[Raiderman]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Chernobyl, Ukraine.



If you want to put on blinders about what happens at Owens and Washington -- that's fine. But those people are your close neighbors. And their problems have a nasty habit of becoming everybody's problems.

For instance, I can think of a few families whose lives were shattered by the Cliven Bundy standoff, even though the standoff itself didn't affect them at all.

To a great extent, Las Vegans already deal with these problems via head-in-the-sand. They barricade themselves behind concrete walls. They erect barbicans in the form of gates and guard gates. They install alarm systems. They buy a dog, and a gun. And then they hope that's enough.

These actions already prove my point that this is a low quality-of-life city. If this place was as good as the cheerleaders claim, we wouldn't need to live in a 21st-century guard-gated fortress. Pumping thousands of high-school drop outs into society every year does us no favors. Allowing the homeless to fester in our depressed areas does us no favors.

And "you're free to move whenever you want" isn't much of a solution.

Ok, you got me. I also can't find any positives about the interior of Kilauea either

I did not, however, choose to move to Chernobyl.

[qingguy]

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Parse your sentences. He's saying that most of his co-workers want out but can't afford it. The same with most of my co-workers, too. They're recent immigrants, working two jobs, and still don't have two nickles to rub together. Give them time -- they'll either flame out spending all their money in casinos, strip clubs and tattoo parlors, or they'll buckle down and start saving.

The one constant here seems to be working at casinos. Admittedly I only know a couple of people who work at casinos and they seem happy, maybe the majority of people who work there are unhappy. This is an interesting constant factor here.

Maybe I live in a totally different world. The people I associate with don't go to strip clubs, they don't spend all they're money in casinos, most of them don't even go to a casino unless its for dinner or a show (including myself), they don't go to tattoo parlors. Maybe I'm the odd one out here.

Originally Posted by LV10101

At what point do these "lovers of Vegas" get it? Most people hate living here. I work at a major Strip Resort and since I have decided to move I have talked to every co-worker I come in contact with, not one of them likes living in Las Vegas.

Another reference to the constant factor I'm starting to think there's something here.

Originally Posted by LV10101

Yes I did move here and did do research prior to moving but until you live in an area you can do all the research you want, living and researching are two different things.

Ha! So you're telling us that with your intelligence the items that are now your anti-Vegas mantra you had to "live" them to realize they were negatives and could impact your happiness?

"CCSD is ranked at the bottom overall.
CCSD is 700 teachers short for the start of the school year.
CCSD is 60 bus drivers short for the start of the school year.
Nevada has the 4th highest foreclosure rate in the US.
Unemployment being at 6.8% when the national average is 5.2% is not good.
Las Vegas average gas price is $3.27 per gallon, national average is $2.62.
Nevada has the highest divorce rate in the US.
Don't forget about the drought and the bathtub draining of Lake Mead."

Oh my god I'm laughing at this one so hard my side hurts. Seriously, these items that are now your go to anti-Vegas bullet points you actually had to experience them to realize they could have a negative impact on you or that you wouldn't like them and you'd allow them to control your happiness. OMG that's funny. If this is true maybe I think living in Vegas is the least of your worries, WOW!

Originally Posted by LV10101

Yes there are people who like Las Vegas I fully understand that but many more people hate it.

You mean from the straw poll you conducted at the major strip resort you work at right. Or let me guess, you've now conveniently since you wrote that interviewed hundreds of OTHER people outside of the major strip property too. Honestly, "but many more" really? WOW

Originally Posted by LV10101

Raiderman...that is my experience from a LOT of people who work at a major casino.

There's that reference again. I think we may be on to something.

Originally Posted by LV10101

Raiderman...drop-out rate, unemployment rate affects the crime rate...not always your choice. This is a community and having so many negative facts in the community is not a good thing.

Right, but you actually had to "live" it to believe it, right? WOW.

[PBandJam]

Hello everyone! I am still really new to this forum. I thought this thread was a good place to introduce myself. I am one of those ignorant, doomed, uneducated, big mistake makers! I am moving to Vegas just because I like to vacation there. I bought a house, sight unseen, in... wait for it... Paradise! I also did absolutely no research.

[qingguy]

Originally Posted by PBandJam

Hello everyone! I am still really new to this forum. I thought this thread was a good place to introduce myself. I am one of those ignorant, doomed, uneducated, big mistake makers! I am moving to Vegas just because I like to vacation there. I bought a house, sight unseen, in... wait for it... Paradise! I also did absolutely no research.

Ha! I remember you, you were on here doing research and someone told you that you that your cross streets were Crack and Blowjob right LOL. Sounds like enough research to me.

[PBandJam]

Originally Posted by qingguy

Ha! I remember you, you were on here doing research and someone told you that you that your cross streets were Crack and Blowjob right LOL. Sounds like enough research to me.

Lol yep that's me! Who wouldn't love to live at crack and bj? It sounds exciting!

[henderson702]

Originally Posted by Yalla

August 19.2015

DEAD MAN FOUND ON SIDEWALK NEAR STRATOSPHERE
A dead man was found on the Strip near the Stratosphere on Wednesday, according to Las Vegas police.

MAN SUFFERS LIFE-THREATENING WOUNDS IN CENTRAL VALLEY STABBING
A man was stabbed at a central valley apartment complex and hospitalized with life-threatening wounds Wednesday afternoon, according to Las Vegas police.

'PERSON OF INTEREST' DETAINED IN CENTRAL LAS VEGAS VALLEY SLAYING
Las Vegas police are investigating a man's body found lying on a central valley street early Wednesday morning.

MAINTENANCE WORKER FINDS BLOODY BODY DURING EAST LAS VEGAS VALLEY HOUSE CALL
maintenance worker making a house call Wednesday in the east valley found a man's bloody body when he showed up, Las Vegas police said.


Las Vegas is becoming a dangerous city to live.

I drive about 500 miles a week around Las Vegas, all areas…and I have been to over 100 cities in the USA…

and Vegas is one of the MOST SAFE areas in the country, especially Henderson and Summerlin. The people that are criminals here are drug dealers and purse snatchers. Not many tough people in this town, because most people are too stupid.

Try harder with your BS post though!

[Yalla]

Originally Posted by henderson702

I drive about 500 miles a week around Las Vegas, all areas…and I have been to over 100 cities in the USA…

and Vegas is one of the MOST SAFE areas in the country, especially Henderson and Summerlin. The people that are criminals here are drug dealers and purse snatchers. Not many tough people in this town, because most people are too stupid.

Try harder with your BS post though!

August 20.2015
MAN STABBED TO DEATH AT CENTRAL VALLEY STRIP MALL
"Man was fatally stabbed Thursday at a central valley strip mall, Las Vegas police said.

Officers first responded to 6620 W. Flamingo Road, near Torrey Pines Drive, where a man had been stabbed just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday."

No comment.

[observer53]

Originally Posted by Yalla

August 20.2015
MAN STABBED TO DEATH AT CENTRAL VALLEY STRIP MALL
"Man was fatally stabbed Thursday at a central valley strip mall, Las Vegas police said.

Officers first responded to 6620 W. Flamingo Road, near Torrey Pines Drive, where a man had been stabbed just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday."

No comment.

Again, no context. If these two knew each other, it doesn't have much effect on the overall safety of LV.

Edit: Context so far. Two men arguing inside a restaurant. They go outside, one stabs the other and flees. Can, and does, happen anywhere.

[PinkString]

Originally Posted by Yalla

August 20.2015
MAN STABBED TO DEATH AT CENTRAL VALLEY STRIP MALL
"Man was fatally stabbed Thursday at a central valley strip mall, Las Vegas police said.

Officers first responded to 6620 W. Flamingo Road, near Torrey Pines Drive, where a man had been stabbed just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday."

No comment.

The follow-up news story said the two men knew each other. They argued inside the restaurant, taking it outside, then one stabbed the other.

[Raiderman]

Originally Posted by PinkString

The follow-up news story said the two men knew each other. They argued inside the restaurant, taking it outside, then one stabbed the other.

Oh, c'mon. But that doesn't play into the OP's idiotic agenda! It MUST be random crime happening on every street corner in Las Vegas any time of day or night. Have you noticed the number of posts this "person" has? Have you noticed the content of each post?

I'm guessing the IP address is going to be somewhere in the projects in San Diego....