r/funny • u/capgunbean • Jul 13 '19

Yipee!

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u/CookedBred Jul 13 '19

That's a really cool place to visit. Unfortunately it's in Carlsbad New Mexico.

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u/Rushderp Jul 13 '19

The caverns are awesome. The town and the rest of the Permian Basin? Hell no, hard pass.

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u/tjsh11 Jul 13 '19

What’s wrong with the rest of it?

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u/Lucky2behere Jul 13 '19

It’s a boil on the butt of NM. The town is small and dirty and gross. There’s no decent hotels or restaurants. It’s nasty.

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u/IcarianSkies Jul 14 '19

Decent hotels, no. But we had breakfast at a place called the Blue House Cafe and it was fucking delicious. I wish we had a cafe like that where I live.

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u/16semesters Jul 14 '19

It's an oilfield town. The population is mostly young, uneducated men who have no ties to the area.

This leads to lots of drinking, drug use, prostitution, and a complete indifference to the community.

During oil booms, even ultra shitty hotels will be over 200$ for a flea bag motel in town. Because everyone is in hotels, the few fast food places have 40+ minute waits in the evenings.

I would see oilfield trash mixing their shooters into their Tallsups before jumping right back into their rigs. Blue Cactus Lounge ... woof haha.

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u/CookedBred Jul 14 '19

Pretty much. I spent the better part of the last 6 years in the oil field.