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I highly recommend the Hostelling International hostel at 312 Mason St. It's like $25/night, super-clean, and they feed you breakfast, too! I've stayed there a

I highly recommend the Hostelling International hostel at 312 Mason St. It's like $25/night, super-clean, and they feed you breakfast, too! I've stayed there a few times while going to WWDC.

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timr 17y ago
HI hostels have a maximum stay restriction. I think it's around two weeks. They certainly don't let you camp out for an entire summer.
- TomOfTTB 17y ago
  I'd assume he has sometime line where, if he doesn't start getting work within the first couple of weeks, he gives up. The Hostel is just there to give him the chance to get his feet on the ground and try to drum up some connections
weaksauce 17y ago
I just saw some pictures of that place. Looks great! Great tip thanks!
anigbrowl 17y ago
I don't, and could tell you bad stories about it. I used to manage another hostel (below) and we got quite a few 'refugees' who had had a bad experience at the Mason one. I rate the International Guest House at 2976 23rd street. Call ahead and see if they have a spot free. There's only room for about 24 people. It's cheaper, there's free coffee, and if you have the right attitude it's easier to extend your stay (frankly, this basically depends on whether you're cool or not). It helps if you make up some BS like you just came back from Europe or something - they want you to have some evidence of internetional travel if space is at a premium. Downsides/danger include attractive people of both sexes, easy availability of booze and weed, failure to complete coding projects because you stayed up until 3am the previous night. The main benefit is that the place is low turnover, so your friendships there aren't transient like at a lot of bigger hostels. Mind you, I haven't kept in touch for about 4 years, and lots of places go through different phases.

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I highly recommend the Hostelling International hostel at 312 Mason St. It's like $25/night, super-clean, and they feed you breakfast, too! I've stayed there a

by dangrover 17y ago

I highly recommend the Hostelling International hostel at 312 Mason St. It's like $25/night, super-clean, and they feed you breakfast, too! I've stayed there a few times while going to WWDC.

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timr 17y ago
HI hostels have a maximum stay restriction. I think it's around two weeks. They certainly don't let you camp out for an entire summer.
- TomOfTTB 17y ago
  I'd assume he has sometime line where, if he doesn't start getting work within the first couple of weeks, he gives up. The Hostel is just there to give him the chance to get his feet on the ground and try to drum up some connections
weaksauce 17y ago
I just saw some pictures of that place. Looks great! Great tip thanks!
anigbrowl 17y ago
I don't, and could tell you bad stories about it. I used to manage another hostel (below) and we got quite a few 'refugees' who had had a bad experience at the Mason one. I rate the International Guest House at 2976 23rd street. Call ahead and see if they have a spot free. There's only room for about 24 people. It's cheaper, there's free coffee, and if you have the right attitude it's easier to extend your stay (frankly, this basically depends on whether you're cool or not). It helps if you make up some BS like you just came back from Europe or something - they want you to have some evidence of internetional travel if space is at a premium. Downsides/danger include attractive people of both sexes, easy availability of booze and weed, failure to complete coding projects because you stayed up until 3am the previous night. The main benefit is that the place is low turnover, so your friendships there aren't transient like at a lot of bigger hostels. Mind you, I haven't kept in touch for about 4 years, and lots of places go through different phases.