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From: cme@cloud9.Stratus.COM (Carl Ellison)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Siggraph '89 Boston
Summary: Do not rent a car!!!
Message-ID: <6223@cloud9.Stratus.COM>
Date: 10 Jul 89 17:33:43 GMT
References: <3443@m2-net.UUCP> <5878@pixar.UUCP>
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In article <5878@pixar.UUCP>, thaw@pixar.UUCP (Tom Williams) writes:
> [how] handle a conference of this size??  Boston is a wonderful and very
> interesting city, but the last Siggraph that was held there suffered from
> lack of space and attendance has risen quite a bit since then. Parking is
> a problem on the best of days, without a conference, and the street
> layout is confusing to a non-resident (even residents some times, legend
> has it that they evloved from cow paths). And Boston drivers! 


I moved here 2 years ago and am finally almost a Boston driver.
The first year, I drove in terror and it will probably take another
ten years before I get my black belt.


By all means, do not plan on driving at all while here.  Take taxis or the
subway (which is pretty good, if you're near a station).  Parking is tight
and expensive.  Driving is intolerable.

But, if you have to drive, here's a tip.  Drive OUT of the city, to Newton
or to Route 128, drive to one of the T (subway) stations there, park and
take the subway in.  That's what I do -- even when there's no convention
in town.


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