[moneymind999]

i have recently moved from California (6mo) and i am settling in to las Vegas well...the job market here is strong in comparison to California and the casino presence i would agree is monumental to the survivability of las Vegas and the advantages they offer to the residents hear are good too...the casinos to me are like what i had in California in a magic mountain or Disneyland...an attraction and you are not required to gamble in Vegas....they offer entertainment and fine....fine dining that you cant get just anywhere!.....now i do have children and for that reason i probably wont stay longer than a couple of years, my experience with the schools and the school districts have been less than stellar - i don't want there to be a need for armed police officers to roam the campus, and i don't want my children to have to wear only 4 colors of clothing. i also would like my child to have a name and not a number...my opinion is the schools are prison prep schools instead of college prep schools as they claim...but these are just one persons opinion. all in all i like it here and it is much cheaper to live than Cali...still love Cali but Vegas is cool

[AA702]

Originally Posted by moneymind999

i have recently moved from California (6mo) and i am settling in to las Vegas well...the job market here is strong in comparison to California and the casino presence i would agree is monumental to the survivability of las Vegas and the advantages they offer to the residents hear are good too...the casinos to me are like what i had in California in a magic mountain or Disneyland...an attraction and you are not required to gamble in Vegas....they offer entertainment and fine....fine dining that you cant get just anywhere!.....now i do have children and for that reason i probably wont stay longer than a couple of years, my experience with the schools and the school districts have been less than stellar - i don't want there to be a need for armed police officers to roam the campus, and i don't want my children to have to wear only 4 colors of clothing. i also would like my child to have a name and not a number...my opinion is the schools are prison prep schools instead of college prep schools as they claim...but these are just one persons opinion. all in all i like it here and it is much cheaper to live than Cali...still love Cali but Vegas is cool

When you say Cali, you mean good parts of Cali. Remember there are plenty of bad school in Cali also. I can name a few school districts that have police, metal detectors and a random search before you can enter. Same goes here in Las Vegas... there are bad and good schools. Comparing Cali to Las Vegas isn't a fair comparison. You might try to compare a similar size Cali city vs. Las Vegas. Like Sacramento schools Vs. Las Vegas schools.

[NSEW]

Id say it is fair to compaire the schools here to those in other major cities. Clark County is the 5th largest district in the country. Trails only Miami, Chicago, LA, and New York. When you have districts that large you will have schools that are very good and ones that are quite bad. I dont understand why a city as small as Las Vegas has a district so large.

[AA702]

Originally Posted by NSEW

Id say it is fair to compaire the schools here to those in other major cities. Clark County is the 5th largest district in the country. Trails only Miami, Chicago, LA, and New York. When you have districts that large you will have schools that are very good and ones that are quite bad. I dont understand why a city as small as Las Vegas has a district so large.

Your right! It would make sense to divide them up into smaller districts, but it seems to be the whole county is one school district.

[thelazylizard]

I'm Canadian and I just bought two condos there in January because it's such a sleazy horribly overtaxed ****hole. I don't go to the casinos here and I don't go to the casinos anywhere but Vegas and only go there because of the terrible shows and the terrible EXTREMELY inexpensive meals, not to mention all of the terrible free things to do that all the really good places to live don't have. Don't get me started on the terrible weather. You don't even have the three feet of snow or thirty five below zero weather that all the really good places to live have. Lastly I hate the price of booze there. I mean come on, 19.99/66oz Sailor Jerrys rum? I'd much rather be in one of the really good places to live paying 30.00/26oz. I'm with you my pal, P.S. you left your aluminum foil hat at the last meeting so be careful. They can hear you again.

[airics]

Originally Posted by thelazylizard

I'm Canadian and I just bought two condos there in January because it's such a sleazy horribly overtaxed ****hole. I don't go to the casinos here and I don't go to the casinos anywhere but Vegas and only go there because of the terrible shows and the terrible EXTREMELY inexpensive meals, not to mention all of the terrible free things to do that all the really good places to live don't have. Don't get me started on the terrible weather. You don't even have the three feet of snow or thirty five below zero weather that all the really good places to live have. Lastly I hate the price of booze there. I mean come on, 19.99/66oz Sailor Jerrys rum? I'd much rather be in one of the really good places to live paying 30.00/26oz. I'm with you my pal, P.S. you left your aluminum foil hat at the last meeting so be careful. They can hear you again.

good post, love the sarcasm

[Barbwire]

Originally Posted by southwest1230

I think my point is that to succeed in Vegas, even just for employment's sake, you have to adapt to the situation that exists, and that is that the gaming industry RUNS the city, and that locals have as much power and say as the extent they go along with that power structure. Anyone who might have an interest in expanding that focus in a gov't or organizational way would have a great time combating that situation. Even courting tech jobs is a threat to the industry. The intention is to keep the economy hospitality and gaming focused. To the extent that improves the job scene and situation for locals, it's a plus. However, anyone inclined to broaden the focus towards other industries or current powers that be will have an almost impossible time on their hands. To make matters worse, there are now two gaming corporations that control over 80% of jobs on the strip, and, by implication, peripheral jobs as well indirectly related. If one is on the outs with one, he/she may find themselves barred from viable employment with the same, and with no viable alternatives with the narrow gaming skill base thus aquired. In simple english, they may have trouble finding another job if they lose theirs, whether their fault or not, in the gaming industry. The question is, in a nutshell, should two gaming industry corporations have such a stranglehold on a cities' economy and governmental decisions that bebefit the same? Can it get worse? Will locals become COMPLETELY disenfranchised as a result? Or is there still a possibility than the city and its economy can develop some semblance of autonomy from the situation, determining for themselves what is best for Vegas and future growth?

You are a typical communist far left liberal plant. I say this because you cannot stand one city to be better than any other city, so you sit here and try to destroy it. My DH and I lived in Vegas, and it was a great place to live. We prospered just fine because it was recession proof, and you all cannot stand to have anyone enjoying the American dream. We were forced out because of the economy and we dream of coming back. How about them apples?

So what do you want for the city? You want it gone? Why? Because you do not like corporations. Give me a break! What do you think the government is? It is one giant corporation. Maybe you should do more research on that subject. Hey, I have an idea, move to Cuba, and see how well you are treated there.

I just don't get why people are now hell bent on trying bring down this city. I don't like it here in Charlotte, but I don't want to see it turn into Detroit. I want to see it succeed again, just like Vegas.

[MadManofBethesda]

Originally Posted by Barbwire

I just don't get why people are now hell bent on trying bring down this city. I don't like it here in Charlotte, but I don't want to see it turn into Detroit. I want to see it succeed again, just like Vegas.

Not quite "now."

You're getting all worked up into a rabid rage over a comment made in October 2007. In fact, that poster was apparently banned a short time later and has not posted anywhere on C-D since the end of 2007.

So you don't have to worry about "far left liberal communist plants" trying to destroy Vegas.

[geos]

Originally Posted by MadManofBethesda

Not quite "now."

You're getting all worked up into a rabid rage over a comment made in October 2007. In fact, that poster was apparently banned a short time later and has not posted anywhere on C-D since the end of 2007.

So you don't have to worry about "far left liberal communist plants" trying to destroy Vegas.

True. Paranoid, right wing Limbaugh Loonies are a far greater threat.

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by southwest1230

I think you can attribute the problems unique to Vegas that indeed DO make it worse than most big cities(forget the cesspools like Detroit and Cleveland, we're talking typical cities)

2.) The revolving door of transiency...so many people coming and going, and not just tourists. They don't tell you that while 5,000 a month come, just about the same amount leave. If they all stayed, the metro area would be more on the cusp of 3 million now. Over the last 30 years, a good million folks bailed back to whence they came, and never looked back. Revolving door cities have no continuity on any level, breed crime, and keep the main godfather in the area, casinos, running the show. They want transiency, which stifles debate, and eliminates the possibility of any grass-roots bubbling up of tax referenda that would make Las Vegas a more livable city.

I lived in Denver in the early 70's during the boom times there and just about every other car had an outstate license plate, it was extremely transient, and what has become of Denver today? A highly mature city.

Any young, growing city goes through this maturation process. What was Los Angeles like 50-100 years ago? Very transient.

For those with patience, the rewards will eventually come, like the upcoming Smith Performing Arts Center in Union Park.

And please! No city is a cesspool. Every city has something to offer and every city has highly livable areas, even Detroit, Cleveland, Akron, Toledo.

Even Tijuana Mexico. Drive up those vertical hills from the exclusive Chapaltepec Golf Course off Agua Caliente Blvd, sometime, to La Presa, with those outstanding views of San Diego from those areas, and you'll find yourself wanting to buy one of those houses! Or two!