[Tom Lennox 70]

Originally Posted by PeteU

Of course there's other stuff in Las Vegas besides the casinos. People have to eat, work, etc. there.

The thing that is to be said, however, is there is nothing in Las Vegas of particular note or significance besides the casinos. Take away the Strip (which in and of itself is nothing but a guilty pleasure and sheer tackiness) and it's got nothing of great interest, unless you include the Hoover Dam which is 30 miles away.

The biggest employer in southern Nevada is actually the military and Nellis AIr Force Base has long been vital to the economy. The area is also attracting more and more companies there and the Strip is just a part of downtown. After all, a lot of people live in the suburbs of major cities and never go downtown at all.

I think what Las Vegas is missing is pro sports teams. Smaller regions like St. Louis and hell Green Bay have NFL teams. They should hold the Olympics in Vegas one day and keep the venues for the NFL, MLB and NBA. The Washington Nationals was supposed to go to Vegas but the DC mayor's office brought them here.

[skatealoneskatetogether]

No soul are you kidding me the soul of vegas dances with the devil.

[PeteU]

Originally Posted by skatealoneskatetogether

No soul are you kidding me the soul of vegas dances with the devil.

In the pale moonlight?

[milquetoast]

I always ask that of all my prey!

[londonbarcelona]

Originally Posted by Bunky39

sure
that was easy

a gambling town trying desperately to be a family activity.
their one involutary blessing on the rest of us, they did a good sales job and many bought the idea, "disneyland for adults and do bring the kids"

*sigh* Yeah, we fell for that line. I live in Scottsdale, AZ. I personally think that if you removed the casinos off the strip in Vegas, both Phoenix and Vegas would be one and the same.

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by PeteU

As I pointed out before, I stayed at the Paris and my room had a view of the fake Eiffel Tower. And it was just a gimmick. Hell, I've already seen and been up another half-sized Eiffel Tower replica at the Kings Dominion amusement park in Virginia, so I wasn't even that impressed by the Vegas version. Unless its the Paris version, which was a wonder of its time by being built when cities didn't have massive superstructures like that, I can't say I'll be all that amazed. Sorry.

We don't ask you to be amazed Petey......just to loose

[dynimagelv]

Originally Posted by londonbarcelona

*sigh* Yeah, we fell for that line. I live in Scottsdale, AZ. I personally think that if you removed the casinos off the strip in Vegas, both Phoenix and Vegas would be one and the same.

You are exactly right.......Las Vegas is just an East Coast Factory city in the desert.....only we make money instead of steel.

[milquetoast]

Originally Posted by dynimagelv

We don't ask you to be amazed Petey......just to loose

Love it!

[MacKtheKnife]

I realize this initial post, which spawned this whole thread, is over five years old but still felt the need to reply. I'm an East Coast girl: born and bred. I lived in New York City for two years before I moved to Las Vegas. I imade the mistake of never visiting Las Vegas before moving - something I regret to this day.

I still live in Las Vegas and if want a jaded view of Las Vegas and what I think its identity is: look no further.
Here is a place that proclaims to have everything - but it offers you none of the basic comforts of humanity.

Holidays aren't holiday here. Every family holiday is marked with a celebrity invasion of our nightclubs: trying to convince you to leave the kids on Christmas to go party with Kim Kardashian. There is no Monday-Friday here...time is merely an afterthought. People go to work at 2 am (I did it for a while) and people go to work at 8 pm (I did that too)

Vegas is a cartoon version of a civilization - both past and present. It's identity in short is a hedonistic, psychedelic acid trip that you don't come off of until you're on the train to the D-Gates at McCarran Airport.

You may ask, with all the cynicism and sarcasm...why live here?! Well at the moment, housing is inexpensive...EVERYWHERE. You can rent a 4 bedroom home for 900 a month. You can buy homes brand new for 95,000. That's been my reason for a while. Truthfully thank , I am moving next May (THANK YOU SWEET BABY JESUS AND MARY) Either to the bay area (the fiance's choice) or back East where all my family is (obviously my choice)

Vegas is all fun and games...until you live here.

[ja1myn]

I've only met like two people in my whole life who willingly moved to LV and I facepalmed so hard when they told me.