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Old 04-10-2013, 02:27 AM
 
Location: Ponderay, Idaho
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I left Las Vegas 9 years ago after living there for 30 years. I moved (basically on a whim) to Sandpoint, Idaho, a town I had visited a few times and grew to love

In the mid-70's, the Las Vegas valley had a population of less than 150,000. Traffic lights were set to speed limits, so travel from one end of the valley to the other was a 10 minute drive. Traffic was minimal and most drivers were sane and courteous. Ralph Lamb was the Clark County sheriff and that was a good thing.

Nearly everyone worked in the hotels/casinos. Shift pay was a joke, but, if you were a dealer, cocktail waitress, bartender or similar tip earner you did really well (until the IRS realiized what they were missing). Jobs were always available as long as you could obtain a sheriff's card and/or health card. The hiring process was primitive (unlike today) and there was no aggravation when looking for work. Fill out a basic application, get your work card(s) and go to work.

I would frequently eat breakfast at the "Bingo Palace" (now "Palace Station"). Eggs, bacon or sausage, toast and hash browns was 49 cents. I worked alternating shifts for many years. Swing shift was 8pm to 4am and at the end of that shift you could often find me at the "Horseshoe" enjoying the $1.99 tossed green salad, 8-ounce New York steak, huge baked potato and dinner rolls, served from midnight to 6am, seven days a week.

My favorite bar (I drank in all of them!) was "The Elbow Room", near Maryland Parkway on Flamingo. They had the best chicken wings in Las Vegas at 10 cents each. In fact, I've eaten chicken wings in several places in the country....none better than those at "The Elbow Room".

"The Flame", a bar and restaurant on Desert Inn just off the Strip was a popular hangout for the after-work casino employees, as was "Chateau Vegas" on Desert Inn adjacent to the Convention Center. The "Meat Market" was "The Brewery" on Paradise Road. If you couldn't score there you were dumb and ugly!

Those early years in Las Vegas were good, but things changed over the years. Some for the good, some bad, as you know. I now live in a small town (actually in a rural area 10 miles from the small town of Sandpoint). The people here are friendly and neighborly, everyone helping each other with whatever project is at hand. But, like many good places to live, Sandpoint and the rest of the North Idaho Panhandle have been "discovered". People are starting to move in. Many don't have the same values that have made the area such a great place to live.

Sometimes I yearn to be back in Las Vegas. Things are changing here, so that may happen....


pimit2 (Bob)
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Old 04-10-2013, 02:36 AM
 
Location: Sunrise
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I will be moving to somewhere between Monterrey, CA and Newport, OR. Haven't really decided where yet.
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Old 04-10-2013, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Studio City, CA 91604
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I left Las Vegas 9 years ago after living there for 30 years. I moved (basically on a whim) to Sandpoint, Idaho, a town I had visited a few times and grew to love

In the mid-70's, the Las Vegas valley had a population of less than 150,000. Traffic lights were set to speed limits, so travel from one end of the valley to the other was a 10 minute drive. Traffic was minimal and most drivers were sane and courteous. Ralph Lamb was the Clark County sheriff and that was a good thing.

Nearly everyone worked in the hotels/casinos. Shift pay was a joke, but, if you were a dealer, cocktail waitress, bartender or similar tip earner you did really well (until the IRS realiized what they were missing). Jobs were always available as long as you could obtain a sheriff's card and/or health card. The hiring process was primitive (unlike today) and there was no aggravation when looking for work. Fill out a basic application, get your work card(s) and go to work.

I would frequently eat breakfast at the "Bingo Palace" (now "Palace Station"). Eggs, bacon or sausage, toast and hash browns was 49 cents. I worked alternating shifts for many years. Swing shift was 8pm to 4am and at the end of that shift you could often find me at the "Horseshoe" enjoying the $1.99 tossed green salad, 8-ounce New York steak, huge baked potato and dinner rolls, served from midnight to 6am, seven days a week.

My favorite bar (I drank in all of them!) was "The Elbow Room", near Maryland Parkway on Flamingo. They had the best chicken wings in Las Vegas at 10 cents each. In fact, I've eaten chicken wings in several places in the country....none better than those at "The Elbow Room".

"The Flame", a bar and restaurant on Desert Inn just off the Strip was a popular hangout for the after-work casino employees, as was "Chateau Vegas" on Desert Inn adjacent to the Convention Center. The "Meat Market" was "The Brewery" on Paradise Road. If you couldn't score there you were dumb and ugly!

Those early years in Las Vegas were good, but things changed over the years. Some for the good, some bad, as you know. I now live in a small town (actually in a rural area 10 miles from the small town of Sandpoint). The people here are friendly and neighborly, everyone helping each other with whatever project is at hand. But, like many good places to live, Sandpoint and the rest of the North Idaho Panhandle have been "discovered". People are starting to move in. Many don't have the same values that have made the area such a great place to live.

Sometimes I yearn to be back in Las Vegas. Things are changing here, so that may happen....


pimit2 (Bob)
The Idaho Panhandle is a real b*tch to live in if you've got Seasonal Affective Disorder or you're older and the freezing weather has a way of gnawing on your bones.

People move up there because they think it's White Conservative Utopia, but -- like every place else -- it definitely has its "minuses" too!
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Old 04-10-2013, 05:32 PM
 
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I thought you were buying a house in Carmel?

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I will be moving to somewhere between Monterrey, CA and Newport, OR. Haven't really decided where yet.
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Old 04-11-2013, 02:39 AM
 
Location: Sunrise
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Haven't really decided yet. I'm going to spend some time in Oregon and see if that stretch of coast does anything for me. Oregon has some major advantages for me that California does not. But I've never stepped foot in that state.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:13 AM
 
Location: Portland, OR / Las Vegas, NV
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Haven't really decided yet. I'm going to spend some time in Oregon and see if that stretch of coast does anything for me. Oregon has some major advantages for me that California does not. But I've never stepped foot in that state.
Come on up Scoop. I wonder if you will be able to tolerate the weather considering where you have lived in the past.
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Old 04-11-2013, 09:25 AM
 
Location: Giethoorn, Netherlands
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I just found out I'm legally allowed to work and live in New Zealand, so that'll probably be my next stop, but ultimately I'd like to end up in the English countryside
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Old 04-11-2013, 11:25 AM
 
Location: North Las Vegas NV
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I will be moving to somewhere between Monterrey, CA and Newport, OR. Haven't really decided where yet.
I drive to Coos Bay Oregon every summer with my boy and go fishing and crabbing. You would like it in that area with wonderful scenery and outdoor activities year round. It is a location I would move to if I was to
leave Las Vegas.
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Old 06-05-2013, 06:40 PM
 
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I noticed a lot of people complaining of the heat in another post. Today was a beautiful 73°F with low humidity in Boston, yesterday and tomorrow are to be similar.
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Old 06-05-2013, 07:23 PM
 
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I noticed a lot of people complaining of the heat in another post. Today was a beautiful 73°F with low humidity in Boston, yesterday and tomorrow are to be similar.
Actually the weather this week is virtually ideal. This is the pleasant 100 with 5% RH. There may actually be a hot day over the weekend...but only one from the looks of things.

Are you suggesting that the normal weather in Boston is 73 and low humidity? No hurricanes? Never snows? Never see 90 and 90 in the summer?

One lives in Boston in spite of the weather not because of it.
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