Re: [85attendees] Safety around hotel Hilton area

It sounds like "panhandling" isn't a new problem for this area. When surfing for information about the skybridge, I ran into this from a 2009 article: http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/10/12/story7.html?page=all

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For the Hilton, the pedestrian bridge has helped with the safety of guests, who do not have to cross Courtland Street, Karlan said.

Panhandling is also a concern of the hotel “and police have made good efforts to clear that from downtown hotels,” he said. For the bridge, however, the panhandling issue “did not play a role in the benefits.”
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Bill
On Nov 5, 2012, at 2:14 PM, Samantha Sau Man Lo <samantha@cc.gatech.edu> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Paul Coverdale <coverdale@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> You know they're crazy when they ask if you want to buy a car, and what
>> model you would like....
> 
> This one is new to me. Usually they ask you to give them a few bucks
> to pay for their gas. Somehow they could manage to get a big U-haul
> truck to show you they really need to fill the tank up.
> 
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: 85attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:85attendees-bounces@ietf.org]
>>> On Behalf Of Alexandru Petrescu
>>> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 1:24 PM
>>> To: Randall Gellens
>>> Cc: 85attendees@ietf.org
>>> Subject: Re: [85attendees] Safety around hotel Hilton area
>>> 
>>> Messages cités pour référence (si rien alors fin de message) :
>>> 
>>> Le 05/11/2012 16:56, Randall Gellens a écrit :
>>>> At 1:35 PM +0100 11/5/12, Alexandru Petrescu wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> pretending he's not crazy
>>>> 
>>>> Just curious -- how did he pretend he wasn't crazy?
>>> 
>>> After telling he'd sell that car to me I must have strangely looked at
>>> him; he then said - "what, do you think I am crazy?".  I said "no,
>>> sorry..."
>>> 
>>> Alex
>> 
>> 
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