[olecapt]

Originally Posted by smaz04

Hi, my husband and I are 32 years old with two boys (19 months & 2 months). We vacationed on the strip twice. Although we did not get to see anything other than the strip and old vegas there was just this feeling of not wanting to leave. We came home and decided that whatever that feeling was made us want to move there. We live in NJ and it is very very expensive here. The average houses in my county go for 400k. Rent for a 2 bedroom is like 1600.00 with nothing but 900sq ft. Cigarettes are 6.00 a pack. gas is 3.00 a gallon. We are looking to get out there within 2 years and i am just doing my research. I prefer to live at the least a half hour away from the strip. We are not the party type, we just want somewhere safe to raise out kids. Any info is appreciated. But i do have one question.. In the las vegas forum a lot people are saying the there is a serious roach problem out there. I have to be completely honest that is one thing interfering with the 100% desire to move there.

Take the roaches with a grain of salt. They survive and multiply anywhere it is warm. Roaches live indoors in the east...outdoors they die off in the winter cold. In warmer climates they survive the winter outdoors.

So where ever you go there is the roach.

They are not a problem in Las Vegas unless you have a problem with keeping house. Outside you spray and that maintains good control.

Very little in Las Vegas approaches the level in an east coast tenement.

[PinkString]

smaz, the people talking about the roach problems are talking about the crappy older area's that have roaches. Then there are the idiots that live in a roach infested apt, move to a better area and take roaches with them to the new place.

Plus there are the summer roaches, which are like giant water bugs that only come out from underground in the summer. That is just a fact of life if you live in the desert. They want to cool off in your nice air conditioned home and drink your beer.
Call The Bug Bully, and she and her husband will take care of that problem.

[smaz04]

Hi, my husband and I are 32 years old with two boys (19 months & 2 months). We vacationed on the strip twice. Although we did not get to see anything other than the strip and old vegas there was just this feeling of not wanting to leave. We came home and decided that whatever that feeling was made us want to move there. We live in NJ and it is very very expensive here. The average houses in my county go for 400k. Rent for a 2 bedroom is like 1600.00 with nothing but 900sq ft. Cigarettes are 6.00 a pack. gas is 3.00 a gallon. We are looking to get out there within 2 years and i am just doing my research. I prefer to live at the least a half hour away from the strip. We are not the party type, we just want somewhere safe to raise out kids. Any info is appreciated. But i do have one question.. In the las vegas forum a lot people are saying the there is a serious roach problem out there. I have to be completely honest that is one thing interfering with the 100% desire to move there. Quite honestly i have been looking for someone who is going to be honest to talk to about this, since this will be a major step in ours lives..

[scirocco22]

Thanks, totoise.

smaz04, let's keep all your inquiries in one thread so all the responses can be in one place.

I've tried to move all the responses from those crosspostings to this thread but since they are chronologically out of order, the order here in this thread will be "out of whack."

The first two posts above yours in this thread have been moved from other threads where you posted the same inquiry.



To all: continue to answer smaz04's inquiries in this thread. Thanks. Carry on.

[Minnesota is cold]

Originally Posted by smaz04

Hi, my husband and I are 32 years old with two boys (19 months & 2 months). We vacationed on the strip twice. Although we did not get to see anything other than the strip and old vegas there was just this feeling of not wanting to leave. We came home and decided that whatever that feeling was made us want to move there. We live in NJ and it is very very expensive here. The average houses in my county go for 400k. Rent for a 2 bedroom is like 1600.00 with nothing but 900sq ft. Cigarettes are 6.00 a pack. gas is 3.00 a gallon. We are looking to get out there within 2 years and i am just doing my research. I prefer to live at the least a half hour away from the strip. We are not the party type, we just want somewhere safe to raise out kids. Any info is appreciated. But i do have one question.. In the las vegas forum a lot people are saying the there is a serious roach problem out there. I have to be completely honest that is one thing interfering with the 100% desire to move there. Quite honestly i have been looking for someone who is going to be honest to talk to about this, since this will be a major step in ours lives..

I would suggest another visit, this time rent a car and venture off the strip. Go to the stores, compare the prices. Look around at different areas, talk to ppl you see out and about. I don't think I would consider moving off a feeling, having only been on the strip.

[MomMom]

Quite good advice by Minnesota above here...

I've never had a problem with any type of bugs, roaches included, and I've been here a long time. I get pest control every 3 months, and I just never had a problem with insects in or outside my house.

There are many other nice places in the State of Nevada that might suit your needs as well, considering you mentioned you are not party people. Las Vegas schools are not rated good at all, and we have our fair share of big city crime. Your kids are going to get an OK, standard education and get their high school diploma if they earned it, but that's about it. So I don't know if sending your kids to the "best" schools is an issue to you or not.

I don't know what you are exposed to in NJ, but I've always found folks who move here from smaller towns/villages are in culture shock. It's big city living, no matter how you look at it. Can you raise a family here in Sin City and get good kids? Absolutely! That depends on you, no matter where you choose to live. Living in LV can be wonderful or the worst choice you could make.

Do what Minnesota said above, make a couple more trips here...and not as a tourist either. Wanting to move to a city, and a drastic life changing move at that, to a place you visited as a tourist (and having only been in the small tourist corridor) is something that needs research and knowledge and should not be based on the happy feeling you got as a tourist on vacation.

Go on the city-data forum for Las Vegas and research all the pages of threads...lots of good positive/negative posts there about what it's like to live in Las Vegas.

Or come back here and ask locals of our smaller, non-Las Vegas towns about what it's like living there.

Do your homework, plan well and much good luck to you and your family.

[BUGBULLY]

Originally Posted by smaz04

Hi, my husband and I are 32 years old with two boys (19 months & 2 months). We vacationed on the strip twice. Although we did not get to see anything other than the strip and old vegas there was just this feeling of not wanting to leave. We came home and decided that whatever that feeling was made us want to move there. We live in NJ and it is very very expensive here. The average houses in my county go for 400k. Rent for a 2 bedroom is like 1600.00 with nothing but 900sq ft. Cigarettes are 6.00 a pack. gas is 3.00 a gallon. We are looking to get out there within 2 years and i am just doing my research. I prefer to live at the least a half hour away from the strip. We are not the party type, we just want somewhere safe to raise out kids. Any info is appreciated. But i do have one question.. In the las vegas forum a lot people are saying the there is a serious roach problem out there. I have to be completely honest that is one thing interfering with the 100% desire to move there. Quite honestly i have been looking for someone who is going to be honest to talk to about this, since this will be a major step in ours lives..

Like Olecapt said, roaches are not a big problem. I have more ant problems then anything! If you maintain a well kept house. Stay away from renting an apartment. You are basically sharing a house with about 8 to 15 other families/people. So their problem can become your problem. I always suggest Monthly service for the summer months, and bi-monthly or quarterly service for the winter. As long as you maintain some kind of control, you really won't see too much activity.

[Minnesota is cold]

My husband and I are considering moving to Henderson and that's what we did, we rented a car and spent most of the time in Henderson. Met a nice realtor who drove us around and told us what she knew about different areas after that we were able to drive our rent a car around ourselves. We looked at an apartment, roaches or not we think it's best to start out in one for a month or two then buy a house. We looked at the Summit at Sundridge. Seemed pretty nice. We have searched all the threads on here and looked at other sites about demographics, crime area. My husband even found a site to get an estimate of car registration fees (only about 40 more per car then MN and we HAVE state taxes!) We have talked to someone we know there from MN, asked how the heat compared to cold was etc. That's the kind of things you should do before you think of moving. My husband likes casinos, I do not really care-but I HATE cold weather and want a pool in my yard. So... living in Henderson gives us both something. If you both don't like that scene, I would think seriously on why you would want to move to a city that thrives on it.
BY THE WAY...April 11th and it's snowing outside-- 4 inches of slush in my driveway..

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by Minnesota is cold

BY THE WAY...April 11th and it's snowing outside-- 4 inches of slush in my driveway..

By The Way......sometime in the next couple of days we'll have our first 90 degree day he he he

[Piyi]

Originally Posted by Minnesota is cold

BY THE WAY...April 11th and it's snowing outside-- 4 inches of slush in my driveway..

I'm so sorry for you!! I have the windows open and it's beautiful! I just got more hummingbird feeders to hang in the yard too (I just love hummingbirds and the ones here are so pretty!) I used to live in Chicago so I know kind of how it is (although I've heard Minnesota's worse...uugh). Back on April 30th '05, the spring right before me and my fiancee moved out here, the nice weather spell we were having took a turn for the worse and it was snowing and everything. I was sooo depressed that day--talk about not being able to wait until we left!

We live in Henderson too---I hope you and your husband will like it out here! We have our share of issues with it, but the weather is one thing I really can't complain about (of course, there's about 3-4 months when it's incredibly hot--and then the windows will not be open!--but I can stand the heat much better than the cold!).

Good luck with your move by the way!