[lvkewlkid]

Palm Hills is about one of the nicest neighborhoods in Henderson. Good luck in living there, we wanted to move there because its so beautiful, but it was far at the time from shopping, and it is a little far from the Strip too.

[myssthyng]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Nonsense. Total Nonsense. Summerlin is patrolled by Metro...just like the Naked City. There are no gates or private police except in some small number of ritzy tracts.

Green Valley is patrolled by the Henderson Police Force just like Henderson. No private police. Again a few ritzy tracts may have securtiy patrols but that's it.

Spanish Trails is a gated community...but police service is still provided by Metro. They do have a security patrol.




Of course I would survive. Sold homes in bad neighborhoods. Have a listing at the moment in Sunrise Manor. I am big and capable of defending myself...but I don't need to very often. I would agree that the neighborhood are much more dangerous than Summerlin..but that deals with the obvious socio/economic factors and is the same as the bad neighborhoods in all big cities.



Gated communities are not particularly safer than non-gated ones...but the suburban neighborhoods are simply much safer than the inner city neighborhoods. And very small parts of GV or Summerlin are gated. Actually more common for condos or apartments in middling or bad neighborhoods than for moderate priced tracts in nice neighborhoods.

Where you gonna go...the last awful crime against children occured where? A rural amish settlement. Where you going safer than that? Florida? You are kidding.

You need to understant that you have some sort of a phobia against Las Vegas...not that something is wrong there.

no phobia about Vegas, just born and raised there, so I think that after 34 of my 40 years of living in my hometown I learned alot more than how to run my mouth, I learned that you don't know what you have not experienced. On the afore mentioned strees and neighborhoods, your size does not matter. We always grew up saying the bigger they are, the harder they fall. Thus far it has been true to fact, and I only stand 5'1". I was raised to know how to fight, and not to pick a fight with someone who is smaller, because dynamite comes in small packages and I had to actually learn that before I believed it. You sound like you hole and the words of wisdom that try to escape form it really do match up to that particular statement. One should not say I have been to those neighbor hoods unless you have truely experienced living among the common folks. Sounds like the only thing that you know is money. Do you know much else about my hometown? Only what you wnat to. Just like so many other implants. Would hate to see you survive, actually have to survuve without that padding for more than one month in the real Vegas, not the Glam's or the Jones' view, but the view of those who have had to scrounge to live day by day. Put you money to better use-give it the the women's shelter on W. Owens, or to the people lining the Main Street area north of Washington Blvd. You live there, and you will know why my family will not be brought up where we were born.
Again all I can tell you is to pull your head out, and open your eyes.

[lvkewlkid]

If you were really a native, you would know that it is Washington Ave., not Blvd., lol.

[RedWingsFan]

Originally Posted by EricCartmann

I should have been more clear in my post, I meant when working with an agent always research whatever they say.

Absolutely! That's what I have always said. They are overly optimistic, skew the truth and facts and just want to sell the city and homes. Be cautious, take their advice and opinions with a grain of salt and then double check them with real people that are not out to sell homes.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by RedWingsFan

Absolutely! That's what I have always said. They are overly optimistic, skew the truth and facts and just want to sell the city and homes. Be cautious, take their advice and opinions with a grain of salt and then double check them with real people that are not out to sell homes.

It is a two edged sword. At various times you run into people who believe, really deeply, that the only places that are safe to live and have reasonable schools in Las Vegas are GV and Summerlin. Get off into certain areas in GV and Summerlin and you find them by the hundreds. They really do seriously believe it...and they are wrong. There are dozens and dozens of places that may fit your need better than either...depending on what your needs actually are.

You also run into RE Agents who use to sell used cars, can't find their backsides with two hands and try to tell people the house they have for sale is the only one worth thinking about in the entire city. There are little different from the folks above in that they don't in the least believe what they are telling the client.

You can even run into the clever consumer who runs off on their own and buys a FSBO because there are no commissions involved. However these folk almost always pay vastly more than the property is worth. I got a young couple right now trying to sell their home via a private deal...and the problem they are having is the best appraisal they can get now on the home they bought FSBO is 25K less than they paid for it two years ago. Flipper they bought it from made a quick 150K. Now my client is about to pay $50 K for that clever deal. This is not the awful thing it might be by the way. These folks are very well off and are on their way to a much bigger and grander house. So the loss only smarts intellectually.

So talk to family and friends and find someone who did a good job and seemed knowledgable and interested and let them be your agent. Interview the person and maybe even look at a few houses. If it all adds up go with that agent. If it don't...throw the agent back and try another. I personally think between 25% and a third of the RE Agents are actually both competent and honest. So throwing a couple back is probably a good thing.

[lvkewlkid]

There are much better places than GV and Summerlin that give you better value for your money: Rhodes Ranch, Painted Desert, Los Prados, etc.

[VegasResident]

Okay, we moved here in 2004 from Idaho and we basically like it here. We live in the far northwest part of Las Vegas. We are not gated, we are not guarded, we are in a family neighborhood with basketball hoops and kids and ice cream trucks.

We don't see gangs, graffiti and maybe one or two homeless down by Farm, but they are the same guys and have lived there for a long time. We are not harassed by crime, out of control children and the new HS up here has a good reputation. We can see horses and are not choking on pollution.

Sure, you can go to the strip, see sex signs, gambling, alcohol. You can go to certain parts of the city and see gangs, gun, graffiti and risk your life.

But having lived in DC, Tampa, San Antonio, etc. you can find the same in them all.

Living anywhere is what you make of it. You can see the bad and call the whole city bad to you can see that every city is a mix and every city has crime and believe it or not gangs, including exclusive wealthy areas of the northeast.

So make of it what you will. Vegas has good as well as bad.

[dane71]

My husband and I are tried of the east coast hustle and bustle. Need some advice about moving to LV. We are childless, but still want a nice neighborhood. Thanks

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by dane71

My husband and I are tried of the east coast hustle and bustle. Need some advice about moving to LV. We are childless, but still want a nice neighborhood. Thanks

Las Vegas is ringed by a outer loop called the 215. Starts in Henderson and runs clockwise around Las Vegas to North Las Vegas. In general places along it are very nice places to live. The range is from small tract homes at around $250K to landed mansions in the millions.

The two master plans of some fame are Green Valley in Henderson and Summerlin in the west. Both are nice and relatively similar. There are many other smaller developments similar to these two though smaller in size.

There are also nice neighborhoods in the central city if you prefer being close to the action.

There are also the new high rise and mid rise condominiums for the more urban oriented. These are mostly visitor oriented but there are some pitching to locals.

You can likely find whatever it is that you like somewhere in Las Vegas

[ackackack]

dane71,

I'm not sure what you are looking to find in Las Vegas. I am a native of Las Vegas who has lived in nearly every part of the valley except for Henderson, but my job takes me to all parts, including the surrounding areas as well. Like most larger cities, a nice neighborhood will cost you money. Las Vegas is a strange place because most of the valley is filled with newer looking stucco houses that all look the same, so driving through a neighborhood and thinking it's nice because the homes are newer or look nice can be decieving. The best advice I can give you is to look up the school district, and look for an area that is zoned for the better schools in the valley. I have found that the schools are a good snapshot of what is going on in those neighborhoods. I, like you, don't have any kids either, but we live in a rural area in the northwest part of the valley, zoned for Cenntenial High School, and I haven't been happier. As far as the hustle and bustle goes, Las Vegas certainly has it's share. There is still construction going on everywhere, the roads are a mess, the freeway system is extremely outdated and always under construction, and everyone is in a hurry to get to the next red light. My biggest complaint about this town is that it seems that everyone comes here to make a buck, without caring for the town, adding something to the community, or trying to make it a better place to live. Enough of that though. Like you, my wife and I are looking to relocate out of town. What I have been doing is researching the schools in the areas we are interested in, finding the better ones, then looking at properties online in those zip codes. We then fly there and spend time during the week in those areas we researched online. For the most part this has been working very well for us, and hopefully it will work for you as well.

For Clark County, Nevada: http://ccsd.net/schools/

Then check out the school accountability reports. One thing I look at is the percentage of students receiving the Free/Reduced Lunch program. This will give you a good snapshot of how affluent the neighborhoods around that particular school is.

Hope this helps, and reply if there is more about Las Vegas you are curious about.