imported_Bruce Fee

hey, anyone know any decent cheap places to stay? i am gonna get there at night and leave early in the morning.. just need a clean bed type of thing..

Nova_Dust

Just crash at some member's house.

Gallagher

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA dont come in my area !

czeto

Pines Motel. QEW Niagara to Centennial Pkwy turn right, on the same side as golden griddle. If you go under the bridge, you've gone too far.

imported_jdm_ef2

^took the words straight outta my mouth.

You''ll see a holiday inn on you right when you are on the off ramp. Then turn right at the light and then the motel is right after the light, on your right hand side.

zeeman

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ya, the pines motel is what i was going to say. I've stayed there before and its decent, and pretty cheap....not to mention right off the QEW.
Hit up the restaurant right in front of the motel, they have good breakfast. Or go across the street to the Golden Griddle....mmm....breakfast.

Si98

hamilton downtown family ymca. $42/night. call ahead to book. 905 529 7102. never stayed there myself so don't blame me if it sucks.

that pines motel looks like a place where lonely truckers sleep though....

czeto

Yeah the Pines Restaurant has pretty good food, like home cooked.

Type_R Del Sol

MOTOR CITY... lol

zeeman

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For as dumpy as a place as that looks i've been told that its actually not too bad inside.

imported_nnniiiccckkk007

This is probably true. I work out at the Hamilton Y sometimes. It is pretty disgusting. I wouldn't want to crash there. It is very close to the Hamilton downtown core. It's in the Beasley neighbourhood. If you have been reading the Hamilton Spectator, it's listed as the poorest neigbourhood in Canada. In honesty, you'll be surrounded by bums who drink Listerine.

This is also at the opposite end of Hamilton, from Stoney Creek. Parking - you aren't going to find any. The Hamilton Y is not what you might expect from having been to other YMCA establishments.

Don't go to the Rose Motel either. They charge, hourly rates; enough said.

imported_Joker

is stoney creek teh good part of hamilton?

imported_Moe_Mentum

Hey if you want to find the cheapest place to stay try checking out priceline.com or hotwire.com

zeeman

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Theres a good part of hamilton?

Just kidding. I'd have to say the nicer part of hamilton is on the mountain away from downtown. Although there are some very nice parts of town, downtown more on the south side on the west end closer to hess village, but more south of hess village.
But when your coming over the skyway bridge on the QEW seeing all of the steel factories, and smelling the lovely smell of rotten a$$ its not very welcoming or very attractive for people from other cities...no wonder most people think hamilton sucks...when all you see of it is the hamilton harbour (yuck) passing by on the QEW.

czeto

Yeah^^If you take the 403 into town you get a better view of the good side of the bay, Cootes Paridise and Princess Point.
The further east you go the nicer Hamilton is. Until you get to Eastgate, then it's nice again.

imported_Spiderman

I would say the nicest part of Hamilton is on the west mountain.
Or Ancaster.

And down the escarpment.
East side is gross.
West side is slightly less gross.

Gallagher

Stoney creek is the good part of hamilton, same with ancaster

Connie

Stoney Creek ain't bad, some nice area's there. But the whole place (Hamilton) kinda creeps me out. Down town is nasty, I am terrified to even drive through there.
I tell people all the time. I would rather walk through downtown Toronto at night by myself then walk through down town hamilton. at jackson square. Its so bad. ..

Thank god for good ol Grimsby

imported_Joker

wats so bad about it

zeeman

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downtown isn't that bad. Its great to cruise through in the summer and see all the crazy **** going on. You will usually see a fight, a whole bunch of drunk people, a few crazy people screaming at light posts and maybe someone bending over in a tree hanging a douce.
But seriously its not that bad, King and James (jackson square) is kind of bad b/c thats where a lot of people hang out. But i remember going downtown when i was like 14 years old with a few friends going skateboarding and i'm still alive. HAHA Beasley Park...seen some wild **** there before.