Between my second and third years of university I went out to the States on Camp America. They flew all of us into New York City and put us up for the night in the YMCA. It was filthy and crawling with all sorts of bugs, including the famous New York Cockroach. I didn't feel very safe at all and barely got any sleep. There were people there who looked like they'd stayed previous nights, and they slept hugging their luggage. I think if I had that to do again I would definitely get a few other students together and look for slightly better accomodation.  Read the complete review