I am travelling to NYC for 4 nights on the 25th April and am on the look out for some cheap accomodation that's not riddled with bed bugs or in a bad part of town. Ideally I'd like to stay near Times Square, I stayed in the New Yorker before but it's a bit over my budget this time. I'm looking to find somewhere nice, clean and central for under $200 a night including taxes, is this a bit over ambitious?
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anonymous
Times Square is no longer a bad part of town, and to say that it is or was ever "the only" bad part of town is evidence of #3's ignorance. And for $200 in April, you don't have to slum it in a hostel as #2 suggests. Try Expedia, Hotwire, Quikbook and Priceline. You'll find something that's clean and probably fairly nice.
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evening
Willydear - I live here. "Bad part of town" leaves a lot of room for interpretation. Times Square certainly is the worst of Manhattan. Most of us who live here avoid the place like the plague.
I get why a first time visitor to NYC would want to stay there out of ignorance, but not a repeater
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anonymous
Last time I was there, Times Square was thoroughly Disneyfied. If you live in Manhattan and call this the worst part of town, all I can say is this: "evening, dear, you need to get out and have a thorough look at your hometown."
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riverotter
You could try the Hotel 31 or their sister hotel the Hotel 17, if they have rooms available you should have plenty left over from your $200 budget for cab fare to get to Times Square if you want...
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