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From: rick@hanauma.stanford.edu (Richard Ottolini)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Cheap(er) student accomodation at SIGGRAPH?
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Date: 27 Jun 90 18:07:23 GMT
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In article <7014.2688b9de@swift.cs.tcd.ie> jorice@swift.cs.tcd.ie writes:
>I'm a poor student from Ireland looking for somewhere cheaper to stay in Dallas
>for SIGGRAPH than the $50-a-night quoted in the conference registration docs.

I attended a convention at the same location late last year.
There is not much in the way of cheap hotels downtown.
Some students pooled resources to rent a car and stayed outside downtown.
There is a usable bus system, but not of European quality.
Downtown Dallas almost completely closes down at 6PM except for a yuppie strip
called West Alley.  The homeless street people come out at night and are
numerous and aggressive.