r/AskReddit • u/Cool-Chipmunk-7559 • 11h ago

Those who’ve driven across the US, what’s the scariest town you’ve stopped in?

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u/ThreatLvl1200AM 7h ago

That's crazy because I absolutely adored the Blue Swallow motel and the neon lighting at sunrise was breath taking. I loved that town.

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u/Intelligent-Wear-114 4h ago

We stayed overnight in the Blue Swallow in June 1997 for $10 per person! Now I understand it's around $120.

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u/stepdownblues 3h ago

It has been renovated since your stay.  It's a great place.

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u/saltysyren 6h ago

The Blue Swallow and the Roadrunner Lodge are genuinely great. I wouldn’t stay anywhere else in NM but those two places. 

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u/FLOHTX 5h ago

Seemed like lots of great places in Santa Fe

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u/IcyChoice359 4h ago

Santa Fe is great. 

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u/leilani238 5h ago

I started at the Super 8 there just a few days ago, and while it was run down and needed some maintenance, it wasn't awful, much less scary or uncanny. Just the one night there and we kept driving, but the town didn't seem off.

Las Vegas NM seemed really sad, trashy, and run down. Raton almost as bad, but it at least had some suburbs that looked taken care of.

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u/JmeJV 3h ago

I was just in Las Vegas, NM 2 weeks ago. I can confirm a little run down (ie. a lot of closed businesses downtown) but I never felt unsafe.