Ick factor in Manhattan hotels

Here's one hotel to avoid in Manhattan:

http://www.dnainfo.com/20110127/midtown/times-square-hotel-ranked-4th-dirtiest-country-by-travel-website

Anyone want to add others to the list of shame?
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uptowngirl 2yrs+
Have never lived at a NYC hotel so cant really comment on this but I do think many other bargain basement hotels would make the list too.
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NeverSleeps 2yrs+
I can't think of a moment in which I ever set foot inside a Manhattan hotel, but I'm amused to see that Times Square still retains some of that seediness it was once known for.
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uptowngirl 2yrs+
@NeverSleeps Ha!
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JenMac 2yrs+
I always find that the hotel rooms here are impossibly small . . but I've never been into a gross one. Although I can imagine that some are interesting to say the least.
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BroadwayBK 2yrs+
If I was going to recommend a hotel anywhere, it surely wouldn't be one in Times Square anyway. Like most of you, I've never really stayed in a hotel around here. Also wouldn't recommend this place: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item_mX7fGMnqXl6eaKbL7Dz6HM;jsessionid=5AA8D8CC54E478163A786C2464D9D60D
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uptowngirl 2yrs+
@BroadwayBK Why do people continue to book into the Hotel Carter which has consistently made the dirtiest hotel list for years? Didnt we have a listing of reasonable hotels and B&Bs in NYC on this forum? i write for a travel deals website and they are often post deals for NYC hotel rooms which are around $100 a night what Hotel Carter charges. I would rather pay a little more and stay in clean hotel room rather than stay in a Hotel Carter. On the other hand I really wonder who manages the hotel don't they have any shame? Or they know budget tourists flock to the hotel and so they dont care?
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hhusted 2yrs+
Sorry, never lived in a NYC hotel, so I can't comment on this subject.
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Has anyone used something like Hostelbookers.com in New York City? I've never needed ot get a hotel space here in New York as I have family here, but I've found it enormously useful? I can't really afford luxe hotels, but I don't enjoy backpackers' hostels (am emphatically NOT a backpacker and I do NOT want to party!), so hostelbookers has been a great source for charming guesthouses and pensions abroad!
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BroadwayBK 2yrs+
@uptowongirl Perhaps the Carter does a decent job of advertising to lazy budget travelers? But I agree; I would much rather fork over a little extra money and spend my vacation in complete comfort.

@ajadedidealist Good to know....
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uptowngirl 2yrs+
@ajadedidealist just checked out hostelbookers offerings in NYC, youre right it does have a listing of guest houses and apartments for very low rates per night. Worth keeping it in mind whenever someone asks me about accommodation in NYC. Thanks
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hhusted 2yrs+
@Ajadedidealist: No. I never used Hostelbookers.com. Any time I wanted to find a hotel in a place where I was traveling to, I would book my hotel either through Orbitz, Hotel.com, or Lowestfare.com. It depended on what service i used to get my plane ticket.
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Uraniumfish 2yrs+
One gets the feeling the only suckers who stay in those dirty Times Square places are from the middle of nowhere and have no clue - and somehow think staying in Times Square will be glamorous or whatever.
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uptowngirl 2yrs+
@Uraniumfish good point there
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@hhusted - hostelbookers is great! They're not just hostels - plenty of lovely pensions, bed and breakfasts, etc., make their home there! I have found some lovely deals...
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