Fortunately, we need to look outside New Zealand for extremes in motelling.
A while back we did a post "A walk on the wild side of the motel industry" that was about the Bridge Motel. Situated in the Marina district, San Francisco in an area that has been described as "urban blight at its best." Crack heads, meth freaks, pimps and whores make up an diverse cultural experience of humanity at its lowest ebb.
We were impressed with the array of violations the motel had accumulated, including: roaches, overflowing dumpsters, illegal drugs, counterfeiting and unregistered sex offenders as guests.
Today a reader from San Francisco sent us a link on a story headlined, "Motel Hell" that appeared in the San Francisco Weekly newspaper that chronicled the continuing saga.
The full story can be read: HERE