In my early years as a civil servant, I went on training courses in a range of Defence establishments.
Almost all of them were sited in some of the most unattractive parts of the UK. We couldn't stay in hotels - there weren't any because no one wanted to visit the areas. We stayed in a succession of pubs and grotty B&Bs because no tourists ever came.
It made me appreciate that there were places one would NEVER want to be posted to...
Like Llantrisant - "The Hole with a Mint".
When I was in the army I spent three years at Fort Hood, Texas. It was the longest ten years of my life.