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Re: Anyone know a cheap place to stay in the Bay Area?

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From: Peter L.
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 23:50
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John Higdon wrote:

> in article 8p8m7u$1n156$3@rn.area.com, David Kaye  wrote:
>
> > There is always a Motel 6, Budget Inn, or whatever sort of place.  Or,
> > even better, there are those places along the old state highways
> > (pre-Interstate), still owned by real people and still providing pleasant
> > accommodations.
> >
> > Okay, sometimes you need a hotel, not a motel, but in a pinch there are
> > always reasonable, cheap places to stay (except near San Jose).
>
> I'm glad you tossed in that little qualifier at the end. Use to be that when
> guests from out of town visited, they stayed at one of several inexpensive
> places. Two years ago was when we first started noticing that those places
> were no longer cheap and no longer available. Rather than fight city call, I
> set up a guest room to accommodate those folks who drop in for whatever
> reason because even if they are willing to pay, there are just no rooms
> available anymore.
>
> Used to be that one could stay in Gilroy, but now the closest place for
> casual lodging appears to be Monterey.

I have a friend whose company was paying his hotel stay while he's looking for
an apartment.  Even then he has to change hotel every week because he can't get
room in the same hotel for more than a week.

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From: "Peter L." <peterl@nospam.csus.edu>
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Subject: Re: Anyone know a cheap place to stay in the Bay Area?
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2000 16:50:51 -0700
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