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View Poll Results: Most hedonistic?
Miami 21 22.83%
Las Vegas 47 51.09%
NYC 1 1.09%
San Francisco 13 14.13%
LA 4 4.35%
Other 6 6.52%
Voters: 92. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-10-2013, 10:52 AM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Austin, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Detroit, Tampa and Reno?
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Old 08-10-2013, 01:16 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Have to think we give Vegas a run for its money... I know of only one other city (Ormond Beach, FL) that's not based on casinos that allows 24-hour alcohol service, 24/7/365. I can walk to the other end of my block and be in a 24-hour bar, and I live 3 miles or so from Bourbon-in other words, off the beaten path by quite a bit.
I don't think so. Vegas is in a league of its own.

The flashy lights, the strip clubs, the women, the drugs, the booze, the casino's...all exclusive to Vegas.

Bangkok is the only other city I know than is on Vegas' level for hedonism.
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Old 08-10-2013, 01:25 PM
 
Location: New Orleans
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I don't think so. Vegas is in a league of its own.

The flashy lights, the strip clubs, the women, the drugs, the booze, the casino's...all exclusive to Vegas.

Bangkok is the only other city I know than is on Vegas' level for hedonism.
If you're talking about Vegas as a hedonistic destination, then yes, it definitely wins that category. But other cities like San Francisco and New Orleans are much more hedonistic for locals.

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Old 08-10-2013, 01:51 PM
 
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That's an interesting point. Like you said, Las Vegas (well, mainly just one long street) is a place that outsiders flock to in order to get that experience. But on a day to day basis, the actual locals of the kinds of places you mentioned are living their lives surrounded by this experience.
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Old 08-10-2013, 02:11 PM
 
Location: The big blue yonder...
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Vegas IS in a league of its own.

If you ask me, New Orleans IS missing from this list and would be #2.
But unlike anywhere else, Vegas' BUSINESS is sin & vice.

Any other city on the list is still a city aside from it's lure for vices.

Vegas is nothing without its business of vices... Otherwise, it would be just a desert still.
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Old 08-10-2013, 08:42 PM
 
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New Orleans and Vegas are the only two hedonistic cities in America.
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Old 08-11-2013, 02:37 PM
 
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I live in Oakland. SF is hedonicstic for homosexuals, not really anyone else.
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Old 08-11-2013, 07:13 PM
 
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What about New Orleans?
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