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I guess I was a rareity.....I remember cresting the pass on the highway coming from some place called St George at 3 am on a spring night....had the top down and the radio blasting on some REAL rock n roll...
i rolled thru the main gate at Nellis and said YES I am home. THIS is GODS country
I guess I was a rareity.....I remember cresting the pass on the highway coming from some place called St George at 3 am on a spring night....had the top down and the radio blasting on some REAL rock n roll...
i rolled thru the main gate at Nellis and said YES I am home. THIS is GODS country
Oh man, you said it my friend. I wasn't born in Nevada at all, I was born and raised on the wrong coast.
Vegas has been "HOME" since the very day I got here, 30 some odd years ago..never, ever, ever...did I get the feeling of being "homesick"
Instead, over the many years of living here, I've had a lot of the relatives from back there, visit and then move here because they love it so much too!
Oh man, you said it my friend. I wasn't born in Nevada at all, I was born and raised on the wrong coast.
Vegas has been "HOME" since the very day I got here, 30 some odd years ago..never, ever, ever...did I get the feeling of being "homesick"
Instead, over the many years of living here, I've had a lot of the relatives from back there, visit and then move here because they love it so much too!
Although there seems to be a lack of a coherent sense of community in Vegas I do agree that the wide open nature of the west and all around Vegas is astoundingly beautiful. No matter how strange the people get here I can always drive to somewhere amazing quite quickly and that makes it quite worth it.
Although there seems to be a lack of a coherent sense of community in Vegas I do agree that the wide open nature of the west and all around Vegas is astoundingly beautiful. No matter how strange the people get here I can always drive to somewhere amazing quite quickly and that makes it quite worth it.
People who complain that Vegas has "no sense of community" would'nt give up one of their Thanksgivings or Christmas Eve's and volunteer at the Salvation Army or Catholic Charities and feed the homeless I bet, because if you did, you'd get a sense of community all right. There's a waiting list to volunteer, young kids wanting to help, teenagers, parents wanting to help. Giving up their holidays, their normal busy days and lives to help others in the community.
Were you here a few years ago when the little baby was found dumped in the dumpster and she had no name and no one to bury her? Thousands of people volunteered to pay for her burial, to help whoever the family was to claim her. It was awe inspiring how Las Vegas can come together when there is a need.
Did you ever become a CASA parent? There is a waiting list for that too. You get no pay, but you become an advocate for a homeless child, a troubled child. You dedicate your time to your CASA child, you become their voice in their legal wrangling with the courts/parents. Theres a waiting list to do that.
People who complain of no sense of community here in Las Vegas, wouldn't give up a Saturday or Sunday afternoon and volunteer at the Charleston Retirement home and visit the seniors who are abandoned and forgotten and have no family. Or go buy them a little token gift so they have something for Christmas Day.
That's just a few things I am/was involved with directly, to help my community. There is so much more out there in town, so much community involved things people are involved in.
When you become involved with your community meaning you GIVE your time and effort to it, you certainly become AWARE of how much a sense of community there is in Las Vegas and how much people care and how they want to give back to Las Vegas. Otherwise, so far as you are concerned, there IS no sense of community...
It's really heartwarming to see how many people here really do have that "sense of community" are iinvolved with it and have big hearts as well.
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Is this going to happen to me and I won't be able to leave?
Wow!
I wish someone could tell me how to live in Las Vegas only parts of the year. The parts being part of the cold and hot seasons.
Maybe not forever, but until I get used to full time living in the desert city.
I've been "moving to Las Vegas" for about three or four years. LOL I live outside Washington, DC in Virginia and have a very nice home. This home is bank-owned and always has been over the past 25 years. Some of us mistakenly thought we owned, while we were simply caretaker puppets with strings attached to bankers claws.
Now, I don't know how much longer my finances can keep up with the COL of my county, one of the top three "Highest Family Income Counties" in the USA! Here you do need great savings and income, when you retire. With anything less, it is very hard to live decently (by my standard, of course). I figure I need to cash in half my IRA to pay off credit card debts and continue to live here.
Interestingly, this thread on returning home after living in Las Vegas, brings up my thoughts about leaving what really is only my working life home. The international federal agencies I worked for are here, so that is where they dumped me when my overseas duties ended. Unfortunately, I still had to work for them here to get any kind of pension. After retiring, I kept on working for another employer, my wife died and my only child/daughter moved to Indiana, married and moved to LAS Vegas to start her career.
Now, my ties to the DC area are, not in any order, my familiarity with the entire area and nearby areas, the natural beauty, excellent medical services I need, the cultural attractions, major/minor/college sports, Washington DC's multitude of free things to do, the nearby mountains and fantastic spring and autumn with tolerable summers. Negative things are NO FRIENDS OR FAMILY, financial considerations, and my daughter living so far away in Las Vegas. Also, my two brothers live in AZ and CA.
So what is my quandary? My daughter has been begging me to move near her in Las Vegas and I do feel an obligation to do so. I visited the strip before she moved there and found it to be lots of fun as a tourist. Since she moved, I visited many times for up to two weeks. I do like parts of the Las Vegas living , but strongly dislike the housing in your desert city.
Nowhere else in the country are so many lookalike homes crammed into such small spaces. As far as I am concerned, the living areas that I would be able to afford, such as some parts of the western side of the city like Summerlin and maybe a little north, are downright UGLY. Also, Las Vegas has HOT summers that seemingly last nine months out of the year and then turn to cold winters.
Views of the mountains? Ha Ha. That is going to cost you plenty in Las Vegas and they are brown with no trees. Culture is the Casinos, or maybe the art museum and fountain in the Bellagio. Professional sports are one day a year of NASCAR racing. Even the college basketball team has been in the dumps for years now.
You get the idea of how I feel about Las Vegas. Except that my daughter wants me to move there, I probably would stay here for awhile. At least until the retirement accounts are down and then I could move to the old age home. I sure do not want to move to be with my daughter just so I can burden her with my old age complaining.
I wish someone could tell me how to live in Las Vegas only parts of the year. The parts being part of the cold and hot seasons.
Maybe not forever, but until I get used to full time living in the desert city.
I've been "moving to Las Vegas" for about three or four years. LOL I live outside Washington, DC in Virginia and have a very nice home. This home is bank-owned and always has been over the past 25 years. Some of us mistakenly thought we owned, while we were simply caretaker puppets with strings attached to bankers claws.
Now, I don't know how much longer my finances can keep up with the COL of my county, one of the top three "Highest Family Income Counties" in the USA! Here you do need great savings and income, when you retire. With anything less, it is very hard to live decently (by my standard, of course). I figure I need to cash in half my IRA to pay off credit card debts and continue to live here.
Interestingly, this thread on returning home after living in Las Vegas, brings up my thoughts about leaving what really is only my working life home. The international federal agencies I worked for are here, so that is where they dumped me when my overseas duties ended. Unfortunately, I still had to work for them here to get any kind of pension. After retiring, I kept on working for another employer, my wife died and my only child/daughter moved to Indiana, married and moved to LAS Vegas to start her career.
Now, my ties to the DC area are, not in any order, my familiarity with the entire area and nearby areas, the natural beauty, excellent medical services I need, the cultural attractions, major/minor/college sports, Washington DC's multitude of free things to do, the nearby mountains and fantastic spring and autumn with tolerable summers. Negative things are NO FRIENDS OR FAMILY, financial considerations, and my daughter living so far away in Las Vegas. Also, my two brothers live in AZ and CA.
So what is my quandary? My daughter has been begging me to move near her in Las Vegas and I do feel an obligation to do so. I visited the strip before she moved there and found it to be lots of fun as a tourist. Since she moved, I visited many times for up to two weeks. I do like parts of the Las Vegas living , but strongly dislike the housing in your desert city.
Nowhere else in the country are so many lookalike homes crammed into such small spaces. As far as I am concerned, the living areas that I would be able to afford, such as some parts of the western side of the city like Summerlin and maybe a little north, are downright UGLY. Also, Las Vegas has HOT summers that seemingly last nine months out of the year and then turn to cold winters.
Views of the mountains? Ha Ha. That is going to cost you plenty in Las Vegas and they are brown with no trees. Culture is the Casinos, or maybe the art museum and fountain in the Bellagio. Professional sports are one day a year of NASCAR racing. Even the college basketball team has been in the dumps for years now.
You get the idea of how I feel about Las Vegas. Except that my daughter wants me to move there, I probably would stay here for awhile. At least until the retirement accounts are down and then I could move to the old age home. I sure do not want to move to be with my daughter just so I can burden her with my old age complaining.
So, I sit here and wonder what to do.
Don't wonder, stay where you are. You'll never like desert or Southwest living , especially with your already negative attitude towards LV so don't worry about it. Stay in the place that is familiar to you, that you like better and come to Vegas to visit only. Let your daughter know how miserable her life will get if she convinces you to move to LV. She'll soon stop trying to convince you to relocate.
I wish someone could tell me how to live in Las Vegas only parts of the year. The parts being part of the cold and hot seasons.
Maybe not forever, but until I get used to full time living in the desert city.
I've been "moving to Las Vegas" for about three or four years. LOL I live outside Washington, DC in Virginia and have a very nice home. This home is bank-owned and always has been over the past 25 years. Some of us mistakenly thought we owned, while we were simply caretaker puppets with strings attached to bankers claws.
Now, I don't know how much longer my finances can keep up with the COL of my county, one of the top three "Highest Family Income Counties" in the USA! Here you do need great savings and income, when you retire. With anything less, it is very hard to live decently (by my standard, of course). I figure I need to cash in half my IRA to pay off credit card debts and continue to live here.
Interestingly, this thread on returning home after living in Las Vegas, brings up my thoughts about leaving what really is only my working life home. The international federal agencies I worked for are here, so that is where they dumped me when my overseas duties ended. Unfortunately, I still had to work for them here to get any kind of pension. After retiring, I kept on working for another employer, my wife died and my only child/daughter moved to Indiana, married and moved to LAS Vegas to start her career.
Now, my ties to the DC area are, not in any order, my familiarity with the entire area and nearby areas, the natural beauty, excellent medical services I need, the cultural attractions, major/minor/college sports, Washington DC's multitude of free things to do, the nearby mountains and fantastic spring and autumn with tolerable summers. Negative things are NO FRIENDS OR FAMILY, financial considerations, and my daughter living so far away in Las Vegas. Also, my two brothers live in AZ and CA.
So what is my quandary? My daughter has been begging me to move near her in Las Vegas and I do feel an obligation to do so. I visited the strip before she moved there and found it to be lots of fun as a tourist. Since she moved, I visited many times for up to two weeks. I do like parts of the Las Vegas living , but strongly dislike the housing in your desert city.
Nowhere else in the country are so many lookalike homes crammed into such small spaces. As far as I am concerned, the living areas that I would be able to afford, such as some parts of the western side of the city like Summerlin and maybe a little north, are downright UGLY. Also, Las Vegas has HOT summers that seemingly last nine months out of the year and then turn to cold winters.
Views of the mountains? Ha Ha. That is going to cost you plenty in Las Vegas and they are brown with no trees. Culture is the Casinos, or maybe the art museum and fountain in the Bellagio. Professional sports are one day a year of NASCAR racing. Even the college basketball team has been in the dumps for years now.
You get the idea of how I feel about Las Vegas. Except that my daughter wants me to move there, I probably would stay here for awhile. At least until the retirement accounts are down and then I could move to the old age home. I sure do not want to move to be with my daughter just so I can burden her with my old age complaining.
So, I sit here and wonder what to do.
dont bother, you dont have a shot at EVER fitting in
People who complain that Vegas has "no sense of community" would'nt give up one of their Thanksgivings or Christmas Eve's and volunteer at the Salvation Army or Catholic Charities and feed the homeless I bet, because if you did, you'd get a sense of community all right. There's a waiting list to volunteer, young kids wanting to help, teenagers, parents wanting to help. Giving up their holidays, their normal busy days and lives to help others in the community.
Were you here a few years ago when the little baby was found dumped in the dumpster and she had no name and no one to bury her? Thousands of people volunteered to pay for her burial, to help whoever the family was to claim her. It was awe inspiring how Las Vegas can come together when there is a need.
Did you ever become a CASA parent? There is a waiting list for that too. You get no pay, but you become an advocate for a homeless child, a troubled child. You dedicate your time to your CASA child, you become their voice in their legal wrangling with the courts/parents. Theres a waiting list to do that.
People who complain of no sense of community here in Las Vegas, wouldn't give up a Saturday or Sunday afternoon and volunteer at the Charleston Retirement home and visit the seniors who are abandoned and forgotten and have no family. Or go buy them a little token gift so they have something for Christmas Day.
That's just a few things I am/was involved with directly, to help my community. There is so much more out there in town, so much community involved things people are involved in.
When you become involved with your community meaning you GIVE your time and effort to it, you certainly become AWARE of how much a sense of community there is in Las Vegas and how much people care and how they want to give back to Las Vegas. Otherwise, so far as you are concerned, there IS no sense of community...
It's really heartwarming to see how many people here really do have that "sense of community" are iinvolved with it and have big hearts as well.
You're barking up the wrong tree. I've worked helping the mentally ill and less fortunate for years mommom.
You're barking up the wrong tree. I've worked helping the mentally ill and less fortunate for years mommom.
Well considering you've been in town for a year and a half, I'll take your word that you probably volunteered (not for salary) in your previous community in Massachusetts for years and are hopefully doing the same here in Las Vegas. I can tell from your history that you get paid to work with the mentally ill, and hopefully you donate your expertise (or are planning to) to help those folks in your off time as well. Only then could you see all the wonderful people here in LV who volunteer their time and effort and give money back to their community. I don't know of any other sense of community greater than that.
So then, if you're volunteering, Bravo to you! Keep up the good work!!!
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Is this going to happen to me and I won't be able to leave?
