It has always been that way around bus stations

  • @Mr5083
    @Mr50833 ай бұрын

    It’s a Chithole like New York City

  • @amolochitis30
    @amolochitis303 ай бұрын

    No comment is good enough for this complicated situation!

  • @DistrustHumanz

    @DistrustHumanz

    3 ай бұрын

    Don't trust humans.

  • @daleestep9518
    @daleestep95183 ай бұрын

    It got so bad even in my small town the closed it because of the same people i guess its not as bad at other station's were the same people are not around

  • @paulineklein5307
    @paulineklein53073 ай бұрын

    TDCJ doesn’t release their Parolees unless they have a good place to be released to!! So they can’t blame TDCJ for their own negligence of not being able to properly secure their own business and provide security for the customers!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @TsAudrey

    @TsAudrey

    3 ай бұрын

    I don't think you know more than this public official, or what do you know Ms Erudite?

  • @b00biejingles

    @b00biejingles

    3 ай бұрын

    Idk about a good place lol more like any address thats verified by BOP. Honestly I would be more concerned about the criminals who might be on the run more than the ones who just got out of prison

  • @TheeHuntress

    @TheeHuntress

    3 ай бұрын

    😅Lol no. They are definitely not keeping people in prison for being homeless. Plenty of those guys have no family or friends to 'sponsor' them. Also, not everyone released will be on parole and require supervision.🤷🏽

  • @elainescott7351
    @elainescott73513 ай бұрын

    If they really concerned they need to put a few armed security guards in there

  • @sylviamontalvo5352
    @sylviamontalvo53523 ай бұрын

    They should move it to the Northwest Mall, the whole mall is empty.

  • @bobloblaw7465
    @bobloblaw746512 күн бұрын

    Also the train. Criminals use the train to hit communities and quickly jump back on to get away.

  • @MostlyPosative-nj5ex
    @MostlyPosative-nj5ex24 күн бұрын

    Everyone knows what the problem is and nobody can talk about it.

  • @JoseAngelHernandez-PhD
    @JoseAngelHernandez-PhD3 ай бұрын

    BUILD SRO's, which were knocked down and contributed to homelessness. "Most SROs were originally intended to be short-term accommodations for seasonal male workers, as well as young families, and recent immigrants, in the early 1900s. Two hotels which would later become notorious, the Balmoral and the Regent, were even considered luxury accommodations. However, first the Depression and then the 1970s closure of psychiatric hospitals (and attendant lack of regard or care of mentally ill Vancouverites), along with the flight of the wealthy and middle class to the suburbs, contributed to the decline and lack of investment in the Downtown Eastside. By the 1970s and 1980s, Vancouver SROs' reputations were poor. A 1989 University of British Columbia thesis by Mercedes Mompel Antolin asserted that only 10-20% of SROs were of good or acceptable quality at the time of writing. And even by 1989, the number of SROs was diminishing: 2,704 units were lost in the period between 1978 and 1986, largely due to the pressures of an increasingly hot real estate market."

  • @darrellsadler2848
    @darrellsadler28483 ай бұрын

    How did an illegal immigrant obtain a seat onto the City Council there in Houston, TX?

  • @josersmos7617

    @josersmos7617

    3 ай бұрын

    Houston Tx blue city, his district is 99.9999 hispanic with the random white or black.

  • @CreightonRabs

    @CreightonRabs

    Ай бұрын

    Do you have proof that the councilman is an illegal immigrant?

  • @Ihavemyownopinion4

    @Ihavemyownopinion4

    25 күн бұрын

    The same way your ancestors did when they came her salt back.. politicking

  • @marvelousmarvin4th
    @marvelousmarvin4th3 ай бұрын

    The very last thing anybody getting out of jail wants to do is go make some victims regardless of the propaganda. This is the criminalization of being poor

  • @canavanibus

    @canavanibus

    3 ай бұрын

    Reality isn't propaganda.

  • @TimkenCt202
    @TimkenCt2023 ай бұрын

    The answers are far more intelligent than the typical Fox slanted " fair and balanced" reporting. I see.JBL and Tatum with the Mic. Just don't walk thru the wrong neighborhood or Karen will call in for a 😂 suspicious looking guy.

  • @sylvesterprudhomme1804
    @sylvesterprudhomme18043 ай бұрын

    Man shut greyhound down apparently they dnt care everywhere they go it’s. Crazy

  • @zeekfranco1723
    @zeekfranco17233 ай бұрын

    Why can’t I stop the video

  • @facts_feelings721
    @facts_feelings72110 күн бұрын

    Hang in there Houston. The street will get cleaned up before we host the World Cup.

  • @sonofgp
    @sonofgp3 ай бұрын

    My brother picked me up from prison in a convertible red Porsche and dropped me off at the metrorail to go to a halfway house. 😂😂😂

  • @westsidemob627

    @westsidemob627

    3 ай бұрын

    😂 i got packs lmk

  • @sonofgp

    @sonofgp

    3 ай бұрын

    That was 2016… now I pay ex-cons 20.00 an hour. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @ibe310
    @ibe3103 ай бұрын

    THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR THESE PEOPLE TO CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS INSTEAD OF FINDING WAYS TO HELP PEOPLE. THEY THINK THEY ARE BETTER THAN US!

  • @acgillespie

    @acgillespie

    3 ай бұрын

    USA created a people problem from years of benefits for breeding programs. they lack all basic skills for survival as normal folks do

  • @jayhowell7133

    @jayhowell7133

    3 ай бұрын

    I agree that people should be helped. What I have an issue with, is when you aggressively harass me, making me your problem!

  • @haroldkreye8770

    @haroldkreye8770

    3 ай бұрын

    The Street People (the term homeless is the misuse of a term) live on the street because they don’t want to follow the rules in a shelter.

  • @deniserosaly9292
    @deniserosaly929219 күн бұрын

    o te peinas o te haces rollos... first you all hate the police and then complain that they are not doing enough.

  • @jayhowell7133
    @jayhowell71333 ай бұрын

    A lot of homeless around our location

  • @FartMansion
    @FartMansion3 ай бұрын

    I’ll just say it I don’t want poor people in my neighborhood they can’t be trusted it needs to go

  • @garrettgermany3155
    @garrettgermany31553 ай бұрын

    Gotta keep your chain bag in sight! 😂

  • @toasty9314
    @toasty93143 ай бұрын

    People that are well off don’t take a greyhound . Obvious expect crime around greyhounds

  • @romundabostic5066

    @romundabostic5066

    3 ай бұрын

    Wrong.. I worked for a Fortune 100 company and took Greyhound and Amtrak every where. I been on the bus with all types of people from teachers, to truck drivers going back home, not everyone is riff raff. Trust me Greyhound is not even cheap anymore.

  • @SoulReaperSlayer19

    @SoulReaperSlayer19

    22 күн бұрын

    That’s not necessarily true! I fly to Cali or FL atleast once a year I just like greyhound because I like road trips. Ive taken it many times and the worst thing I’ve ever seen was police stopping the bus and checking everyone’s luggage and belongings for Drugs..

  • @anisezettecarey2448
    @anisezettecarey244822 күн бұрын

    I Enjoy Traveling By Train

  • @ibe310
    @ibe3103 ай бұрын

    THEIR ORDINANCES ARE NOT LAWS AND ARE NOT BACKED UP BY THE CONSTITUTION. THAT BUS STATION IS A PUBLIC PLACE. ASKING PEOPLE FOR HELP (PANHANDLING) IS NOT ILLEGAL IN THIS COUNTRY. HOUSTON HAVE TERRIBLE LEADERSHIP.

  • @rsanford100

    @rsanford100

    3 ай бұрын

    Houston city ordinances are constitutional as long as they do not conflict with the Texas or federal constitution, statutes, or court decisions. The bus station is owned by Greyhound, a private business.

  • @onceagain6184

    @onceagain6184

    3 ай бұрын

    YOU SEEM TO HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT YOU NEED TO WORK ON, OFFLINE!

  • @tinaterry1280

    @tinaterry1280

    3 ай бұрын

    Are you a panhandle, my friend?

  • @jimmcgaugh2519
    @jimmcgaugh25193 ай бұрын

    ..riding the dog.

  • @SharkDude1
    @SharkDude13 ай бұрын

    Bus station could have remained where it was If it wasn't for a certain culture of animals that live in the area.

  • @WolfBane1899

    @WolfBane1899

    3 ай бұрын

  • @possum9562
    @possum956225 күн бұрын

    Greyhound Sucks Balls my Bags where stolen and they gave me the run around for 6 months and yes you cant get off the bus without being harassed by Crackheads.

  • @davidescobar923
    @davidescobar9233 ай бұрын

    Put cop

  • @williamspear7803
    @williamspear78033 ай бұрын

    Here this Hispanic man complaining about crime at greyhounds bus station and at the same time criminals illegals are rampant living freely in the same neighborhood he complaining about crime what a joke!!! Maybe we needs to check his legal status .

  • @aorbeavers2013

    @aorbeavers2013

    3 ай бұрын

    Sir this is Houston, Texas. If hispanics scare you so much maybe you need to head back home to your cousins in Alabama.