Re: NAQT thoughts...

• From: lone1c <no_reply_at_yahoogroups.com>
• Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:03:29 -0000
• Message-ID: <aoshb1+s1u9_at_...>

--- In quizbowl_at_y..., cooterchekov <no_reply_at_y...> wrote:
> 
> > (Of course, if ACF sponsored a high school national tournament, it 
> > would probably be held in CERN or something...)
> 
> CERN's in the Swiss Alps, remember. Very scenic. Cold Spring Harbor 
> is pretty too -- somewhere around I have (disturbing) photos of 
> Salvador Luria in a speedo. Oak Ridge is right close to Chattanooga, 
> so that's not that inaccessible, plus it can be nice down there in 
> the spring.
> 
> LANL, now, THAT's in the middle of goddamn nowhere.

It's about a 1:45 drive in good traffic to Chattanooga, as I actually
did it for Muck Masters this year. [And back, leaving after midnight
after dinner at Provino's!]

However, both Oak Ridge, and the oh-so-lovely town of Knoxville, are
prototypical "one-street towns": think thirty to forty miles of
Breezewood, PA (or your own personal favorite suburban strip mall from
hell), combine it with the tackiness of signage from Las Vegas, and
you have a rough idea of what life is like in those two towns.

Not the easiest sell for a tournament. :-)

And I'd suggest that Pacific Northwest Lab is even worse. LANL is at
least just two hours from Albuquerque. PN(N)L is four hours east of
*Spokane*.

--AEI