Moving to Las Vegas

[lorsha]

Originally Posted by docholly

I'm going against the tide here and stating that I hate living in Vegas.

I find it is a very "small" town .. with a strip. Had it not been for a 1 of a kind school program that was implemented by the CCSD, I'd of never come back.

We thought when we moved here that Nevada would offer the "best" of everything to their citizens. It does not.

The State is ranked #49 in education barely beating out Arizona. When we first moved here, my oldest son was 14. When he entered HS, the classes they offered were what he had taken in Jr. High. At age 16 he was emancipated, took his SATs and went to college. There is no benchmark such as the Regents to have students step up to.

There is no state support for the arts, the university here is best known for it's drinking parties and basketball brawls.

The $$ the casinos make does not go back into the community. There is no mandate anymore for them to add to the quality of life for their workers. There used to be a law that said if you built a hotel with more than XXXX number of rooms, you were required to build "green space" or some community center etc. That law is gone. So sure there is the tiger habitat -- At the Mirage so one has to schlep their children through a casino to look at animals in a decent setting because the "zoo" here is a sad joke.

I live in the southwest in an older part of Vegas by Flamingo and Decatur. Most of the houses here were build in the early 1980's. They are solid and made of good materials. Not put up in 6 weeks with particle board and crappy electrical/plumming. I had an offer 3 years ago on my house that was 5x what I paid for it, but when I saw what it would cost me for the same sq. footage but 1/2 the quality of materials, I'll take my chances even in this down market.

Whoever said to come here and rent first was probably right. It took me 6 months to fully realize what a mistake I'd made moving my family here but at the time I thought digging in and staying was the right thing.

We don't even have a cohesive PORN community here. At least when I lived in Atlanta and Seattle those of us in the business got together once a month, or every 3 months and exchanged info etc. Other than Xbiz/Internext we rarely see each other.

so that's MY opinion of Vegas. Why I bothered, is beyond me. *glaring at UW*..

Spent a couple of hours reading: http://www.city-data.com/forum/las-vegas/ last night and this morning. It definetly appears that people either love it - or hate it. Not much in between.

After doing more research, we're going to go look at homes in the Summerlin area next week. Looking forward to it!

[Beaver Bob]

Originally Posted by lorsha

Spent a couple of hours reading:

After doing more research, we're going to go look at homes in the Summerlin area next week. Looking forward to it!

Summerlin in nice!

once you've lived here, you'll almost never go to the strip unless its to see a show or you have out of town guests. i'll take Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock over most of the stuff on the strip.

[docholly]

Originally Posted by Beaver Bob

Summerlin in nice!

once you've lived here, you'll almost never go to the strip unless its to see a show or you have out of town guests. i'll take Green Valley Ranch and Red Rock over most of the stuff on the strip.

Yeah I totally agree.. Summerlin is Nice.. and the construction there was begun well before the "surge." I like the Lakes area too.. we lived there for 2 years before we finally bought our house in Spring Valley.

BUT..if either of you works outside the house anywhere outside of your immediate neighborhood, remember that roads/highways in Vegas are always under construction.. in an ongoing effort to shore up the sagging infrastructure..it will add 15-20 minutes to any commute.

On the other hand if you both work at home, Summerlin is a good area with lots of shops, dining etc.