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Unread 10-05-2011, 12:37 PM
 
Location: Home!
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IMO, there are people who want to live with "like" people and those who want to live as far as possible from their "type". For a whole host of reasons. Personally, I don't mind living in a diverse neighborhood as long as their are some neighbors that speak English and as long as everyone plays nice.
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Unread 10-05-2011, 02:39 PM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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IMO, there are people who want to live with "like" people and those who want to live as far as possible from their "type". For a whole host of reasons. Personally, I don't mind living in a diverse neighborhood as long as their are some neighbors that speak English and as long as everyone plays nice.
The neighborhoods you described are similar to my old neighborhood in Orlando It was about 70% hispanic, my family knows all their neighbors and are good friends with them. Maybe because it is upper middle class?

IMO a bad area is a bad area regardless of what the majority ethnic group is lving there

I lived in Naugatuck, Connecticut for two years from 2004-2006, a small town of about 30,000 people, 89% non hispanic white. Ghetto, run down, poor, lots of crime, to top it all off with harsh winters

I think I would rather live off Charleston and Nellis than live in Naugatuck again, or anywhere in Connecticut for that matter

And unforgiven, I do agree that racism really just went underground. It even exists in my own family sadly. My 19 year old sister has said nothing but nasty racial slurs about pretty much every girl I dated who wasn't white (which was all of them) and how she hopes my "kids turn out just as stupid and ugly as you and your girl"

I often do notice that a lot of white people feel uncomfortable if their are a lot of different people in the room. I remember working at Vons in Summerlin, and whenver an African American customer came to the store wearing baggy saggy pants, saying phrases like "what it do bruh bruh" they would get a LOT of nasty looks from the mostly white customers

I see it at the Smith's on Durango and Elkhorn as well where I do all my grocery shopping. The non-white customers get dirty or negative looks from the white customers

Then there is reverse racism as well. Which I have witnessed first hand. Whenver me and my girl go out, I get a lot of dirty ugly nasty looks from hispanic men

People need to grow up and just accept that there are all kinds of different people (especially in Las Vegas) and just try their best to get along. No reason to judge anyone by skin color, judge by character
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Unread 10-05-2011, 08:17 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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...saying phrases like "what it do bruh bruh" they would get a LOT of nasty looks from the mostly white customers
Just curious...what's the translation of that phrase?
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Unread 10-05-2011, 08:54 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Just curious...what's the translation of that phrase?
"How are you doing today".
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Unread 10-06-2011, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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LVD you will be interested in reading this
Bill O'Reilly: Bill's Daily Briefing - October 6, 2011 - Bill's Daily Briefing
I am a big fan of bill o'reilly and his tv show the o'reilly factor
read the article about how americans can be put on a 'kill list' by the government
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Unread 10-06-2011, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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LVD you will be interested in reading this
Bill O'Reilly: Bill's Daily Briefing - October 6, 2011 - Bill's Daily Briefing
I am a big fan of bill o'reilly and his tv show the o'reilly factor
read the article about how americans can be put on a 'kill list' by the government
As I think you know, I cannot stand Republicans or Democrats, so you will never see me have any trust on any main stream media people like Bill O'reilly. That said, it makes me an immediate target of the corrupt government we have. There was a great thread started yesterday that I participated in where a Democrat got totally pawned on. This was great. Here is the thread and the video. It is WORTH watching, trust me....


George Carlin ~ The American Dream - YouTube

The great George Carlin predicted the future...
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Unread 10-06-2011, 10:37 AM
 
Location: Orlando, Florida
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I've seen that video as I am a huge George Carlin fan, RIP

As much as I hate to admit it, he was right on that one
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Unread 10-06-2011, 10:54 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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I've seen that video as I am a huge George Carlin fan, RIP

As much as I hate to admit it, he was right on that one
He was EXACTLY right. What is crazy is this video came out in 2005 when the economy was actually doing great. If I had seen the video then I would have thought he was crazy. I think he had a little bit of Nostradamus in him as the speech pertains to today more than ever.
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Unread 10-06-2011, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas, NV
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The Wheel of Fortune jackpot has already hit 3 times so far this week across the city. Considering the odds are in the millions that is incredible.
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Unread 10-06-2011, 11:39 AM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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An intersting piece I ran across. The Perfect Storm...

Las Vegas is to the real estate bubble what Detroit was to the US automobile industry

What really brings it home on a personal level were the comments at the end by Belindabg...

As a victim of the demise of Las Vegas, I can only say that the worst part of all of this is the complete disregard for all those people who bought homes, thinking we were doing the ‘right’ thing. I bought a total of three homes in Las Vegas; one in 1994 which is worth a lot less than the 175K I paid for it new; a condo in Henderson purchased in 2004 which has since been foreclosed by Chase Bank in the MIDDLE of their negotiation process for a Loan Modification that they never gave me; and one of the beautiful high-rise security condos on the south end of the Strip, bought in 2004 for 380K and now on the market for an abysmal 85K with NO TAKERS.
In the economic collapse, I lost my 250K per year career, my marriage, all three of my homes, my health, and my life savings. I NEVER DID ANYTHING WRONG. I didn’t buy at the peak of the market, I had great cash reserves in excess of 150K, and my credit was stellar – no funky loans. But when I lost my job, I spent my savings floating the mortgage payments (in retrospect, a big mistake, I should’ve walked earlier and taken care of ME, because these dishonest Lenders never did). Husband of 17 years walked out when I lost my job and money and couldn’t support him anymore. My parents lost 5 rentals (their life savings) and the strain brought back Mom’s cancer – she died six weeks later from a brain tumor. Dad is 80 and freaked out.
I have a herniated disc in my back and can’t find work in an economy where there are NO JOBS. Four years ago I had a home, two rentals with positive cash flow, a marriage, a wonderful career where I was earning more every consecutive year, health insurance, and a bright future. Now I’m 50, unemployed, bankrupt, all my savings is gone, properties are foreclosing, and I have nowhere to go and no place to live. What are people like me supposed to do??? I have two friends who were in this same boat who have already committed suicide.
I guess for some of us, that’s the ONLY light at the end of this tunnel. I hope the perpetrators of this ‘credit scheme’ ROT IN HELL and DIE A HEINOUS DEATH – THEY DESERVE IT.


So sad....so very sad.
Actually nothing whatever specific to Las Vegas. She purportedly had two cash flow positive rentals and a 250K salary. She got laid off. Anybody who gets laid off at $250K needs to be back in a job in a hurry, or retired, or sad things will happen. Houses and rental units are side deals of little import.

$250K salaries are likely not geographic...So she could not find a job in the USA.

Tough but nothing to do with Las Vegas.
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