[guinnessjim]

Originally Posted by Matt Angry

At least its not Philly.....

Looking for attractive people? Don't go to... - Yahoo! News (broken link)

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia is home to the least attractive people in the United States, a survey of visitors and residents showed on Friday

haha...classic: my bro lives in philly!

[jfkIII]

see GJ....you like to make fun of where YOUR brother lives!

[guinnessjim]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

see GJ....you like to make fun of where YOUR brother lives!

actually, i like to make fun of my brother...i have only been to philly once, so i can't make to much fun of it (liked what i saw though).

if the survey says it is full of ugloids, and he lives there, i guess i have to mock myself also, 'cause we really kinda look alike

[Steve-o]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Yup we get a net of a little less than 5000 a month. But mostly they stay. We lose about 3000 a month.

Hmmmm??

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by guinnessjim

if the survey says it is full of ugloids, and he lives there, i guess i have to mock myself also, 'cause we really kinda look alike

That's ok...I went blind awhile ago! (see post a few back.) It don't matter much to me.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by Steve-o

Hmmmm??

Around 8,000 move in. 3,000 move out. Net of 5,000. My understanding though is that it is down below 5,000 net this year. Then again I believe the last number I saw for the basin was an increase of 2.7% which would be around 5,400 on a base of 2 million. So something like 5,000 net...

[Fallingwater79]

Originally Posted by southwest1230

I think you can attribute the problems unique to Vegas that indeed DO make it worse than most big cities(forget the cesspools like Detroit and Cleveland, we're talking typical cities), down to two. 1.)Vegas is a one-company town.....Of the casinos, by the casinos, and FOR the casinos. What should rightly go into tax coffers is skimmed by the casino-corporations more efficiently than Lefty Rosenthal and the Outfit could ever have imagined in their wildest dreams....this means no parks, schools, rec centers, pools, libraries, public buildings, services, for the locals. It makes for a crappy environment, and you therefore get a revolving door of residents, and no continuity that bodes pride of place. Where there is no pride of place, there is no joining of organizations, and an egregious amount of crime. And no one cares.....why should they?
2.) The revolving door of transiency...so many people coming and going, and not just tourists. They don't tell you that while 5,000 a month come, just about the same amount leave. If they all stayed, the metro area would be more on the cusp of 3 million now. Over the last 30 years, a good million folks bailed back to whence they came, and never looked back. Revolving door cities have no continuity on any level, breed crime, and keep the main godfather in the area, casinos, running the show. They want transiency, which stifles debate, and eliminates the possibility of any grass-roots bubbling up of tax referenda that would make Las Vegas a more livable city.
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SO, that's your answer in a nutshell as to why Vegas has problems as a livable city,
and why so many that come go right back out in the same revolving door. Hey, look
on the bright side, at least revolving doors can't hit you on the way out!
LOL!~

City of Sin in more ways than ten.....humans resort to "animal" (dog eat dog) behavior when there are no roots or emotional connection to others.....

[guinnessjim]

Originally Posted by smalltownusa

City of Sin in more ways than ten.....humans resort to "animal" (dog eat dog) behavior when there are no roots or emotional connection to others.....

that's retarded...

your emotional connections to others are directly related to your own ability to form them...and roots are for trees, not people. it is important to remember them, but sad when you are constrained by them (and i am not referring to people who choose to stay somewhere to help w/ family issues...there is a nobility in giving up what you want to help those who need you)

some people can't do well away from their "safety nets" and will therefore have problems regardless where they go. the same can be said for people with addiction problems...gamblers should stay away from gambling, alcoholics should stay away from drinking, tweekers need to stay away from meth...

the knock you can say on vegas is that some vices are more readily available here...but people will find them anywhere if they need them.

comes back around full circle to LV is not for everyone, although everyone should have the option to "roll the dice" and see for themselves

[jfkIII]

And if they roll 2, 3 or 12, it's....well, you know!

I still like the Big Wheel of Problem Multiplication for a true Vegas metaphor!

[guinnessjim]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

And if they roll 2, 3 or 12, it's....well, you know!

I still like the Big Wheel of Problem Multiplication for a true Vegas metaphor!

only if there some bonus spaces on that wheel...big money, big prizes, i luv it!