Riding the bus here really sucks because it's still primarily the preferred transportation of the homeless. The homeless here aren't as bad off as those in NYC--they seem not too cracked out and seem like they get to bathe every other day or so. They don't smell terrible but they also don't smell great: the bus has a distinct odor of sebum on these hot days. In NYC people are going to work; here it seems like half the riders are just on the bus for the free air conditioning.
There are way fewer homeless alcoholic schizophrenics in Texas.
White people who are homeless get a wicked Red Lobster tan from waiting around for the bus all the time. You can't hide that.
I dislike being crushed in with these people on the bus. I find it hard not to size up everyone's terrible tattoos. Lots of the women are cutters too--those scars don't react well to the Texas sun. Last week I was sitting behind a very dark skinned African-American male in his 20s; on the back of his neck was a barely-visible-despite-being-super-heavy, dark lettered tattoo saying "Respected by All".
I admit not having a ton of respect for my fellow man.
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