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Old 09-10-2011, 06:51 PM
 
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The article contained facts (statistics)....what other facts were missing?

Here's a link to the FBI's 2010 UCR for plenty of facts on Nevada/LV crime:
FBI — Table 4 Montana - Ohio
I could not find 2010 but this further proves my point. Las Vegas and Henderson crime went down. Henderson, already being #3 SAFEST (not most violent like the article stated) got even better. Las Vegas, #25 the year before, had lower crime too.

Note crime is measured on a per capita basis, not # of crimes since areas are not of equal size. When you average the crime of Clark together there is no way it is the third most violent like the article assumes. There is almost zero violent crime in Henderson and several cities are missing.

Las Vegas Metro's area isn't especially safe, but the county is not the #3 most dangerous like this article claims. Considering Henderson's population is 1/6 of Metro's coverage and is under 200 violent crimes per 100,000 it is just impossible.

Also note, the violent crime in LV Metro's reports is disproportionately assaults again. I doubt a lot of those are random crimes.

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Old 09-10-2011, 07:15 PM
 
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The article contained facts (statistics)....what other facts were missing?

Here's a link to the FBI's 2010 UCR for plenty of facts on Nevada/LV crime:
FBI — Table 4 Montana - Ohio
I'm pretty sure LLV had a hotel and casino opened when this article was published, and I challenge the fact that Clark County is the 3rd most violent in the country. This does not affect me at all but I am a writer and this is just **** poor journalism. It borders on reckless.
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Old 09-10-2011, 07:44 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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I would think a major deterant to businesses would be the amount of turnaround found in LV, due to its transient nature. Who wants to spend money and time training people to only watch them leave shortly thereafter.
All they would have to do to find the most loyal workers on the planet is pay a living wage and employ people full time with bennies.
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Old 09-10-2011, 07:52 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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All they would have to do to find the most loyal workers on the planet is pay a living wage and employ people full time with bennies.
Yes, but in a family situation, it usually takes two incomes to make things work...so even if one spouse was lucky enough to find it, the other spouse better be just as lucky...or most likely they're all out of there.
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Old 09-10-2011, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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I'm pretty sure LLV had a hotel and casino opened when this article was published, and I challenge the fact that Clark County is the 3rd most violent in the country. This does not affect me at all but I am a writer and this is just **** poor journalism. It borders on reckless.

???My link was not to any article but to the FBI Uniform Crime Report.
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Old 09-10-2011, 09:49 PM
 
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???My link was not to any article but to the FBI Uniform Crime Report.
Right, but take those stats and go to the 2009 rankings I posted earlier and it shows the article in OP is clearly wrong and lacking in research.
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Old 09-11-2011, 11:29 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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All they would have to do to find the most loyal workers on the planet is pay a living wage and employ people full time with bennies.
Not sure that would really develop a loyal workforce. Look at the experience of the big three in Detroit.
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Old 09-11-2011, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Under a bridge
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According to economist Celia Chen, Clark County's 2006 home value levels won't be reached until 2030?? 2030?? Hard to believe this.

-Cheers.
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Old 09-11-2011, 12:03 PM
 
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i can understand It SIN city and full of tourists sex, wild young lifestyle gambleing, ........not what Seniors really want to retire to.


Carson city nv is a big retirement town
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Old 09-11-2011, 12:05 PM
 
Location: NW Las Vegas - Lone Mountain
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Right, but take those stats and go to the 2009 rankings I posted earlier and it shows the article in OP is clearly wrong and lacking in research.
Las Vegas metro is 79th by violent crime rate of the 107 cities above 200,000 population. Henderson is 7th and NLV is 58th. that is from the 2009 FBI statistics.

Note that you can get misled if you start using MSA or state statistics.
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