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Chicagocon '09 - The Internet Invades the Midwest
Will:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 20 May 2009, 02:57 ---There are a few changes to the situation with the house, so I've changed the accommodation post but I'll post it here too.
The rental company have either made a mistake or got confused and our contract appears to be for July 31st - August 3rd, which is one day fewer than we had thought. Obviously this will mean that things are cheaper but it will also mean that anyone who was planning on staying the Monday night may need to make alternative plans. As soon as things are settled I'll post again.
I know it's a while off yet but in terms of arriving at the house, we can't get there before 5pm and it would be better if most people aimed for a bit later, in case of eyebrow-raising over the number of people staying. We can sort this out properly closer to the time but please try and factor this into your plans :-) We need to check out on the day we leave (it looks like the Monday at the moment) by 11am.
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If I come, I'll be arriving at Chicago around 8:40am, but my usual modus operandi when visiting Chicago is to get off the train, grab a CTA pass, and wander about the city anyway. I'll most likely amuse myself all day finding things to do, and then try to meet up with everybody later that night.
For anyone staying at the house whose travel plans involve arriving in Chicago ass-early in the morning, the Museum of Contemporary Art opens at 10am and can easily eat up several hours of your day. Anyone feel like organizing a group walk-through?
Liz:
Also, we do have a few forumites in the city, so maybe if you ask them nicely they will let you drop your shit off at their place, and maybe hang out for a while. No guarantees, though.
Ozymandias:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 19 May 2009, 04:05 ---
--- Quote from: Linds on 18 May 2009, 12:18 ---take a train for the first time ever
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seriously?
I can't comprehend living in a country where trains are not a regular part of life. I hadn't even thought about this but does America have inter-town trains? Like, trains that stop at each little village along the way? Or does the ubiquity of the automobile make it unnecessary? (I am so pretentious today)
Wow. Ever so often something reminds me that America is a whole other country, not just some kind of British clone a few thousand miles away.
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This is actually something I did for the first time about two months ago. The current governor of my state made it a priority to get cheaper, more efficient inter-city travel up and down the Rio Grande and launched the Railrunner, a passenger train that covers about 100 miles of the major metropolitan areas of the state. Unfortunately, the southernmost end is about 40 miles from my town, which is incredibly frustrating because taking a train up to downtown Santa Fe for a day is super rad.
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: David_Dovey on 20 May 2009, 03:51 ---All of this train-talk leads me to believe that the next thing the various con-interested forum members should be organising is Orient ExpressCon. If you'd like I can even organise for one (1) member to be murdered on the train!
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You know, this actually sounds like a lot of fun. Just take a week, get a bunch of people together and take a train from one place to another, spending a day in each destination. You don't need hotel accommodations if you're sleeping on a train. Maybe make it a three stop mobile meetup.
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