[KittyWithAnAttitude]

Originally Posted by desertowl

I live 14 miles from the strip in my opinion one of the best areas of Las Vegas. It's called Summerlin and the area I live in is near the Red Rock Casino and the Red Rock Nat'l Park. If you Google either one you'll get an idea of those two main attractions to the area.
This is a website to check out specially if you are not a nightclub type person and enjoy a relaxed or you feel adventurous then this place is worth looking into.
Las Vegas Master Planned Community - Summerlin
Summerlin is one of the nations top neighborhoods to live in and apartements that are good sized are under $1000/mo.

My drive to work wich is on the strip is 40 minutes tops and often 25 minutes without traffic. Warning a drive fast. *side note, I have only seen about 6 traffic stops in two years going to and from work combined*

I thought Summerlin was the high rent district ? Upper middle class ? Am I wrong?

Can you recommend the next best area for those of us with no car that are looking to relocate soon ? I am not opposed to riding the CAT to get to work.
Is the strip area really that bad ? I thought that North Las Vegas was the area to avoid. I'm looking for middle class apartment living.

Thanks
KWAA ~

[airics]

kitty - due to much confusion, it is not north las vegas that is bad.. what is bad is known as north town... the decent areas in the north are west of 15, north of craig. avoid the letter streets D Street etc. but these are closer to downtown

[movingon2vegas]

Join meetup.com and find groups that interest you. You will stay busy!!! I joined a few groups and I'm busy almost every weekend! I LOVE it!!

[amerideaf]

What's about traffic on Summerlin Parkway & US 95? (I will have an interview on December 22nd)

[lumac2]

Hi.
I think I can answer your question.
I moved to Las Vegas in 2006 from Montreal Canada.
I work in LV but live in Henderson.
Henderson is more safe than LV but living in Henderson is a little bit more expensive than LV zipcodes.
I am 7 min away from work, 5 min from the gynm and pretty much 15 min driving distance from everything I need and like. From the LV Strip I am +/- 20 min away. The highway (215) is just around the corner.
Traffic can be bad at the highways, downtow and Strip.
You really need a car here. Bus is NO good, no metro and bike to work is hard because you have to share the road with cars (and summer time makes impossible to ride). You would spend 40 min in traffic I believe only if you work in downtown and live in Summerlin or the montains area. I have some friends spending 40 min in traffic but they live between 15 and 25 miles away from work.

I spend 1000 in rent (+ utilities and bills). I live in a gated communit, with pool, garage attached, garage for visitors, small gym, all landscaping and repairs included (and you pay extra for it). I have 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, living room, dining room, balconi, kitchen and laundry area with laundry + dryer. I can give you the website for this gated communit complex if you want. Like you, I am single and have lots of friends visiting all the time.

Outdoors...you have thons of things to do. I can also send you the links for the hiking groups I am part of. You can hike, bike, run, camp, go to the lake and even snowboard here.
Make friends I am not going to lie....it is very hard. People here are a little different from the other places I lived before, but the hiking group has lots of peole looking for making friends.

LV offers you outdoor activities and lots of indoors like nice restaurants, shows and concerts. As a local (with a local ID) you will get sometimes 50%off the shows (or 2 tkts pay 1) and also you will not pay for some dance clubs fees. But most of the restaurants over the strip are expensive. At least once a month you can go to a show and pay only 50% of the price and thats great.

Good luck!
Let me know if you want those links and websites I mencioned.

Luci
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Originally Posted by iheartme

Hi Everyone,

I've done a bit of research and used some contacts in Vegas to find a good spot to land in January, but am not sold so far on any one place.

I'm moving from Seattle where I've spent the last 8 years living within a four mile radius of the downtown area. I like living close to work because I can take the bus in. I've been reading that this isn't necessarily the same in Vegas, and that you need a car in order to get to/from work and elsewhere. I do have a car - which leads me to this: is traffic REALLY that bad? Everyone says traffic is bad, but here it can take about 40 minutes to go 4 miles, and that's in city - don't even get me started on the freeway.

I do already have a job, which pays me enough so that I can afford $1000 or less for an apt. Ideally I'd also like a garage and a pool to come with that. If I'm working in 89102, what is a realistic area for me to live in?

If it helps - I'm single, have a lot of friends and family who will most likely be coming to visit (so maybe a 2 bdrm?), I love the outdoors and am very social.

Is it going to be hard to meet people in Vegas? I'm not really a partier or clubber, more of a dinner and drinks girl - but I'm sure the strip will be good inexpensive entertainment.

Thanks all!

[lumac2]

I also joined meetup and love it!