I have a layover in the SF airport. I think I will stay there all night and not leave. The typical hotels are $200-300 and anything cheaper than that probably involves crack and prostitutes and roaches. The back sections of airports are pretty nice, but I'm pretty sure SF will be taking the NY approach and making the open to public area the most inhospitable place with almost nowhere to sit. Actually, terminal 4 in New York had a few seats, but terminal 5 didn't have a single place to sit. I'm pretty sure it's for keeping bums from making a home out of the airport. Terminal 4 was for arrivals from out of country.
Just don't go out of the security area's and maybe spend the 30-60$ to get into a lounge, its worth it.
The airports in all of the lib/progressive cities (pre-security) are basically homeless shelters now.
Are lounges even open overnight? It seems like they are associated with an airline or organization and not available to the public.
I'm not sure if all of them are, I think some may be 24/7 but you would have to look in the airports you are passing through.
Some of them have those sleep pod things now too so at least you could get a box with a lock on it and control the lights if you want to get some sleep. Not ideal but better than trying to get some sleep on a concourse.
Even if you can't crash in the lounge, it probably costs less overall for the food/drinks/WiFi and quiet than you would get in the airport.
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