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As I posted earlier, Las Vegas has a small zone of "fast pace". This is generally from the airport to the strip. The rest of the city, which is mostly residential, is just normal neighborhoods with little pace.
Downtown Vegas is actually very smallish compared to other metros of similar size. Yes, there are casinos in the Fremont Experience, but the general area is smallish compared to other metros, and is completely overpowered by Las Vegas Boulevard (the strip).
All i ever seen of Las Vegas is Fremont Street downtown and from the airport to the Strip, and the road that goes to Hoover Dam and on down to Laughlin, so that's all I ever seen of Las Vegas and its constantly busy. Even the slowest time of a 24 hour day, 4am to 5am, it's busy. I don't know of any other city in the country that is constantly as busy as the Strip and Fremont Street, with the possible exception of New Yoyk City.
As I posted earlier, Las Vegas has a small zone of "fast pace". This is generally from the airport to the strip. The rest of the city, which is mostly residential, is just normal neighborhoods with little pace.
Downtown Vegas is actually very smallish compared to other metros of similar size. Yes, there are casinos in the Fremont Experience, but the general area is smallish compared to other metros, and is completely overpowered by Las Vegas Boulevard (the strip).
All i ever seen of Las Vegas is Fremont Street downtown and from the airport to the Strip, and the road that goes to Hoover Dam and on down to Laughlin, so that's all I ever seen of Las Vegas and its constantly busy. Even the slowest time of a 24 hour day, 4am to 5am, it's busy. I don't know of any other city in the country that is constantly as busy as the Strip and Fremont Street, with the possible exception of Times Squsre in New Yoyk City.
That's not the impression I got at all when I was there.
^^^^^ Earlier I said that, but now I'm even more surprised by all the people saying Vegas (didn't even notice as an option). I've been to Vegas a few times already, and I really love Vegas, but everytime I'm there I feel like everything takes soooo long. Simple things like ordering a drink, coffee, slice of pizza, or general cashier check out. Even on the strip, maybe with the exception of bartenders at some of the bigger clubs. And people walk really slow there too.
I don't think busy always means fast paced. In Vegas the strip usually is busy but people aren't in a rush. People are out enjoying themselves, drinking on the street, getting drunk... at all times of the day, usually on their way to some sort of party or show or something. The difference is that people you see on the vegas strip are on vacation letting loose and having fun. Fast paced is more "I'm running late for work **** everybody and everything in my way", "**** I have a train to catch in 10 minutes", people forcing themselves into crowded trains, or having long lines everywhere, but they move quickly. Fast-paced is don't stop moving suddenly or people will bump into you. Don't look down at your phone too long without pulling over to the side, and do not point randomly at things without looking or you will clothesline a bunch of people and smack someone in the face. Also it usually can be felt at your job in some way, whatever it is that you do.
Atlanta is a very mixed bag. The freeways are almost manic at times, I avoid them and much prefer driving the freeways in L.A., believe it or not. The very heart of Downtown around Peachtree Center is fast during the week, particularly at rush hours and around lunchtime. Ditto for Midtown around Colony Square.
The rest of the City is basically a collection of streetcar neighborhoods with their own 'villages,' and the pace is slow and mellow. We like it this way.
LA's freeways are often too crowded with traffic for truly insane drivers to make any leeway. Southern Californians also have much better road manners than people in Atlanta do. They drive fast, but cautiously, almost never tailgate and tend to use their turn signals a lot more. When I lived in Atlanta, I routinely found myself driving the freeways at 75-80 MPH and still getting passed by motorists. That never happened when I lived in LA.
I agree that LA's neighborhoods don't have that intimate streetcar suburb feel that much of Atlanta has. The grid pattern of the main arterials, plus their width prevent that from happening.
All i ever seen of Las Vegas is Fremont Street downtown and from the airport to the Strip, and the road that goes to Hoover Dam and on down to Laughlin, so that's all I ever seen of Las Vegas and its constantly busy. Even the slowest time of a 24 hour day, 4am to 5am, it's busy. I don't know of any other city in the country that is constantly as busy as the Strip and Fremont Street, with the possible exception of Times Squsre in New Yoyk City.
You have a very limited exposure to Las Vegas. Once you get away from the Strip, Vegas is not busy or fast-paced at all. And as That One Guy said:
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^^^^^ Earlier I said that, but now I'm even more surprised by all the people saying Vegas (didn't even notice as an option). I've been to Vegas a few times already, and I really love Vegas, but everytime I'm there I feel like everything takes soooo long. Simple things like ordering a drink, coffee, slice of pizza, or general cashier check out. Even on the strip, maybe with the exception of bartenders at some of the bigger clubs. And people walk really slow there too.
I don't think busy always means fast paced. In Vegas the strip usually is busy but people aren't in a rush. People are out enjoying themselves, drinking on the street, getting drunk... at all times of the day, usually on their way to some sort of party or show or something. The difference is that people you see on the vegas strip are on vacation letting loose and having fun. Fast paced is more "I'm running late for work **** everybody and everything in my way", "**** I have a train to catch in 10 minutes", people forcing themselves into crowded trains, or having long lines everywhere, but they move quickly. Fast-paced is don't stop moving suddenly or people will bump into you. Don't look down at your phone too long without pulling over to the side, and do not point randomly at things without looking or you will clothesline a bunch of people and smack someone in the face. Also it usually can be felt at your job in some way, whatever it is that you do.
...busy does not mean "fast paced." People visiting Las Vegas are there to party, not to handle business in the same sense as DC, Chicago, and New York are. If Las Vegas is "fast-paced," so is New Orleans. AFAIK, Most drunk people aren't in a hurry either
I had to make a road trip form Boston to DC not long ago. Boston is relatively fast paced, especially yhte drivers. But once we arrived in Manhattan the pace is almost chaotic. There is no place quite like it in North America. When we arrive in DC the pace seemed so slow after NYC till it almost felt like a small town. I know that DC and Boston are not that slow but NYC made all these cities feel very slow to me.
Although that's not true, I don't see what's wrong with a slower paced city? A less stressful environment with less worries >>>
No one said anything was "wrong" with it. Just an observation about how LA compares to Chicago and DC.
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