Everything you read in the previous reviews is accurate. We were headed to Palm Springs from San Simeon and decided to stop for the night around Palmdale. However, by the time we reached Lancaster, we were tired and decided to grab a room there. Big mistake. After a luke-warm reception at the check-in counter and a relatively high rate of $55/night for Motel 6, the first thing we encountered on our way to our room was a guy in a pickup truck in the parking lot BLASTING rap music at full volume and bass. We then saw a guy in dreadlocks come out from a room and it appears by his conversation with the occupant that they had just completed a drug deal. The pool was extremely filthy and when I walked up the stairs to the second level, I saw a girl about 5 years old completely alone standing by the staircase with no adult supervision (similar to what a previous reviewer had described). Our "non-smoking" room was about as smokey as a room could be, and the sink would not drain properly. After dinner, we decided to walk down the street where we saw a woman sitting on her front porch, clearly on drugs, while her toddler son was trying to climb over the front gate. Some of the people in the area looked dangerous seemed to loiter around the hotel and restaurant parking lots. The cherry on the top was when we were awakened during the night on three separate occasions to what we believe were the sound of gunshots. The motel next door looked a bit better and seemed to be cheaper, and other parts of Lancaster seemed reasonably clean and safe. However, Palmdale is only a few minutes down the road, and it seems like a much smaller and more rural area (i.e. safer). Unless your standards are extremely low (i.e. you're at home in the ghetto), I would avoid this place at all costs. It's more of the kind of experience I'd expect to find in south-central LA... only it's not. OK, you've been warned.