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in article 39B6B476.B4E802CE@pacbell.net, janithor  wrote:

> I'm going on a weekend to visit a friend, I'm not interested in finding out
> about your "community".  The last thing I want to do after working all week is
> spend my free time hunting down a bargain.  If I have to spend a lot of time
> doing that, then it's not really a bargain, is it?  I could spend that time
> working, and earning more $ to pay for a higher priced room.

Then that may be the way to go. Everything has a price, and one's time comes
at a high value. If you are not willing to do the legwork, then you will
have to compensate by paying full fare. A lingering question: if you are
coming to visit a friend, is there some reason your friend (who lives here
and presumably knows the area) cannot direct you to suitable accommodations?
If I am traveling to an unfamiliar place that is inhabited by acquaintances,
I don't hesitate to at least inquire regarding lodging survival tips.

> Of course, these cheap places could advertise a little, then the proletarian
> hordes like myself could fill their rooms, and they could charge higher prices
> and make more money.

But that is (fortunately) not the goal of all businesses. Advertising is not
cheap. Part of what you pay for in an easily-locatable place is the fact
that it is easily-locatable. At that point, accommodations are rationed by
price.

I have to say that your desired seem to have shifted from "low cost" to
"easy to find" and "convenient". You don't get it all simultaneously.

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