From: Joe J on

"jerry the jerk" <adb8454(a)webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Aug 10 2010 7:56 AM, Double Down Now! wrote:
>
>> According to Vegas Rex:
>>
>> http://www.casinotop10.net/10-worst-things-about-living-in-las-vegas-1.shtml
>
> So far, I like the weather and the prospects of no ice and snow this
> coming winter.
> The one thing I do not like is the traffic. Coming from Wooocester, with
> 175,000 people I find the traffic a bit aggrevating. Not used to heavy
> traffic everytime I go someplace.
> Heavy traffic as compared to wooocester.
>
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Having lived there and moved back out, I can't disagree with too much except
#5 & 6. No experience there.
Did kinda forget about mosquitoes. Came back to WI and we have had record
rainfalls this entire summer. Mosquitoes are the worst I can remember in 50
years. Still glad to be out of LV, yet looking forward to a Vegas vacation
in October. Small doses several times a year is our ticket.
--
Joe J.

From: jessica_smith_nyc on
Thanks......Vegas is like your favorite food at your favorite
restaurant.........you can't go there everyday or else you will get
sick of it.......it's special because you only get to go there on
special occasions.

--
http://www.moviesitearchive.com


On Aug 10, 7:56 am, "Double Down Now!" <double.down....(a)hotmail.com>
wrote:
> According to Vegas Rex:
>
> http://www.casinotop10.net/10-worst-things-about-living-in-las-vegas-...

From: JKConey on

"Double Down Now!" <double.down.now(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> According to Vegas Rex:
>
> http://www.casinotop10.net/10-worst-things-about-living-in-las-vegas-1.shtml
>

Cancel my house buying....

--
JK Sinrod
www.myconeyislandmemories.com

From: Nonnymus on


"Pinstripe Sniper" <verysorry(a)nocando.com> wrote in message
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> I haven't read the list but I will say in the past couple of weeks
> we've had just under or over 100 degree days and many of us actually
> think that was quite comfortable. I do.
>
> PsS

We've lived in Henderson since 2001. When I read the list, I felt it was
nothing more than a hatchet job on our town. The bad points we all
recognize were exaggerated and virtually none of the positive aspects were
mentioned or if they were mentioned, they were minimized.

What we have here is a new city, constructed around a core mixing tourism,
old and new. The further you are from that core, the newer everything is
and the better it is.

My impression is that the author lived or spent much of his existence here
in that core- particularly the downtown area. That would explain his
diatribe on crime and the people he encountered. As you venture outward, to
Summerlin, Henderson, the Sun Cities and similar developments, you encounter
planned communities with rational development transitioning between single
family residential, duplex, multifamily, light commercial and primary
commercial. The streets are paved and solid, infrastructure like
functioning cable and telephone, reliable electric and water and sewer are
in place and working. You don't find that in older cities anywhere. Sure,
the homes have a sameness that can be boring, but then they also reflect the
reality of living in the desert with high temperatures and lots of sunshine.
Concrete roofs and stucco siding are a necessity and not just a concession.

Our housing density is a compromise between downtown urban and spacious
suburbs. Anyone who grew up in a highrise apartment house in a city would
appreciate any back yard or parking space at all. Anyone growing up in a
farming community would feel cramped by small set-backs, tiny garages and
small yards. It's a middle ground here.

The newspaper publishes a weekly crime map showing burglaries, drugs,
assaults etc. that were on the police blotter. I defy anyone to find a city
with a suburban area like ours to show a significant improvement over LV and
Henderson. The part about the police being out of control was ridiculous.
While generously overpaid, like our firemen, our police are professional.
Mistakes can happen, but if you're a law-abiding citizen who doesn't have an
"attitude," they're like any other city. I've never been stopped,
questioned, frisked or even had a ticket. Our police are like the police in
any other city. If you go downtown or on the Strip, get drunk, mouth off,
act stupid or do a crime, they'll take care of matters promptly and
professionally, though.

Nonny

From: Marsha on

"Nonnymus" <nobody(a)nowhere.net> wrote in message
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>
> We've lived in Henderson since 2001. When I read the list, I felt it was
> nothing more than a hatchet job on our town. The bad points we all
> recognize were exaggerated and virtually none of the positive aspects were
> mentioned or if they were mentioned, they were minimized.
>
> What we have here is a new city, constructed around a core mixing tourism,
> old and new. The further you are from that core, the newer everything is
> and the better it is.
>
> My impression is that the author lived or spent much of his existence here
> in that core- particularly the downtown area. That would explain his
> diatribe on crime and the people he encountered. As you venture outward,
> to Summerlin, Henderson, the Sun Cities and similar developments, you
> encounter planned communities with rational development transitioning
> between single family residential, duplex, multifamily, light commercial
> and primary commercial. The streets are paved and solid, infrastructure
> like functioning cable and telephone, reliable electric and water and
> sewer are in place and working. You don't find that in older cities
> anywhere. Sure, the homes have a sameness that can be boring, but then
> they also reflect the reality of living in the desert with high
> temperatures and lots of sunshine. Concrete roofs and stucco siding are a
> necessity and not just a concession.
>
> Our housing density is a compromise between downtown urban and spacious
> suburbs. Anyone who grew up in a highrise apartment house in a city would
> appreciate any back yard or parking space at all. Anyone growing up in a
> farming community would feel cramped by small set-backs, tiny garages and
> small yards. It's a middle ground here.
>
> The newspaper publishes a weekly crime map showing burglaries, drugs,
> assaults etc. that were on the police blotter. I defy anyone to find a
> city with a suburban area like ours to show a significant improvement over
> LV and Henderson. The part about the police being out of control was
> ridiculous. While generously overpaid, like our firemen, our police are
> professional. Mistakes can happen, but if you're a law-abiding citizen who
> doesn't have an "attitude," they're like any other city. I've never been
> stopped, questioned, frisked or even had a ticket. Our police are like
> the police in any other city. If you go downtown or on the Strip, get
> drunk, mouth off, act stupid or do a crime, they'll take care of matters
> promptly and professionally, though.
>
> Nonny

You haven't been following Rex over the last several years, have you?
He made it abundantly clear that his purpose in living here was to be near
the Strip. He wanted, and got, an urban environment and in the long run,
that didn't work out so well for him.
He put down the houses in the more removed areas, put down cars and car
ownership. He wanted to be where he was, and he got what he got.
The thing is... he said he'd been to AC, he lived closer to it, in theory
knew more about it. Once you get away from the casinos, you don't want to
get out of your car until you're FAR away. Why would he expect it to be that
different here?
Why would he move his CHILDREN somewhere without checking out the safety of
the community, schools, and health care for them? Did those things not
become important until it was HIS health that was of concern?
I have been stopped by police in a various places where I've lived. The
results have always been the same, we're mutually polite and I leave
unscathed. No difference between here and NJ.
I grew up in NYC. I was still in my teens the first time someone tried
groping me on the subway. Regardless, I missed having any sort of public
transportation when we moved to MS. The funny thing was that once we'd moved
to where there was "some", I didn't use it.
There ARE things which could come as something of a surprise... Dust, wind,
monsoons. The wear and tear the heat and low humidity take on something like
a car.
If I hadn't bought here, the Pacific Northwest was where I was going to look
next. Right now I don't know how I'd feel about the "loss" of sunny days
though, so I might follow his blog just to see how it turns out for them.