[rawg51]

Originally Posted by Wordguy

Rawg,
We're moving into a Wellington Meadows apt. on Dec. 10. It'll be our first adventure as snowbirds, coming from the ice and snow of Michigan. We're really looking forward to settling in four four months in our LV nest, which seems to be ideal from everything we've heard.

I'd appreciate any other details you might offer about Wellington-Meadows, its common areas, its management, etc.

Thanks!

The apartment complex is flanked on one side (eastern) by a commercial area that has a Bank of America, a KFC, an IHOP (open up to 10pm mostly hehehe), a cinema house that I haven't had time to go to but seems to play popular movies, a pizza house, a Pick Up Stix restaurant (chinese type food with some thai on menu). I think there's a bakery around there, plus a number of other stores. These are a walking distance from the apartments and you don't even have to walk through a major road (e.g. just use walkways) to get through them. On the western side is a nice library and museum which also is "walkable". There is a La Quinta motel/hotel/inn attached to the apartment complex (e.g. in front of it) to which are two restaurants close by (one looks like a steakhouse and the other an italian resto). There are no tennis courts in the apartment complex (I used to play tennis) but there is a squash court inside the gym and is accessible 24/7 I believe. Its pretty quiet inside the complex but if you live at the inner part particularly where Peccole Ranch area is then you will get to hear road-side noise (cars). About three weeks ago one of our neighbors had his kid's bike stolen but I heard it wasn't secured properly and he had a habit of leaving it outside his door (I guess he trusted too much). By the way, I heard from apartment managers that there are furnished apartment units that are rented out on a daily basis for roughly $70+ and even saw one myself (had a nice glass table that looked artsy) but one needed to reserve it early coz they easily could be booked up fast. So far management (all of them are ladies by the way) have been pleasant/helpful/approachable and have had our needs addressed in timely fashion. The support help in the complex are pleasant and courteous too. No problematic neighbors so far. About roughly a drive of 5-10 minutes (I'm figuring less than 10 actually) to west is Red Rock Casino that has a general food area, a buffet place of course, restaurants, hotel rooms. I have a favorite video fishing game there It has ample parking both covered and open. In front of that casino is another commercial area that has a Costco ($50 to be a member which includes one free additional membership), a Lowes, a Marshalls attached to a Bed Bath and Beyond attached to a Office Max attached to a Best Buy. There are numerous eating places and gas stations scattered there too coz its kinda like a big area.

.......Whew, that was a lot!!!! Hope it helps

[Wordguy]

Rawg,
Thanks for all the great details. Wellington Meadows sounds like a great location and a great complex, with plenty of retail, eateries and casino fun nearby. We've had nothing but great cooperation with the Wellington Meadows managers, especially Kimberly Olsen, and are looking forward to spending some fun time there this winter. Really appreciate your input...

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by cjski21

JFK, you are so right. There is something about that first snow that truly is magical. I just have found myself to dislike winter more and more with each year I spent in areas where it was cold. This is how the warm weather bug hit me. I was stationed at Luke AFB in Phoenix and I experienced my first winter without snow. I missed it. That is, untill I went up to the Snowbowl and experienced the phenomenon known as fresh powder. As I grew more more and more fond of the desert, I realized something. I can now live where it is warm and in 45 minutes to 3 hours, I can be leaving the first tracks in mountain powder. While the magic of the first storm cannot be duplicated here in Las Vegas, that feeling of fresh pow, which has become just as magical to me, can be. I can finally have the best of both worlds here. Las Vegas allows me to have my cake and eat it too. That is one reason why I can overlook the turmoil of city life and see this area for what it offers, and it offers alot to a midwest boy that loves to play in the snow but cannot stand living in it.

But I'll tell you what....when January comes...the magic is all gone! My wife loves a White Christmas...but then we want it over! Up here...it sometimes lives on until April! Way too long!

[Cyberyukon]

Originally Posted by Cyberyukon

Re: Michigan, does this answer your question--?

Here's how it is in my neck of Michigan:

1). First few flurries and accumulations come around Halloween. It's a heavy, thick cold that penetrates your bones. And it stays with you long past when you've started to cough. It's not cozy. It's cold. The wind howls. To quote Gordnon Lightfoot, the gales of November come early. Indeed. The black waves of Lake Superior roar into the shore with the sound of a thousand pissed off vaccum cleaners.

2). December the snows really start to come in. Especially the lake effect. Huge flakes droping in like unending legions of paratroopers. The snow plows have to clean the same areas two or three times a day. They scrape the stuff up and plop it down in front of your driveway with a characteristic growl. And the snow still comes. Which means you have to plod out and pick through a mini-mountain of ice chunks and crusty snow. And hope that you car still doesn't get stuck. Some storms will drop 12-20 inches over two or three days. The darkness comes early (4:00 pm) and the winds whip through the windows in the blackness that is eight-o-clock am. Schoolbusses kick up angry whisps of snow in their wake as they drive through the night.



3). For January, think arctic circle. It's so cold that the snow crunches under your feet and the sky takes on a polar pale blue-white look to it. This is what living on Pluto must be like. Three layers of clothing may do the trick. But everything gets wet as the snow melts from your body heat. Your shoes are soaked...your pants...The temps may get down to below zero--fifteen or twenty degrees. The car seats feel like boards and turning the ignition results in a slow ruh-ruh-ruh chugging. Hopefully the engine will turn over and the antifreeze hasn't turned to slush. If not, pull out the jumper cables and hope someone around will let you tap their battery. Did I mention that car parts in Janaury stick to flesh?




4). February. The temps are warming and the days are noticeably longer but the snow still comes. Maybe the high today will get to 25 degrees. Already a total annual accumulation around 200-250 inches. Many days with white skies, white trees and white roads. And still lots of snow to shovel. Day after day with no immediate end in sight. It's like living in your freezer..only colder and with less color. The general mood of the community has long since passed from depression to seclusion. Was that Jack Nicholson I saw carrying that axe, hobbling down the street?


4). March, things start to warm up. If we're lucky the snow is melting by the end of the month or by mid-April. This creates lots of free-running water which is awful for things like houses. Ever see a basement flood? Not a pretty sight.



5). April: the snow is usually all gone by the end of the month. Hooray. Now on to May. The leaves are out by Memorial Day. For six weeks, from Memorial Day to the 4th of July, we have something that actually resembles summer. But by late July the shadows are getting longer and the trees are starting to pale and change again (even though they won't hit their peak until mid-September). Then comes the shorter days...the shredding foilage...and it all starts again.

And then the cycle repeats.

And I'm not even mentioning all of the economic problems that Michigan is sporting right now.

So who can blame us for wanting to move someplace with blue sky and sunshine? A place where the temps never (or rarely) dip below freezing? And where even in January there's a sense of vitality and personality?

There!! Now I am depressed (and so should you be after reading this!!) ;-)

[Matt121779]

Originally Posted by jfkIII

Just wondering...is LV doing some mass advertising campaign in MI to get people to move to LV? It seems like quite a few transplanted residents are coming from there, as the transplanted poll surprisingly supports?

Clark County Schools ran an advertising campaign in Detroit trying to lure teachers to Las Vegas. Commercials and newspaper ads ran for several months last year.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by Matt121779

Clark County Schools ran an advertising campaign in Detroit trying to lure teachers to Las Vegas. Commercials and newspaper ads ran for several months last year.

They were targetting districts laying off teachers.

[ou812girl]

That's basically every district. I had connections at several good districts, but at the end of the school year they were laying people off instead of hiring. None of the people I graduated with last year found jobs in MI.

[mj949]

I live in a townhouse in a newer part of town. I've been here for about 2 years and for most of that time it was a relatively quiet area. But it's been changing lately.

We have neighbors that are very loud and obnoxious as if they've forgotten that they share a wall with other people. We've complained about the noise several times and nothing is done about it. The current manager doesn't seem to do anything about a problem unless she is also affected by the problem.
The previous manager was much more aggressive and didn't let any nonsense go on.


To make matters worse, those same noisy neighbors have teenagers who always seem to be home (aka: no school, no jobs, etc). They can usually be seen talking on the phone outside or just smoking and hanging out.

We recently had a package stolen from our porch and after doing a little investigating/talking to the delivery company, we found out that the kid next door and his friend are the ones who stole it. Of course they lied about it but since nobody actually saw them take it there's nothing we can do about it. Although I'll be moving out of state in about 6 months (job related), so we don't have to put up with them much longer.

So a place that starts out nice and quiet can easily change if the management changes or if more unruly people move in.

[jfkIII]

Originally Posted by mj949

I live in a townhouse in a newer part of town. I've been here for about 2 years and for most of that time it was a relatively quiet area. But it's been changing lately.

We have neighbors that are very loud and obnoxious as if they've forgotten that they share a wall with other people. We've complained about the noise several times and nothing is done about it. The current manager doesn't seem to do anything about a problem unless she is also affected by the problem.
The previous manager was much more aggressive and didn't let any nonsense go on.


To make matters worse, those same noisy neighbors have teenagers who always seem to be home (aka: no school, no jobs, etc). They can usually be seen talking on the phone outside or just smoking and hanging out.

We recently had a package stolen from our porch and after doing a little investigating/talking to the delivery company, we found out that the kid next door and his friend are the ones who stole it. Of course they lied about it but since nobody actually saw them take it there's nothing we can do about it. Although I'll be moving out of state in about 6 months (job related), so we don't have to put up with them much longer.

So a place that starts out nice and quiet can easily change if the management changes or if more unruly people move in.

According to the informal (and unscientific) poll conducted in this forum, if your neighbors are transplanted from another state, there is higher probability that they are coming from Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio or Wisconsin.

Again, if they are transplanted, according to IRS statistics (Moving from county to county), the highest probability is that your neighbors are from Southern California, as 4 of the top 5 counties that people moved from (to Clark County) are in So Cal.

The problems that you are experiencing are not reflective of the true native Las Vegan, who tend to be a much nicer (if not quieter) bunch of people.

[tuscanigirl]

Originally Posted by VegasNV

I honestly can not take it anymore,, my complex is a complete joke with the music blasting the people shouting horns honking and the car stereoes with the bass blasting,,,does anyone live in a relatively quiet(and safe) Apartment complex I currently pay about $650 a month and was hoping for something close to that, I also live by Tropicana and Maryland

and I dont want to get called a racist so I wont say the 2 groups who are usually behind some of the things I mentioned, but use your imagination

Are you in Cobblestone Creek apartments? It sounds like you are right by UNLV.