Re: Vegas is still the worst

Any magazine survey is idiodic as well. My home of Denver was rated
best drinking town or most drunks or something by Mens or Outside
magazine. Well if you don't drink or go to bars it's really not
relevant.

I'll never move to Vegas due to the lack of old neighborhoods I value,
but I like hiking, and rock climbing nearby, and the wide open spaces,
and nothing feels better after camping two days in Death Valley than a
hot shower and buffet at the MGM -- so that's a plus for me!

Plus why is this web site so complicated with the flash presentation.
Pain in the ass.

james wrote:
I agree. The scale of the casinos make it a completely unhuman
experience, but within that I've found great people to talk to, both
local and visiting.

Back in 2000 I hung out with friends going to UNLV, and liked campus
and neighborhoods around them (for better or for worse).

Personally I'll always live in environment where I don't have to drive,
and can walk to coffee shops, grocery stores. My neighborhood in
downtown Denver has students living in $400 a month studios, who live
next to million dollar high rise condos. That integration and human
interaction is what I feel makes a neighborhood thrive, rather than the
economic segregation of 200,000 homes here, 500,000 dollar homes
there, etc.

But that said people and attitudes can still overcome the horrific city
planning of cul de sacs and super arterials.

Octopus Ride wrote:
"Rob-L" <a16a2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Well said.

I also have to wonder how many people in more "cultured" cities take
advantage of that culture and how many just wind up sitting in front of
the tube every night.

I don't know what the poll considers culture, but what many cities have and
what Vegas most definitely does not have are real neighborhoods.

Small commercial streets with local restaurants, pubs, produce stores, funky
bookstores, locally owned clothing stores, old trees, located within walking
distance of neighborhood residents. Places where people go to get a cup of
coffee, something to eat, to take a walk, wander around, meet up with
friends, see a band in a bar. Stores on the ground floor, apartments above.
Someplace you go almost every day.

I'm thinking Ballard in Seattle, as one example.

A lot of people enjoy that kind of area. Its simply something Vegas
doesn't have.

OR

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