[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by 12buttons

more traditional homes with mature landscaping?

I have seen those mid century houses - yuck -I grew up in one of those..never again...

any brick homes? four squares? colonials? even an older spanish colonial would be great..I am just so sick of all those bloated stucco balloons with the faux fronts and postage stamp lots...

Also is there an area that looks like Greenwich Village with small funky local shops, neat coffee houses where the colleged heads or brainiacs hang out?

looking for the anithesis of the strip and the stuccoed to death subdivisions...lol

We may have to take a job there...thanks

And one other thing...no basements!

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

And one other thing...no basements!

We have lots of places that simulate upstate NY in the winter. See the walkin freezers in any of the big casinos.

[jfkIII]

touche!

[MomMom]

There ARE homes here in Las Vegas with basements jfk, America West was one of several builders that built communities with true basements and even walk out basements. There aren't a lot of them, but they are there. They're just not that common here in the desert. Off the top of my head I remember seeing some homes with basements in Lone Mountain area, Centennial Hills, Southern Highlands, Summerlin, El Capitan, Spanish Trail area, Southwest area (Jones/Robindale?)

Only thing is that most homes with basements here in Las Vegas are not in the style that the OP is looking for...they're usually in the Southwest style (at least all I've seen) and they're all $$$$$

[kimba01]

Who would want to be stuck in a basement during an earthquake?

[rightonbro]

There's a couple of streets in The Lakes that remind me of "normal" houses - mature landscaping, a bit more spread out, no stucco - not so much East Coast as nicer neighborhoods in Los Angeles. I saw one house that looked like a Tudor from the East Coast though.

Prices seemed to be in the 300k-400k so I didn't look any further. The homes are about 20 years old though, but the homes were well-maintained and I would have loved to live there. I saw central air and not swamp coolers at least.

Good luck!

[flyingtigers]

Ahhhh...but no one has said the east coast of Florida....looks just like Vegas....stucco everywhere.

[dr.gomonas]

There are actually a bunch of houses in the "downtown" (e.g., Marycrest/Huntridge neighborhoods) that looks like east coast houses with deciduous trees and bright green lawns. But they might be right next door to a stucco house with a xeriscaped lawn though.

[Kalbo]

The house in NE Las Vegas with bars on the windows remind me of the poorer neighborhoods in Broward County (Fort Lauderdale, Fl) where I grew up.

[KonaKat]

Boulder City is your best bet. I looooved BC.

And yes, the "lack of" culture shock will no doubt make itself known. While I loved living in LV for 10 years, I had to laugh when I realized that my old town of Springfield, MO had more culture and history! Of course, Las Vegas as a city of any dimension is only about 50 or 60 years old whereas Springfield is probably 150 years old. And, in LV, they demolish everything just about, that was old!
The area around downtown Las Vegas has a lot of older looking homes with grassy, treed yards but they are almost all offices now, mostly attorneys et al. There might be a few rentals or homes for sale. Jim would know.