I had an exchange student named Matthias (not you) in high school, he was a a loser and I tricked him into "coming out of the closet" even though he was not gay. Haha. Memories. This thread reminds me of an apartment I had in college. The elevator caught on fire. Drug dealers asked me if I needed any "doses" when I walked home at night. There were shootings at night. I got hit by a car one time walking home and they left me in the bushes. The SWAT team came to get my neighbor who was running around the building with a shotgun when my parents were visiting. Good times. As far as hotels, I stayed in a place in the Nevada desert where the roof was falling in, there were bugs in the room and it was $20 per night. Some rooms were closed because the roof had collapsed. The TV remote was wired to a table. You get what you pay for. I got a ticket in that little town. It was funny. They lower it to 30 on a 3 lane highway to raise money with speeding tickets. A ticket for 35 in a 30 mph is gay. Just a few minutes before that I was going 120. The car would not go any faster. Avoid Tonapah, Nevada if you can. The state troopers suck. If no one is getting shot it is not that bad of a hotel