Re: Did someone forget that the Northeast exists?

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Subject: Re: Did someone forget that the Northeast exists?

As far as COMMON is concerned, New York definitely did. Picture having
to
unload the equipment from the 18 wheelers coming from Rochester and put
it
onto shuttle trucks to bring it across the river from New Jersey.

Boston was also very expensive, both for labor crews and for hotel
space.
The conferences there had to be held either before or after baseball
season.

Baltimore was OK, but the panhandlers were all over the place.

Buffalo isn't fancy enough for the event planners. Besides, you can't
get
there from here.

I don't think Philly has the right mix of meeting space and sleeping
rooms

Pittsburgh? See Buffalo, unless one wants to fly on U.S. Scare, formerly

known as Crashagheny

All those folks who came in to see the World Series did all right.  Plus,
South West now flies in/out of Pittsburgh.  And there's free WiFi downtown
(up to two hours a day).

Phil (who lives in Allegheny County, near Pittsburgh)

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Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
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