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> Definitely nothing nearby at $99/night...maybe East Palo Alto Why fixate on $99/night as if Google won't pay for/refund $500/night hotel stays and cover rent

> Definitely nothing nearby at $99/night...maybe East Palo Alto Why fixate on $99/night as if Google won't pay for/refund $500/night hotel stays and cover rentals for employees it requested to report to Mountain View? Even if there are no hotels nearby, Im sure there are dozens of hotels within walking distance of a Google shuttle stop all across the bay. If Google won't pay for your hotel but still expects you to HFW (H@W?), well - that's a little gross.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
I think the going rate for a room now, just three stars or less, is around $200-250? And that’s anywhere close or not. I don’t think shuttles service hotel areas, since they are focused on Google’s who live in residential areas. It’s not like Europe where hotels are often mixed in with residential areas.
- sangnoir 3y ago
  > It’s not like Europe where hotels are often mixed in with residential areas. I disagree - I did a search for "Hotels in Mountain view"[1] and I see no distinction between "residential areas" and hotel areas. I randomly searched for apartments close to 5 hotels, and 4 of them had apartments within 2 blocks. Unfortunately Google's shuttle-stops are confidential so I can't correlate how close some of them are to hotels. Regardless, Google can afford to shuttle its employees 1. https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+in+mountain+view/@37.4006455,-122.0875807,13.79z?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+in+mountain+view/@...
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    Have you actually lived in MTV before? I did for a summer, in a hotel within walking distance of shoreline park actually, and….it is pretty segregated. That was the only one actually in that area, and it was nowhere near residential. Most everyplace else was in commercial el Camino anyways. And that really isn’t the point, there are probably no shuttles in MTV other than the Caltrain station one. If we are talking about other areas in the bay, it’s the same.
    - sangnoir 3y ago
      I'm sure the one hotel you stayed at was far from residential areas (I'm assuming you mean areas with Singe Family Homes). From what I can see, the majority of hotels I checked are near apartments and/or SFH neighborhoods. If Google wanted to find a handful of hotels meeting that criteria, it could. > And that really isn’t the point, there are probably no shuttles in MTV other than the Caltrain station one. If we are talking about other areas in the bay, it’s the same Are you suggesting Google, which is headquartered in Mountain View, and runs its own bus lines for employees in the bay, doesn't have shuttle-stops in MTV?! If so, then I don't believe you.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago

I think the going rate for a room now, just three stars or less, is around $200-250? And that’s anywhere close or not. I don’t think shuttles service hotel areas, since they are focused on Google’s who live in residential areas. It’s not like Europe where hotels are often mixed in with residential areas.

sangnoir 3y ago
> It’s not like Europe where hotels are often mixed in with residential areas. I disagree - I did a search for "Hotels in Mountain view"[1] and I see no distinction between "residential areas" and hotel areas. I randomly searched for apartments close to 5 hotels, and 4 of them had apartments within 2 blocks. Unfortunately Google's shuttle-stops are confidential so I can't correlate how close some of them are to hotels. Regardless, Google can afford to shuttle its employees 1. https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+in+mountain+view/@37.4006455,-122.0875807,13.79z?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotels+in+mountain+view/@...
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  Have you actually lived in MTV before? I did for a summer, in a hotel within walking distance of shoreline park actually, and….it is pretty segregated. That was the only one actually in that area, and it was nowhere near residential. Most everyplace else was in commercial el Camino anyways. And that really isn’t the point, there are probably no shuttles in MTV other than the Caltrain station one. If we are talking about other areas in the bay, it’s the same.
  - sangnoir 3y ago
    I'm sure the one hotel you stayed at was far from residential areas (I'm assuming you mean areas with Singe Family Homes). From what I can see, the majority of hotels I checked are near apartments and/or SFH neighborhoods. If Google wanted to find a handful of hotels meeting that criteria, it could. > And that really isn’t the point, there are probably no shuttles in MTV other than the Caltrain station one. If we are talking about other areas in the bay, it’s the same Are you suggesting Google, which is headquartered in Mountain View, and runs its own bus lines for employees in the bay, doesn't have shuttle-stops in MTV?! If so, then I don't believe you.