I had not been to Crookston for 60 years, so had little basis for comparison. The hotel was pretty plain, cheaply constructed and kind of ugly, but that is to be expected in modern America, given our love affair with sprawl. Of course, hotels could be better looking, more environmentally friendly and culturally interesting, but that is a big lift in a profit driven system. I am sympathetic to the difficulty of getting employees in a small town, where there are so many other economic opportunities.