USMS is considering a bid for the 2006 FINA Master's World Championships to be held at Stanford University, Palo Alto California. The swim meet would take place over about seven day. If you were going to swim there, where would you like to stay:
San Francisco - about 30 miles - 45 minutes away
Palo Alto - 1-4 miles from the pool venue
San Jose -about 20 Miles away - 30 minutes
The IGLA meet had hotels in San Francisco and Palo Alto. The swimmers got to choose where they would want to stay. There were dinners for the swimmers in San Francisco, so I would have guessed many of the swimmers would have wanted to stay there for that reason. But the swimmers got to choose where they wanted to stay.
I am just trying to get a read on where to book hotels.
(Put Phil down for walking - does not even need a parking space.)
it has a lot of homeless people in certain places and like any big city it also has its ghetto or barrio.
Yes, San Francisco has been attractive to homeless people, but it also has great restaurants, everything in the Union Square, downtown area, Chinatown, North Beach, SOMA is within walking distance. While the City does have its low rent districts, it is impossible to find a home for less than $375,000 and rents are fairly high, so the vision of the ghetto or barrio that is in most people minds is not in the City.
michael
The IGLA meet had hotels in San Francisco and Palo Alto. The swimmers got to choose where they would want to stay. There were dinners for the swimmers in San Francisco, so I would have guessed many of the swimmers would have wanted to stay there for that reason. But the swimmers got to choose where they wanted to stay.
I am just trying to get a read on where to book hotels.
(Put Phil down for walking - does not even need a parking space.)
it has a lot of homeless people in certain places and like any big city it also has its ghetto or barrio.
Yes, San Francisco has been attractive to homeless people, but it also has great restaurants, everything in the Union Square, downtown area, Chinatown, North Beach, SOMA is within walking distance. While the City does have its low rent districts, it is impossible to find a home for less than $375,000 and rents are fairly high, so the vision of the ghetto or barrio that is in most people minds is not in the City.
michael
