re: Georgia/Arkansas Pre-Game Thread

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Especially late saturday night at like 3 am..would it be safe?

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Personally, I would advise against that.

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do you think the la quinta on broadway where I'm staying is walkable to the river market? Especially late saturday night at like 3 am..would it be safe?

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I've walked several times downtown late at night. Just don't go where cars don't go. There are a few opportunists that come along ready to mug folks, but they usually stick around in parking lots, and many don't stay up late. The only people still around at 3 am are cops and homeless. Just stick on your main roads and you'll be fine. Park over at the Clinton library if you can swing it - it's watched really well. That said, everything around it is kind of sketchy, because you get into more industrial/residential mix.

If I was going to avoid anywhere on foot downtown, it'd be over by the salvation army, which is still only a three or four blocks from the police station. It's usually pretty benign, but the city just cleared a few homeless camps near the train tracks, and there's a weird war for turf among the homeless. Of course, once you get in that area, you've got Capitol police driving by fairly often too.