[Chicago] PyCon venue: I want to sleep there.

[Carl Karsten]

I have gone to about 20 VFP conferences for the last 10 years.  I get as much 
out of the after hours BS in the bar time as I do from the sessions.

A year ago I went to a con that was at a college, and there were cheap 5 hotels 
within a mile with free shuttles to the campus.  So the cost was about 1/2 what 
it was when it was at a 'high priced hotel' but the benefit to me was less than 
1/2.  Not to mention it wasn't as fun.

Little groups did form at the various hotels and bars but it was nothing like 
the hard core tech talk till 2am that you get when there is no reason to leave 
the venue.

It is also nice to be able to keep 'stuff' (extra laptop, books, jacket) in your 
room and run back and forth between sessions.  course I am in the minority on 
this one. most people can figure out what they will need and carry it with them.

Carl K