COMMENT BY
rt from Glendale, AZ
COMMENT ABOUT PLACE
Glendale, AZ
COMMENT
Salina, Salina, Salina
I was there for almost a whole year. I stayed at the Salina Rescue Mission for free however nothing is really "free".
Housing- Salina downtown purports to have cheap rooms, the problem is the people who control those rooms ask a million questions and have you fill out lots of forms. They are so picky thats why lots of us new comers to the city, end up at the Salina Rescue Mission.
When I say the Salina resue mission is free its not really free -you have to live with ex-cons who have lived there for years(not kidding) but the nice is if you work at Tony's Pizza factory next door you can save a bit of money but Tony's pizza only hire's temporaries at the place next to it. But if you tell them you stay at the rescue mission they may hire you more than other people. Most of the regular employees are from Vietnam. Don't be jealous its not easy working at Tony's pizza, though you can eat all the free pizza you want.
Many of the "ex-cons" from the rescue mission hang out at the downtown Salina Public Library. Because of that there is EXTREME TENSION in this library the Security guards stare you down. Not only that but anyone getting on the Salina bus from the rescue mission the "Bus Drivers" hate. So by the fact you stay at the rescue mission the bus drivers and library security guards treat you like as if you were in a nut house.
Despite this, Salina is a grat place because the old 50 style reataurants have the best beef hamburger I had ever tasted in my life. plenty of "beef in this city. there is wild lifwe and places to walk and the air clean and fresh and winters are not too cold.
and also the walmart and tony'ys pizza is walking distance to the rescue mission.
On Sundays you can catch the free bus from walmart parking lot and go to the casino for free almost to topeka and it leaves at 8 am sharp.
the casino is cool because you actually play "craps" like Las Vegas.