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Well since the rest of America is asleep, its definitely more congested, active, vibrant than anywhere else in the country at that hour on a normal day, most definitely.
Have you ever been to the Vegas Strp at night? It's as packed and full of glitter as Times Square if not more so!
Yes, I have, and it's totally empty outside compared to Times Square. There aren't even streets, for the most part, so I don't know how a street can be packed if it doesn't exist in the first place.
There is plenty of nighttime action on the Strip, but it's 99% indoors, in the casinos. There is almost no pedestrian activity in Vegas, outside of a (very) few short parts of the Strip, and a few blocks downtown, and those areas pale in comparison to really any commercial center in NYC.
And even the Strip is a mess, with setback buildings, skybridges, strip malls, and general suburban-style design that is thoroughly anti-pedestrian. That's the point, though. If it were attractive to pedestrians, then the people would be outside instead of spending money on casino properties.
If I sat in a random neighborhood in outer Brooklyn (say Bay Ridge) and counted pedestrians during a 24-hour period at, say, 86th and 4th Ave., I guarantee there would be more pedestrians than any corner in Las Vegas (and probably any corner west of the Mississippi excepting a few corners in SF around Market/Union Square and on Hollywood Blvd in LA).
Any intersection above a retail/subway/bus hub will generate consistent all-day pedestrian traffic, unlike anywhere in Vegas.
Where did I or anyone claim it was congested at 3am?
The Strip congestion is very heavy, but it's car congestion, not pedestrian congestion.
There are very few pedestrians at all on most parts of the Strip, though there are more at night than during the day (too hot to be outdoors anyways much of the year). The southern part of the Strip doesn't even have sidewalks. The northern part is rundown and almost no pedestrians. The middle part has more pedestrians, esp. at night.
The Strip congestion is very heavy, but it's car congestion, not pedestrian congestion.
There are very few pedestrians at all on most parts of the Strip, though there are more at night than during the day (too hot to be outdoors anyways much of the year). The southern part of the Strip doesn't even have sidewalks. The northern part is rundown and almost no pedestrians. The middle part has more pedestrians, esp. at night.
Eh, not to get involved in this ridicoulous discussion, but it's not "too hot to be outdoors anyways much of the year". In the summer months, yes it get's very hot, but from September to May it ranges from warm to suprisingly mild(and even cold at night in the winter), but it doesn't get to 100 degrees most of the year. Even when it is in the hottest summer months, you'll see a good amount of pedestrian traffic in the central area of the Strip from Sands Ave to Tropicana Avenue--basically from south of the Wynn to the MGM Grand(about a 2 mile stretch). It's very 2-dimensional in terms of activity since you can go off The Strip and it's pretty quiet a block over, and the area from north of the Wynn towards the Statosphere is sort of a wasteland(though it's under construction), but the central area is pretty busy--and even in the hot summer months you see a lot of pedestrian acitivity.
The Strip congestion is very heavy, but it's car congestion, not pedestrian congestion.
There are very few pedestrians at all on most parts of the Strip, though there are more at night than during the day (too hot to be outdoors anyways much of the year). The southern part of the Strip doesn't even have sidewalks. The northern part is rundown and almost no pedestrians. The middle part has more pedestrians, esp. at night.
You clearly have never been to Vegas so I don't get why you keep chiming in with this BS.
I've provided facts and evidence of the "pedestrian congestion" on The Strip. Just take a few minutes to look over the report:
Yes, I have, and it's totally empty outside compared to Times Square. There aren't even streets, for the most part, so I don't know how a street can be packed if it doesn't exist in the first place.
There is plenty of nighttime action on the Strip, but it's 99% indoors, in the casinos. There is almost no pedestrian activity in Vegas, outside of a (very) few short parts of the Strip, and a few blocks downtown, and those areas pale in comparison to really any commercial center in NYC.
And even the Strip is a mess, with setback buildings, skybridges, strip malls, and general suburban-style design that is thoroughly anti-pedestrian. That's the point, though. If it were attractive to pedestrians, then the people would be outside instead of spending money on casino properties.
If I sat in a random neighborhood in outer Brooklyn (say Bay Ridge) and counted pedestrians during a 24-hour period at, say, 86th and 4th Ave., I guarantee there would be more pedestrians than any corner in Las Vegas (and probably any corner west of the Mississippi excepting a few corners in SF around Market/Union Square and on Hollywood Blvd in LA).
Any intersection above a retail/subway/bus hub will generate consistent all-day pedestrian traffic, unlike anywhere in Vegas.
If I sat in a random neighborhood in outer Brooklyn (say Bay Ridge) and counted pedestrians during a 24-hour period at, say, 86th and 4th Ave., I guarantee there would be more pedestrians than any corner in Las Vegas (and probably any corner west of the Mississippi excepting a few corners in SF around Market/Union Square and on Hollywood Blvd in LA).
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