Hi neighbor up the road . . . please don't take my reply personally. It's a different take in a lot of ways because I see thigs differently. That's all it is, so I'm going to give my take one by one.
Yes, smoking is still legal in this state, in most places as it also is in many other states. However, that's changing little by little. I expect that it will go away, in most places, sometime in the future.
As for blowing it in "your face," I haven't seen that done, on purpose. I wonder if someone across the card table was trying to break your concentration
. . . just kidding!
Sure they do. In fact, I want it too, if you want to give it to me.
However, each person has direct control over that issue. Some choose to spend some money on gambling as entertainment, some choose to blow everything on it, others choose to not spend a dime.
In my case, only their buffets have ever received any of my money.
I haven't even put a penny in any one of their machines or anything bills on their tables.
This is absolutely not true in all areas of the state. It's too broad of a statment. It will be true downstream from any of the old mining areas, but this state has a lot more area than that.
In my case, I'm down in Douglas County and the water is good. The ground water, and the streams, come fresh out of the Sierra Nevada and probably the bottom of Lake Tahoe. It's as clean as it can get.
Well, one is a pretty big city and the other is a bigger town. I wouldn't choose to live in either one, but I certainly wouldn't call Reno "overpopulated." It's just a growing place. In fact, I heard some people complaining about traffic up there, but what I've experienced during rush hour pales in comparison to what I've experienced in L.A., Atlanta, and the Twin Cities.
I would also say that Las Vegas is no more "overpopulated" than any other big city, be it L.A., Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Atlanta, or any other such place. They all have the same congestion and traffic problems to one degree or another. In fact, it's the population and the services that come with it that many people prefer, so it's not necessarily a bad thing. It's a choice thing.
Yup, I've never understood how Las Vegas can grow as it has without the water resources in the area, but apparently they've been allowed to steal it from the more rural counties and other sources.
Conversely, I'm on County water down in Douglas County and guess what? There's not even a water meter on my house. We're charged the same small rate no matter how much or how little we use. That certainly doesn't sound like rationing, epecially without a water meter on the line.
I've also read the geology report on the land under my property. Our water table is 10' undergraound. That's close and it shows a lot of water. Perhaps it's our proximity to Lake Tahoe at the top of the hill, which also happens to be one of the deepest lakes in the world, so it certainly contributes to our water quality and quantity, but in any case our water use is not even being regulated.
Yes they did go up, but "very overpriced" is subjective. They're certainly more expensive than a lot of areas in the nation, but there's a price to pay to be near or in the Sierra Nevada mountian range, adjacent to Heavenly Valley skiing, and in a state that doesn't steal a portion of your paycheck through a tax on income.
In any case, the prices seem to have come down, as they have in many markets. Whether they have futher to go, have bottomed, or when they will go up again is a topic or another disucssion. In any case, "overpriced" may no longer be an issue or may simply remain a truth based on socio-economic factors that have, and will continue, to dictate the pricing.
That's not true. It's just like saying "crime rate is high" in the United States. It's too broad. Down here in Douglas County, the crime rate is low. The numbers prove it and my personal experience confirms it. I have never felt fear or apprehension being out in the evenings, anywhere in the towns of Douglas County.
If you happen to be looking at Las Vegas, all I have to say is compare it to any other tourist destination of comperable size. Between the population density and the people attracted to preying on transient tourists, you will see similar crime stats and issues. It has nothing to do with "Nevada" per say. There are many other factors.
I would agree with this statement, in general. This state needs to work on attracting more economic diversity. It already has the economic policies in place tomake it attractive for business. It just needs to address a few other infastructure issues and aggressively seek out corporations to expand or move to te region.
I'm not going to get into this one . . .
So, that's my take. It's a good state with different areas, with different benefis, for different people. To try to paint the entire area with the same brush does a disservice to the truth, IMO.
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