[RicKaysen]

Originally Posted by strato58

I mean, you guys can't even pump your own gas.

Can't or not allowed to? Dem state so we are not allowed to. Lol[/quote]

I did anyway...attendants usually appreciated the help.

[awasner]

Originally Posted by aboveordinary

I was just offered a job in education in Las Vegas (Not as a teacher). I just graduated with a Masters and am from Southern California.

I have done some research and have seen things about Las Vegas that makes me hesitant to move there. I don't plan on living there for the rest of my life. I plan only to get some experience and leave. Please let me know if any of this is true.

I am a young late 20s educated professional and I have heard that there is not much of a professional or college educated presence in Las Vegas.

I have also heard that:

There is no culture in Las Vegas.

That education is not looked at favorably in the city or the state as a whole.

There are not many things to do outside of casinos and bars.

There are very hot summers and cold winters. (I don't mind the heat, hate cold).

I have heard some good things such as low cost of living, 24/7 entertainment options, easy to navigate, and a diverse range of ethnic food options.

Please let me know the good and the bad of living in Las Vegas.

Well, here's the OP. Seems this thread got beamed up by Scotty. So far off track it's possessed by demons.


I have lived in Vegas, Reno, Elko, Ely, Nevada. Also many cities in CA and Oregon, as well as Kansas.


Vegas has a lot of good things going for it, and like any American city there are problems.
Crime, not great, not super bad. Cities like Portland Oregon and Albuquerque NM, and of course Detroit and Baltimore, etc. are many times worse. Strangely, Salt Lake City, Utah of all places has the #1 property crime rate for the nation. Frankly, not that many places are better than Vegas for crime, even small towns due to meth and heroin being all over the place. Surprisingly there are a few places like El Paso that does experience crime. But the region's rate of violent crime is lower than the national average and the rate of property crime is significantly lower.


Climate very hot but also quite often windy. Might be a hard place to walk your dog for about six months out of the year. Long drive to some place significantly different (compared to say Sacramento where in an hour you can be in the high Sierra or two hours at the ocean). The big problem with the heat in Vegas is it usually does not cool off much at night.



Health Care is best in the State, and is rated nationally as better than some places, but it's not super great. It's just OK. You're not living next door to a Mao Clinic or John Hopkins.



Cultures in Vegas is very racially mixed and diverse like many places which has both pluses and minuses. Seattle is mostly white and Asian. Lots of towns in the west are over 90% white. Then you have cities like El Paso that is over 80% Hispanic. So you'll have great burrito joints and some soul food places in Vegas. Many cities in the west especially north of about Sacramento all the way to the Canadian border do not have much racial diversity in my opinion.



Dog friendly, There are 18 off-leash dog parks in Las Vegas. Many places allow dogs inside as for almost have the year there's no way you can leave a dog in a car, ever. The sidewalks are too hot for them, too.


Bugs, fire ants, scorpions, cockroaches including German cockroaches, bad spiders like Black Widows, recluses, and Camel spiders. The scorpions I ran into were as fast as a cat and could run sideways on the wall of a house. A job where you have to crawl under houses would take more bravery than I have. Camping out you'd better know what you're doing (you won't usually see bad snakes in town). Mojave Green rattlers are rare but no joke. Also I had problems with sidewinders. There are not many mosquitoes but they do exist.


Gun ranges, Vegas is one of the few places in the USA where you can go to many, many gun ranges both outdoor and indoor. You can shoot 50 Caliber Machine guns or just about any gun you can think of. There's a range where you can shoot and M249 SAW from a helicopter. Anyone from California would freak, the SWAT team would be called! That's what it means to live in NV, Freedom.


Brothels, yes Nevada has brothels. Not my cup of tea but it comes back to that word, Freedom.



Solar power, many places in the west like Portland and Seattle, solar power doesn't work very well, but you won't ever have a problem with it in Vegas. Wind power would also work in Vegas.


Grocery stores, many towns in Oregon, Washington and areas north of Sacramento, you might have one decent grocery store for the whole town, and it's a monopoly of sorts so prices can sometimes be high. Vegas you have tons of stores to choose from.


Sales tax, The minimum combined 2020 sales tax rate for Las Vegas, Nevada is 8.38%. This is the total of state, county and city sales tax rates. The Nevada sales tax rate is currently 4.6% so you might want to drive up to Reno to buy a new car.



Property taxes, The rate in Las Vegas for fiscal year 2017 to 2018 is about 3.3%, according to the Clark County Treasurer's office. It's been the same for the last few years. Unlike in nearby California, when a house is sold in Nevada, the sale does not trigger a reassessment of the property for tax purposes


Conventions, 100's of conventions every year, everything from electronics to wild and crazy things like the national convention of Soldiers of Fortune.


Virtual Reality, Vegas is probably #1 in virtual reality arcades.


24/7 Everything is open 24/7. No more going into some sleepy town where everything is closed at 5pm.



Many things in Vegas that you can't do in any other city:

• A Helicopter Tour Into The Grand Canyon. ...
• Drive an Exotic Supercar Around a Racetrack. ...
• UTV Off-Roading through the Mojave Desert. ...
• Drive, Jump And Drift An Off-Road Race Truck. ...
• Zipline Through The Desert.

[usnftcret]

"Property taxes, The rate in Las Vegas for fiscal year 2017 to 2018 is about 3.3%, according to the Clark County Treasurer's office"

I've been paying property taxes in Las Vegas for over 10 years. It is nowhere near 3.3%. North Las Vegas has the highest property taxes in Clark County and I pay just over 1% per year in assessed value.

[lvmensch]

Originally Posted by usnftcret

"Property taxes, The rate in Las Vegas for fiscal year 2017 to 2018 is about 3.3%, according to the Clark County Treasurer's office"

I've been paying property taxes in Las Vegas for over 10 years. It is nowhere near 3.3%. North Las Vegas has the highest property taxes in Clark County and I pay just over 1% per year in assessed value.

It is based on assessed valuation which is about 30% of market value. The real property tax varies from a little over 1% in new houses in a couple of the cities to 0.75% in older homes in the county. Two things reduce it. The 3% max cap on tax increases and the depreciation of the improvement component on older homes.

[awasner]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

It is based on assessed valuation which is about 30% of market value. The real property tax varies from a little over 1% in new houses in a couple of the cities to 0.75% in older homes in the county. Two things reduce it. The 3% max cap on tax increases and the depreciation of the improvement component on older homes.

Thank you very much for the correction. I just google searched that 3.3%, so it was a fail.
Thanks!

[awasner]

Found where I got that quote from, it's from here: https://www.mansionglobal.com/articl...as-vegas-93964 Thanks again for the correction.

[RationalExpectations]

Originally Posted by Vegas2019

Still have to say, Seattle drivers to me are the worst. Don't let you merge into traffic even if they've seen your light blinking for 80 miles!

[SusVelo]

Originally Posted by awasner

Grocery stores, many towns in Oregon, Washington and areas north of Sacramento, you might have one decent grocery store for the whole town, and it's a monopoly of sorts so prices can sometimes be high. Vegas you have tons of stores to choose from.

What an odd comparison, single grocery store towns to a large city? Pretty sure every state has towns like that and no comparable city would have one grocery store. Good grief.

[awasner]

Originally Posted by simply1

What an odd comparison, single grocery store towns to a large city? Pretty sure every state has towns like that and no comparable city would have one grocery store. Good grief.

Hi, thank you for your helpful reply to my post.

[Oistrakh12]

Originally Posted by aboveordinary

I am a young late 20s educated professional and I have heard that there is not much of a professional or college educated presence in Las Vegas.

You are correct. The professional/college educated millennial population is almost nonexistent in Vegas, due to the nature of the economy here.