By the simple act of comparison, it really was not too bad. We have been at worse hotels and it wasn't as if the hole just stood out as being dreadful. There were little things here and there that made it a bit off putting but they were the side effect of what also made the hotel good.
Our room was an apartment room in the back complex, which, at the time, was rare and nice. It provided a bit of resemblance to real-life. I mean, we had a kitchen! We cooked and did laundry! There were couches and a table. It makes you really appreciate the little things. But there were numerous broken things around the apartment that made it look like it was in midst of being repaired (Broken A/C? Little lamp thing broken from wall, resting gently on the balcony? WE HAD A BLACONY. I wrote poems on it looking over the impeccably maintained lawn.)
It was a weird town and the hotel was not terrible, it was kind of nice, actually. The people who worked there were kind. read more