Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t...
by alephnerd on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @08:55AM
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I think I know the hotel you're talking about. It's still like that in 2023 on Geary St west of Taylor St.
Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t...
by arethuza on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:02AM
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I had a look on Google maps and I honestly can't say which hotel it was - I didn't spend much time hanging around outside looking at it!
Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t...
by marvin on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @10:51AM
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My partner, not knowing the city, was about to book a hotel in this area but felt the vibes of the neighborhood and got the hell out of there.
Re:Bob Lee, Former CTO Square, Creator of CashApp, Stabbed t...
by borroka on Wednesday April 05, 2023 @11:51AM
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In 2006, for my first visit to SF, I booked a room in a hotel near Union Square.
I was awakened around 2 a.m. by a group of crazed homeless people screaming like sopranos. The concert went on for 2 hours.
Coming from a European country, the very cowardly (by governments and much of the public) accepted "culture" of homelessness surprised me in no small measure.
Got to the airport and the taxi driver said "Do you really want to go there?" - which was a bad sign and things just got worse when I got to the hotel and noticed that my room had 3 huge sliding bolts on the door.... I was told by the receptionist NOT to walk directly along Geary (I think) to get to the hotel but go two blocks north first and then cut back down.
Being an idiot I ignored this advice one night and got the fright of my life!
This was in a hotel that was a fairly short walk from Union Square.