Is Boulder City one of Nevada's Great Cities?

[olecapt]

Just another city in Clark County and a member of the Southern Nevada Water Authority. There is a light level of policing. mostly by fines through the water blill.

[nwlv]

$1.25 million bail set for Boulder City teacher facing child porn, other charges - Breaking News - ReviewJournal.com

[KNJO]

Boulder City, is a Mormon (LDS) enclave with all the trappings (they like regulations and to be controlled). The cities 200sq mile size was established so Boulder City could generate more revenue from the tickets they could write on Hwy 95 between Boulder City & Laughlin, NV. Boulder City excessive regulations are intended to keep non LDS from moving in and taking over. The rules tend to be overlooked or waived for fellow LDS members, while strictly enforced for non LDS.

While investigating Boulder City, as a possible safe place to relocate my family and Business; I stopped by the Chamber of Commerce looking for info about relocating my business to the area; I was given the real low down of the city by the two people in the office. They were bold enough to tell me; since we were not LDS, we (my family) and business would not be welcomed and should look elsewhere to relocate.
Note: LDS controlled Boulder City, is the only Nevada city not to allow gambling.

I have since had several LDS members we know, tells us one other method they use to keep non LDS out is not to rent or hire them, and if they do hire; it's a low paying servant type job. If you are in the trades and not LDS; you can forget about getting local work as long as there is an LDS to do the job.


Boulder City is still very clannish in 2009

[goldwingin]

I got to get out more often.... I have lived here since the "Great Snow Storm" December 17, 2008. I have found the "townies" very nice and the services provided very good as well.... I think that BC will rebound faster than Vegas in terms of real estate , jobs and growth

goldwingin

[Dean Trails]

Originally Posted by goldwingin

I got to get out more often.... I have lived here since the "Great Snow Storm" December 17, 2008. I have found the "townies" very nice and the services provided very good as well.... I think that BC will rebound faster than Vegas in terms of real estate , jobs and growth

goldwingin

I like the layout of BC and that it outlaws gambling in the city limits.
It is a nice clean little town. I didn't know it was "clannish", what ever that means. Unless, like the Scotch, they have their plaids, whisky, haggis and games!

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by Dean Trails

I like the layout of BC and that it outlaws gambling in the city limits.
It is a nice clean little town. I didn't know it was "clannish", what ever that means. Unless, like the Scotch, they have their plaids, whisky, haggis and games!

Take all that with a grain of salt. As I remember it is almost half Catholic and about 15% Mormon. So it is certainly not Mormon dominated though the LDS are often organized and effective in civic matters.

It is somwhat more caucasian then most of the Las Vegas Valley with a low minority population.

[alaskaflyer]

http://www.city-data.com/city/Boulder-City-Nevada.html

16% LDS.

[Clarks]

The "excessive" regulations in Boulder City stem from the foundation of the town, as a federally owned labor camp for the construction of Boulder dam.

Boulder City celebrated its 65th birthday recently. It was bulit by the govermnent to house the workers who built Hoover Dam, and was the first planned community built in the U.S. After fifty years it still stands in such pronounced contrast to the higgledy-piggledy aspect of most Nevada towns that it seems an exotic flower indeed to have grown from the gritty desert soil.

For many years Boulder City was operated as a government reservation; homes could not be purchased, only leased; gambling and liquor were prohibited. This tradition ran so deep in the community that it was nearly ten years after the feds gave up ownership (in 1960) before laws were relaxed enough to allow liquor licenses (gambling is still outlawed). To this day the Chamber of Commerce gets calls inquiring if FBI background checks are required before newcomers can move into town.

They're not, of course, but a controlled growth ordinance enacted in 1979 limits the number of new building permits each year, so that the population increase here - so close to the fastest-growing city in America - is barely 400 people a year.

[Tiger Beer]

Hmm...one of Nevada's great cities...makes it sound like a metropolis.

Certainly more in the nice small towns category..

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

Hmm...one of Nevada's great cities...makes it sound like a metropolis.

Certainly more in the nice small towns category..

Yup - It is "Mayberry". But at a relatively stiff price.