Have you ever been to Las Vegas...would you want to move there?

[BrianNole777]

I've never been to Las Vegas but know some people who have visited and they either love it or hate it.

I have an acquaintance who is moving to Vegas permanently. He's married with no kids. He and his wife are big into music both listening and creating it.

They live in the Washington D.C. suburbs which are probably alot more expensive than Vegas and have worse traffic.

Would you ever want to live in Las Vegas?

I imagine the people there are pretty weird; I know the weather is brutally hot during summer.

What say ye?

 

[fsu1jreed]

Been there, it's okay....just above new Orleans

 

[BelemNole]

Yes
No

 

[coldbud1994]

Yes
No

 

[Thefunksouljon]

Yes
No

 

[McLovin32]

Yes
Fucan never.

 

[WDSMHawk]

Yes
Don't think I could handle living there full time.

 

[BrianNole777]

Why wouldn't you fellas want to live in Vegas?

 

[dpic73]

Why wouldn't you fellas want to live in Vegas?

It's fun but I could have spent a week in Europe for what I paid for a 3 day weekend a couple years ago.

$30 dollars for breakfast
$60 dollars for lunch (fish tacos, veggies and a cocktail)
$ 8 dollars for a small bottled water
$99 cover charge to get into the fun clubs

I could go on...

Edit : once you pay $99 to get into the club, a small jack and coke was $33 dollars.

They gouge tf out of you.

 

[RollingballofButcherKnives]

Yes
Hell no.

 

[RockyMtNole]

Yes.

No, hate everything about it. THE worst large U.S. city I have ever been to.

 

[BrianNole777]

No, hate everything about it. THE worst large U.S. city I have ever been to.

Why?

 

[jaxhawk]

I could live if Las Vegas if you could skip summer. I've been a couple times in the summer and never want to do that again

 

[Gibbs_dontbanmetom]

Fucan yes
Never

 

[RockyMtNole]

Why?

Besides being a rip off, it’s sad and depressing.

Nothing about it is enjoyable to me.

 

[NDallasRuss]

It's fun but I could have spent a week in Europe for what I paid for a 3 day weekend a couple years ago.

$30 dollars for breakfast
$60 dollars for lunch (fish tacos, veggies and a cocktail)
$ 8 dollars for a small bottled water
$99 cover charge to get into the fun clubs

I could go on...

Edit : once you pay $99 to get into the club, a small jack and coke was $33 dollars.

They gouge tf out of you.

I would imagine living there would be like living in NYC w Times Square, or Orlando w Disney/Universal. You live there and maybe get it out of your system in the first couple of weeks, and then try to never ever go back to those areas except for a special occassion.

Living in LV would be living in the desert, and I don't want to do that. I imagine I'd actively avoid The Strip, except for when there may be a concert or show I'd want to go to, then I'd venture down there and get back out as soon as I'm done.

Get a mile away from the strip and it's probably the same as every other residential area/suburb in the country, with the same shops and restaurants in the same kind of strip malls, just with less grass.

 

[BrianNole777]

Besides being a rip off, it’s sad and depressing.

Nothing about it is enjoyable to me.

You're not a fan of casinos, I assume?

 

[BrianNole777]

Get a mile away from the strip and it's probably the same as every other residential area/suburb in the country, with the same shops and restaurants in the same kind of strip malls, just with less grass.

And extreme heat during summers...

 

[BrianNole777]

I could live if Las Vegas if you could skip summer. I've been a couple times in the summer and never want to do that again

What was the temperature?

 

[RockyMtNole]

You're not a fan of casinos, I assume?

No. Most people in casinos look like the last people who should be in casinos. I hate gambling and betting generally.

That said, it’s their life and how they spend their money is up to them. I don’t want to watch it, though.

 

[RockyMtNole]

I would imagine living there would be like living in NYC w Times Square, or Orlando w Disney/Universal. You live there and maybe get it out of your system in the first couple of weeks, and then try to never ever go back to those areas except for a special occassion.

Living in LV would be living in the desert, and I don't want to do that. I imagine I'd actively avoid The Strip, except for when there may be a concert or show I'd want to go to, then I'd venture down there and get back out as soon as I'm done.

Get a mile away from the strip and it's probably the same as every other residential area/suburb in the country, with the same shops and restaurants in the same kind of strip malls, just with less grass.

There are a couple nice sections, but for the most part the entire city has a Walmart in a bad area vibe.

 

[NDallasRuss]

And extreme heat during summers...

I mentioned that in the preceding paragraph. I wouldn't want to live in the desert. I'm back in TX now, and it's far hotter here than I'd prefer. I prefer seasons, and weather; not just overwhelming heat. I was in LV once where the high temp was 116. **But it's a dry heat.

 

[Moogy]

Been there. Love it. Could never live in it (the heat, the excess). Though there is a part of me that wishes I could create a clone, and have that clone live out a degenerate life of just gambling nonstop, so I never/rarely have to go outside into that heat ... but that's just because I'm really good at gambling, but I can't/won't do it, given my current occupation, so I have some pent up desires.

 

[NDallasRuss]

There are a couple nice sections, but for the most part the entire city has a Walmart in a bad area vibe.

Ahh, okay. I've never been outside of the touristy areas (the strip and Fremont St) of LV.

 

[Finance85]

I have been there.

I would not want to live there.

 

[BrianNole777]

@BrainVision care to comment?

 

[NDallasRuss]

No. Most people in casinos look like the last people who should be in casinos. I hate gambling and betting generally.

That said, it’s their life and how they spend their money is up to them. I don’t want to watch it, though.

I was working in Detroit for a few days a number of years ago and the MotorCity casino was still fairly new. My coworker and I decided to go there for dinner one night and have some fun. We walked in and the place was fairly crowded for a random weeknight, but there wasn't hardly any noise at all. This wasn't tourists playing with "fun money", it was locals that were trying to win bill money. The whole place was solemn and you could tell that peoples' outcomes were really riding on how they did and if they won money. There was no way we were going to have fun in front of all these people playing with/for bill money, so we took off after being in there maybe 5 minutes. That was pretty depressing.

 

[jaxhawk]

What was the temperature?

I rented a car and I think the highest it read was 117

 

[NDallasRuss]

I rented a car and I think the highest it read was 117

That's too hot!

 

[LafayetteBear]

Been there a number of times, but would not want to live there. The people watching there is non-pareil.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

I could do it as a second home 4 cooler months of the year, but out away from the strip. Lots of poker rooms.

Quick access to great restaurants, concerts, and events.

But being on the strip, 3 days is max.

 

[Finance85]

I like b

@BrainVision care to comment

I like living near water (Gulf, rivers, bayous). I like being outdoors. I like trees like trees such as live oaks.

I don't gamble much. If I did, there are places near me where I can do that.
I don't like cigarette smoke.
I like to play golf year round.
I like to play softball year round.
I like to kayak, fish, and go to the beach.
I like fresh seafood.
The areas outside Fremont and the Vegas strip just seem pretty run down to me. Maybe it's because there aren't many trees.

 

[firegiver]

Been there multiple times. Its great for conferences and getting hammered and being a deginerate.

Why the **** would anyone want to live in a desert town that had to be built because the mob wanted to do their thing without the feds screwing with them. I've been to the Valley of Fire and Zion too. Zion is INCREDIBLE... and in another state... Vegas is like the mall of the US. Its fun to go hang out with friends when you are young. But why the hell would you live there? Like seriously, its a desert.

 

[cigaretteman]

I imagine that the entire region around Vegas will be out of water in the next decade or two when all of the snowy mountain tops lose their snow cover due to global warming.

 

[PinkShizzle]

I go there quite a bit (4-5 times a year) since I have several friends there and it's just a 45 minute flight.

I could live there, it just wouldn't be my first choice. I'm too attached to living by the ocean.

 

[BrianNole777]

I go there quite a bit (4-5 times a year) since I have several friends there and it's just a 45 minute flight.

I could live there, it just wouldn't be my first choice. I'm too attached to living by the ocean.

Where do you live that's by the ocean?

 

[PinkShizzle]

Where do you live that's by the ocean?

Southern California.

 

[dpic73]

I would imagine living there would be like living in NYC w Times Square, or Orlando w Disney/Universal. You live there and maybe get it out of your system in the first couple of weeks, and then try to never ever go back to those areas except for a special occassion.

Living in LV would be living in the desert, and I don't want to do that. I imagine I'd actively avoid The Strip, except for when there may be a concert or show I'd want to go to, then I'd venture down there and get back out as soon as I'm done.

Get a mile away from the strip and it's probably the same as every other residential area/suburb in the country, with the same shops and restaurants in the same kind of strip malls, just with less grass.

I think NYC is less expensive but I see what you're saying - if your reason for moving there is the action on the strip, I wouldn't advise it though I have friends who live there and love it. The husband is a comedian and has a contract at the Cirque Mad Apple Show and his wife does some small PT stuff but like you suggested, they live a couple miles outside of it.

 

[JohnHughsPartner]

Go twice a year.
In March for March madness and late sep/early oct for football weekend.
That’s enough for me. Just don’t be poor like th phaggot that mentioned $33 jack n cokes(who drinks those in Vegas) and plan on making a lot of bad decisions

Oh yea… the golf courses are fan-fn-tastic

 

[JohnHughsPartner]

I think NYC is less expensive but I see what you're saying - if your reason for moving there is the action on the strip, I wouldn't advise it though I have friends who live there and love it. The husband is a comedian and has a contract at the Cirque Mad Apple Show and his wife does some small PT stuff but like you suggested, they live a couple miles outside of it.

“I have friends“