stankubrick

I'm seriously considering moving to Las Vegas in a year or so (my lady has a great job opportunity there). Just looking for some thoughts from you guys.....

What do you love/hate about living in Vegas?
Where were you from originally?
What are the best areas to live?

(Sorry about the double-post. I can't figure out if this should be in "Desert & Salt" or Pacific South" ?!)

autoxtc

HMM LETS SEE!

las vegas... is just to me!
BUT!!!

i moved out here about two years ago as soon as i graduated from high school... since my boyfriend got forced to move out here by his parents... i decided to leave my family for vegas.... in your case...since your lady has got a good job opportunity i say do it!

what i love about vegas...everything is 24 hours.... i can wake up at 3 am and go to a casino cafe and eat! most stores are 24 hours...theres always something to do 24/7 unless youre under 21 like me... i dont party much though... so im basically just happy being here since my boyfriend is here...

the autox's here are great.. LVRSCCA isnt too crowded like the so cal SCCA... we have midnight mayhem once or twice a month at the speedway (sanctioned drag racing) on the drag strip.

the car scene is alright... there are the stupid ricers from time to time..and of course stupid illegals... but if you find the right crowd its all good

what i hate!!!!!!!!!!!
people here can NOT drive for shizzle! throw out everything you know about courteous driving...its not like california where everyone uses their signal... nope... no one uses their signal..people cut you off... people somehow have to take a crap everytime they're on the road...its like the whole city is in a rush...taxi drivers are THE WORST! people don't know the difference between the left lane and the right lane... somehow the left lane turns into the slow lane...the right lane turns into the fast lane... on a good day...you'll see it the other way around like it should be! traffic here is progressively getting worse..there are only 3 freeways... the 15, the 215, and the 95...so getting around can kind of be a hassle.... people don't know what to do a four way stop... oh yeah forgot to warn you...there's at least 5 accidents everyday here...so becareful

on those weekends when they've got something going on at the strip like a ufc fight or boxing match or concert... or even just the weekend and holidays weekends....consider sitting in traffic on the strip for a long time... if you find another way around las vegas blvd... take it!

CONSTRUCTION! there is always construction...be prepared for lots of rock chips...and i wouldnt suggest running light weight wheels on the roads here.. they're crappy!

the weather isnt too bad...but deep down in the summer time..it can get to about 120 + here in the valley...sucks for boosted cars! in the winter...it can get to about 28 degrees..plus the wind it can get to about 24 degrees sometimes... it has snowed a tad bit here...becareful of rain...when it rains people get even more stupid when they drive..same thing goes for ice warnings... if your from a cold climate..you'll be fine during the winter...summer i dont know..make sure you have a/c....but you can get used to it like i have.. i have no a/c! hehehe

nevada has water restrictions... you can only water your plants clean your car etc etc at certain times during the day... its stupid...my boyfriend and i clean our cars whenever we want anyway...we dont give a f- ...his neighbors do it too... we dont ever snitch on each other to HOA (home owners association)

both my boyfriend and i are originally from southern california...we get home sick...dont have much water here as you can already tell... no beach...just desert and sun and mountain.. not much green here..

the best areas to live are the north west (summerlin area) its nice but kinda far from everything..same with the south east (nice part of henderson)....south west is where i live...its a very nice area... some parts are still being developed like stores and such... .... the ghetto parts of vegas are in patches...you'll get a patch of a nice area..and then down the street a patch of ghetto...parts of the north side can be a nice place to live too... but its far too... the southwest is about 10 minutes away from the stip...same with henderson... so yeah

well hope you come out... just all in all.. despite my rant about the stupid drivers and traffic and water restrictions...my boyfriend and i have found our ways around the stupidness of the city! oh yeah suggestion when you get here...go up to red rock canyon...if you like pretty scenic views away from the strip... that's the place to be.. my boyfriend and i go hiking up there all the time...its fun! hope u like it out here... be ready to drive real aggresively out here... and make time for where you need to go... traffic can be a pain sometimes on the freeway...

scion04xb

I love it here personally,,,, I moved here from seattle in jan Traffic here can be a pain but so can everywhere else pretty much.... The general population is nicer here then seattle is... Um there is always something to do... Everything I want is with in close distance drag strip, race track, mountains, lake, etc. The summer gets hot but if you dont mind heat then you should be good. There is a decent size scion club I'm in (pm if you want to know more). Like the post above there are stupid ricers and stuff but there are some sick cars alot of nice evo's and sti's... Some really nice drift cars. Everything I want is here now whether you like here is up to you... thats my .02cents

stankubrick

autoxtc, thanks for all your honest opinions, it a great help!

scion04xb, if we move down there, i'll def look into the Scion club!

I go to LV about 2-3 times a year, and I always love it. The only thing I don't like is smoking everywhere! Otherwise, I really don't mind the heat and I the drivers ARE bad, but I'm real chill so, no prob.

I stayed in a house in Rhodes Ranch, it's real nice out there! Is that considered South West? What's rent like out there? It looks like there is still a ton of construction in that area - I guess everywhere really. I wonder how the city will look in a year or so?

LV is looking pretty good. If we do move down there, we'll only stay a couple years or so, until we have kids - then it's back to CA. I know one thing for sure about moving down there, LOTS of my friends and family are gonna want to visit us all of a sudden...lol

autoxtc

no problem...i do like it here somewhat to an extent..and yes as soon as you move out there.. EVERYONE YOU KNOW FROM HOME WILL TRY TO VISIT YOU! or call u up when their in town! its kind of hard next year since ill be turning 21 as well as my friends from high school as well...im sure they'll be hitting the city up for our 21sts...so its gonna be kinda hard to keep up with studying and school at the same time partying it up!

they've actually stopped the whole smoking thing in restaurants...but on the casino floors it still exists... so thats what ive observed..the nonsmoking and smoking sections in most restaurants have disappeared...its now just non smoking ..which is a nice change...

yeah rhodes ranch is a real nice place...i actually used to live right next to that community in independence homes...i moved down the street a bit...my boyfriend lives in nevada trails...where i spend most of my time anyway...yup thats considered the south west...its a nice area..they now have a stop light on robindale and durango where the entrance is to rhodes ranch so there arent so many accidents anymore..thank goodness...they've just about teared up durango AGAIN! so look forward to construction...anywhere and everywhere here!

rent im not sure how much it is for a house kuz i live with roomies...so im not sure...there are some apartments and condos around the area...how much i dont know...

unfortunately for me i dont hang with the scions much... ill show up to a tc meet once in a blue moon...im just hardcore busy with work, school, autox racing...and the mazdas... im pretty much known as the scion turned mazda...but i used to own a mazda that i passed down to my boyfriend.. so we're very active in that so yeah...

lv is a good place to live...i do agree though as soon as i have kids, ill be back in california... i dont wanna raise my kids out here! plus i miss the beach... and the nice weather all year round! well good luck moving! i know its alotta info but yeah !

MohawkDan

vegas sucks. i lived there for 5 years in the northwest part/summerlin area and down in henderson area.

too hot! then again i had car that had no AC and the windows didnt go down.

its an awesome place to visit, but sucks to live there...

to each his own though.

dodong27

Thurs. Night Meets...

In-N-Out: Evos & WRXs,,,

(used to be) Tower Records: Misc. Rides, LowRider pick-ups, few Scions, Nissans, etc,,,

China Town: Old School Rides; AE86, RX7s, 240s, MR2, Toyotas/Nissans/Mazdas...

I'm sure there's more meets on Thurs. Night. Not sure why they ALL decide to meet on Thursdays, but its been like this since I moved here. You'll mostly see me in China Town, I'm more into oldschool...

autoxtc

oh boy they moved it to in and out now

i stopped going to those WOW tower records meets a long time ago, people are rude, people arent very approachable, the environment is all about whose better than who (and ish talking), people trying to do burn outs and call attention to themselves, espcially unwanted attention from the police. then off to illegals afterwards. the cops always break up those meets. the china town one is pretty kool, ran into some fellow autoxers there, quiet, a little bit more welcoming. i used to hang with the evos too, but when the wow meets started migrating towards that area, i figured the cops would end up breaking up the in and out meets eventually too

those kids complain that the cops keep breaking up their meets, but they do stupid things that attract the attention of cops, if they didnt then they wouldnt have that problem, evos and wrx's havent been bothered since they started meeting up there, the rotaries have never been bothered either.

i dont know if the meets have gotten any better or worse (im assuming worse, every week it got worse and worse and worse when i went)

everyone meets up thursday nights to go to illegals around 12 am on trop and arville or on sunset and valley view, not worth going over there either, bunch of little kids that dont know what their doing go, cops come in about 15 minutes after it starts. they've already posted up in hiding, quarter till racing time, cops know about both locations, locations have been the same since forever, hasnt changed, same things happen every night, people roll deep, show off, run 4 deep on the streets, bust donuts to show off in the middle of the street where the races are held, cause accidents and the cops come in to break it up and ticket whoever, not worth it one bit, just to look cool and say theyve street raced, not worth it, i have more respect for those that go to legal events than do illegal stuff in my opinion its just stupid

anyway, yeah those meets can be good on some nights, most nights theyre just blah, plus those meets and illegals (wow meets) is a first class ticket to getting your car or stuff jacked, a speeding ticket, illegal racing ticket, or just a spectating ticket, or just not having a location to do meets at anymore, like what happened to tower records

LEDmod

There is a good meeting for Scion on Thursday night at 8pm at Sonic on Flamingo next to Gold Coast Hotel and Casino..
People are very nice and had no problem at all....

silor

in new to this site but i was born here and live in mountains edge
on the sw part of town i love it here my son is 3rd gen here and there is alot of good peeps here just got to find them there is also a lot of a$$ here but thats every where . I would love to go
to the scion meet Thursday somebody hit me up so i know someone there
later

LEDmod

I live in Moutain's Edge also....
There are people at the Sonic on every Thursday...
It's been a good meeting place for Scion for couple of months now....
I'm gona be there too and 2-3 of my sponsored tC

bcnu_702

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olaHalo

id take this into consideration
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be careful!

aen

your boyfriend lives in nevada trails right?!

i got ____ing snitched on by the idiot living next door, cited for a car that is too loud...fixing my car on teh street(i was rotating the wheels and my brother was using the garage to install an intake) and washing my car

aen

oh oh. and to me. vegas people are ____ face blah suckers.

i don't like people here. then again, i hvae yet to meet people other than my highschool friends.

i need new friends =| need to go to good meets...

-shrug

i wouldn't live here if sombody paid me.

well ok, depends on how much. but still

autoxtc

yeah he lives there, i practically live there too, im there every single day, sometimes you'll either catch us rotating tires, swapping wheels, cleaning our cars or just doing the usual car maintenance out in the drive way, especially before an autox event, havent been doing it too much lately only because its sooooo damn hot! plus we dont have another event for a month

damn dood that sucks! your neighbors suck! his neighbors are pretty cool, they see us zoom zooming by, they never snitch on us for cleaning our cars all the time, i guess kuz we never snitch on them, shoot who cares about water restrictions, we're gonna clean our cars just like we did back at home in california

as far as being loud, they never said anything bad about it, if anything is was his parents who told us to stop reving the cars when we didnt need to, we would just do it to be stupid. the guy with the M5 is real loud, he never got snitched on, i think he has an M6 now, the NSX was hella loud too but he doesnt live there, that's wierd, there was a ferrari that used to live in the neighborhood never got cited either

its_ikon

Vegas is a great area as long as you know what the place is. I hate hot weather, but it is not bad out here. My parents still can’t believe that I like it out here and I even wear long sleeve shirts in the summer. Depending on what you like you can snowboard I utah, go to the lake or enjoy the outdoors. I never go to the strip. Gambling is overrated, but it pays part of our taxes and it is something you have to live with. People will complain things are far out here, but you can travel from boulder city to north las vegas in about 35-40 mins.

There are water restrictions, but they don’t regulate you washing your car to certain days of the week as that can be done anytime. The restriction is on watering the lawn via sprinklers. Hand watering with the hose can be done anytime since it is more direct, but you are limited to the time of day.

What I love about vegas:
I just love the surroundings. I am more of an outdoor person so spending time at the mountains, lake or in utah will take up my time. I also love that I was able to afford my own house instead. I also love the lack of traffic in my commute. I travel from the 95 and wagonwheel to Desert Inn and Valley View in 17-23 mins. I no longer have the so cal 2 hour commute for 20 miles. I also love being able to go to places for a cheap breakfast or lunch or dinner for a low as a $1. I like the fact I can tint my car and do mods and not really worry too much about getting hassled by the cops.
What I hate about vegas:
I will have to come back to this.

Where am I originally from:
So cal 909 area. Chino Hills to be exact.

What are the best areas to live:
Just stay away from north las vegas. There seems to be a lot of problems up in that area, but it’s cheaper. The best places to stay to me are the west or southwest vegas through the southeast out towards Henderson. The roads are not crap here either. The roads are new so you don’t have pot holes everywhere unless you get out towards under developed areas or parts of the north. When I moved out here I was living in boulder city and then when I moved into my house I tried to stay close to boulder city, but ended up in the far southeast of Henderson. There is a lot less noise and traffic to deal with. Drivers are bad here, but nothing worse then driving downtown LA. I would recommend moving out here and living in an apartment and checking out the different commute you would have.

its_ikon

You will also want to research the career path you have chosen if you currently have one and check the pay scale. I would assume you would have a career being 29, but you never know. If you work with 3d studio max or autocad, the place I work is always hiring. I would also recommend getting opinions from people in your age range. Try and find other message boards that are specific for the vegas area so you can get a broad view.

lvbitwiz

That's "The City of North Las Vegas" AKA North Town. I live in the far northwest, it's out htere, but it's quiet (although not all together cheap)

aen

i hate vegas hahah =X