[mckngbrd]

family~artsy~affordable~small town anything resembling these things near Las Vegas?? we are thinking of relocating for a job...
dont know where to start.
right now we live in just that sort of area in NY state...
outside NYC(artsy),on our dirt roads (small town )...and we love it.
We are in the arts, so culture and tolerance have to go hand in hand with affordability and good public school.
We have animals and would hopr to rent something within 40 minutes of vegas (travel time).
*please realize I know Las Vegas is NOTHING like where we live, but the fact is we might have TO MOVE FOR A JOB. So I would love some opinions abt. where to start.

(approx. 100k a year)

and of course...thanks for your help.

[VegasChick]

The short answer is, no that does not exist in Vegas! Hopefully others will be more helpful though..

[JackieB23]

Yeah, one thing that was a shocker to me moving here vs. Memphis/KC/St. Louis/Washington DC... is that once you get out of Las Vegas, there isn't that gradual move from city to suburbs to rural (as you go away from downtown), with historic towns - many of them college towns - within commute distance to downtown...

It's Las Vegas, then... mostly nothing at all.

There may be a few exceptions to the "nothing", but it's not anything close to what you're picturing. There may be neighborhoods that way - perhaps someone who's lived here longer than I can recommend one.

[guinnessjim]

i'd say maybe boulder city? dunno about the schools, though. but it does have a small town feel to it w/ a cool little downtown area (pretty small, though)

aside from that, the population density of NV doesn't give the small town near a big city thing you seem to want.

[olecapt]

Boulder City may work...as may the half acres islands scattered in various places around town that play ruralish. The ones north of Rancho and Cheyenne or perhaps even the mid cities ones around oakey and Arville.

Affordable is the tough one. Particularly with animals.

Pahrump though a bit longer drive and you have to substitute redneck for artsy.

[JackieB23]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Pahrump though a bit longer drive and you have to substitute redneck for artsy.

Thank you for the giggle of the day.

[MomMom]

Originally Posted by mckngbrd

family~artsy~affordable~small town anything resembling these things near Las Vegas?? we are thinking of relocating for a job...
dont know where to start.
right now we live in just that sort of area in NY state...
outside NYC(artsy),on our dirt roads (small town )...and we love it.
We are in the arts, so culture and tolerance have to go hand in hand with affordability and good public school.
We have animals and would hopr to rent something within 40 minutes of vegas (travel time).
*please realize I know Las Vegas is NOTHING like where we live, but the fact is we might have TO MOVE FOR A JOB. So I would love some opinions abt. where to start.

(approx. 100k a year)

and of course...thanks for your help.

You won't have the "culture" unless it's neon culture and art you're looking for, but you'll get plenty of tolerance. You won't get "small town" whatsoever, 40 minutes out of Las Vegas with a dirt road and you have animals might get you maybe up on Mt. Charleston. But mind you, there is NOTHING up there, no shopping-you'll have to come down, come into the "Las Vegas limits" and go back up the mountain for that. There is no town up there, just roads (some dirt) with homes on them (horses, pigs, goats, etc.)

Affordability, you might get with your income, but public schools are just OK and show as the lowest ranking on most school lists nationwide.

Las Vegas is the complete opposite of what you are looking for (in my opinion) based on what your wrote

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by MomMom

You won't have the "culture" unless it's neon culture and art you're looking for, but you'll get plenty of tolerance. You won't get "small town" whatsoever, 40 minutes out of Las Vegas with a dirt road and you have animals might get you maybe up on Mt. Charleston. But mind you, there is NOTHING up there, no shopping-you'll have to come down, come into the "Las Vegas limits" and go back up the mountain for that. There is no town up there, just roads (some dirt) with homes on them (horses, pigs, goats, etc.)

Affordability, you might get with your income, but public schools are just OK and show as the lowest ranking on most school lists nationwide.

Las Vegas is the complete opposite of what you are looking for (in my opinion) based on what your wrote

Actually mom2 Las Vegas schools are a good bit better than NYC....

[MomMom]

I disagree somewhat, Nevada pays the least per pupil, and NYC schools pay a lot per pupil, things like books, programs, electives, sports and quality/caliber of teachers is higher in NYC, but the basic ABC's of curriculum are about the same between Nevada and NYS and anywhere else in the country.

We're off topic...