# Ever Done This? (Stayed In A Hotel In Your Own City)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 5, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-done-this-stayed-in-a-hotel-in-your-own-city/595315 "2011-09-05T22:26:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-done-this-stayed-in-a-hotel-in-your-own-city/595315/61 "2011-09-11T05:24:53Z")

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We’ve stayed at [Shanghai Mansion](http://www.shanghaimansion.com/) in the heart of Bangkok’s Chinatown as a weekend getaway. It’s an interesting area to explore and nice to do so without the hassle of having to get into and back out of these particularly heavily congested streets.

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**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-done-this-stayed-in-a-hotel-in-your-own-city/595315/62 "2011-09-11T08:03:07Z")

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Once, and not by choice: but had a blast doing it. January 1994, we got hit with a bad snowstorm in Kentucky. It was so bad that they closed the interstates. I worked at a hotel in downtown Lexington, and they told us that if we could come in, we could bring a suitcase of clothes and stay until the roads cleared back up. So I did. They gave us rooms, fed us, and I got quite a bit of overtime that week because I was one of the few PBX operators there. It was so much fun.

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**Author:** ![codgerone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@codgerone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/codgerone)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-done-this-stayed-in-a-hotel-in-your-own-city/595315/63 "2011-09-12T18:46:43Z")

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I haven’t stayed in any local hotels but I do get asked for recommendations occasionally (I’m  
a taxi driver).

My standard response is “why would I know what local hotels are like, I live here”

Said with a smile of course.

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