A 10-Hour Hotel Stay Renewed One Journalist’s Faith in America’s Economy
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When Daniel Gross, a reporter for The Daily Beast, stayed overnight during a road trip in a mid-price hotel, he found more than just comfort. He found an ordinary business, doing an extraordinary job. Weary of high prices and faulty infrastructure in his hometown (and in the nation's capital), Gross reveled in all the things that worked, among them: free wi-fi, hot water, king-size beds, a large-screen high-def television, and a simple—but important—wakeup call.
Gross says, "[This chain of hotels], and many of its analogues around the country, unpretentiously provides a level of comfort, functionality, and value that we generally take for granted and would be available only to the well off and well connected in many other parts of the world."
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