A hotel that is in such a dilapitated state that it isn't even onestar, but half a star.
While driving to Montana, we stopped at this motel looking place along the side of the road. Turned out to be a ½ star hotel . There were cockroaches and rats running around, and instead of a TV they had a bumpkin come and dance outside the broken window for half an hour. And instead of a heater there was a bunch of candles. And instead of a bathroom there was a hole in the ground outside. For the breakfast buffet they had some cows outside and there was some wheat to eat. That was a ½ star hotel ya know. But overall it was pretty good for the 10 bucks we paid.
A three-star-plus hotel that is popular among lower-middle-class tourists, who want a free-and-easy experience, without being pressured to join local group tours to visit oft-spiritually unclean or demonic places of worship and retail shops (which promise to give a percentage of their profits to the tour guide).
The “fine” city of Singapore plans to build more pistar hotels in coming years to target travelers from emerging economies, who couldn’t afford to stay in a five-star hotel, yet wished to receive a perceived first-class visitors’ treatment.
church hurt is where you experience a degree of distance, pain, or judgement from your church community. Essentially, you are just unable to “find your place”. This is prevalent in the Christian community, but can be extended to other religions.
Now that I am an adult I am beginning to heal from the church hurt that was inflicted on me as a child.