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Re: [85attendees] Safety in the surroundings of the Hilton

Joel Jaeggli <joelja@gmail.com> Sat, 03 November 2012 14:45 UTC

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From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:45:32 -0400
To: Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar>
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Subject: Re: [85attendees] Safety in the surroundings of the Hilton
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I don't generally think of downtown atl as particularly unsafe. This is not the part of town where people actually live... A modicum of situational awareness is warranted, the homeless are mostly harmless, and this part of town tends to clear out after business hours.

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On Nov 3, 2012, at 10:36, Fernando Gont <fernando@gont.com.ar> wrote:

> On 11/03/2012 11:29 AM, Olaf Kolkman wrote:
>> 
>>> I've read some bad reviews about safety in that area... but I've never
>>> been to Atlanta, so....
>> 
>> 
>> Just make sure your stuff is not up for grabs.
>> 
>> Yesterday I saw somebody being pick pocketed on the parking lot next to
>> the Hilton. I guy snatched a bag from a shoulder and ran away.
> 
> Well, that's a bit more than plain pick-pocketing... :-)
> 
> Anyway, I was more concerned/wondering about being robbed with guns, or
> being beaten up for that purpose (and that kind of stuff -- i.e., stuff
> for which commons sense might not help much)....
> 
> The reviews I've read about the area are not really nice... but I don't
> really know to what extent they should be taken seriously...
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
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