[SquirrelKing]

Exhaust vents make an inexpensive, warm place to sleep at night.

[Gefreiter]

No one's sharing where NOT to go though, ie where the hell to stay out of in the DC area. Info like that is really helpful.

I was at a conference 2 summers ago, staying in a Hyatt Regency (I think) a few blocks from the Capitol. I was out looking for a paper on Sunday morning and ran afoul of 4 guys sitting on the sidewalk, drinking quietly and looking generally malevolent. I managed not to get killed, but I am a "bald, white bitch" apparently. DC definitely celebrated diversity.

But the day before, I had walked basically across town with no problem at all; one block over from my hotel and I had a problem.