[Rich Cabeza]

I tried calling a friend, there's no answer. Back in the early 90s they were building a high school every year for the next 20 years. Are those days over?

[owelles]

Originally Posted by Rich Cabeza

I tried calling a friend, there's no answer. Back in the early 90s they were building a high school every year for the next 20 years. Are those days over?

They're over at least temporarily.

Nevada population decline likely | NevadaAppeal.com

The unemployment rate in the state obviously has much to do with people leaving not only Las Vegas and Clark County but Nevada as a whole. It's still tough out there.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by owelles

They're over at least temporarily.

Nevada population decline likely | NevadaAppeal.com

The unemployment rate in the state obviously has much to do with people leaving not only Las Vegas and Clark County but Nevada as a whole. It's still tough out there.

The population of Clark County appears flat or slightly declining. The UNLV forecasts however suggests strongly that is a temporary thing driven by the impact of the recession. They project a return to substantial growth once the recession runs its course.

YMMV

[mresort]

Believe it or not, not only Las Vegas, but country as a whole also.

A lot of people who were born in foreign countries left the United States last year. They went back to their home countries such as China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea where the unemployment rates were much lower than the US.

I saw an article few weeks ago. It says in 2009 the number of people moving out from the US was more than people moving to the US. As a result, United States had a net loss of immigrants last year, the first time since the WWII.

[DavieJ89]

Originally Posted by olecapt

The population of Clark County appears flat or slightly declining. The UNLV forecasts however suggests strongly that is a temporary thing driven by the impact of the recession. They project a return to substantial growth once the recession runs its course.

YMMV

I also hear there are still a LOT of people moving to Las Vegas in these economic times

All the sunbelt states are not losing population the way the northeast has been for decades, people are still leaving the northeast in droves for other places

Over here in Orlando, it is the same situation as Vegas, tourism took a huge hit, and the housing market crashed pretty hard as well (though not quite as hard as vegas) And we have 12% unemployment

The economy will improve, but it will take longer in harder hit places like Orlando and Las Vegas. But when they do recover substantial growth will return

[Tiger Beer]

It isn't normal or natural or healthy to have substantial record-setting growth year after year to infinity. If those stats were right, a new high school built every year, that basically means very substandard everything as a city constantly has to 'respond' to things, and mostly likely be way behind most of the time. Plus the time to find suitable, teachers, if that is the case, on and on.

I guess what I'm saying...is I don't get the desire/obessession to have Vegas be this place that has substantial growth year-after-year. It just means less quality of everything, and more quantity of repetitive cookie-cutter houses, strip malls, and ever-spreading highway.

Why not just be attracted to Vegas for other reasons...and try to build and work with what's their and provide 'quality' over 'quantity'?

[Spraynard Kruger]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

It isn't normal or natural or healthy to have substantial record-setting growth year after year to infinity. If those stats were right, a new high school built every year, that basically means very substandard everything as a city constantly has to 'respond' to things, and mostly likely be way behind most of the time. Plus the time to find suitable, teachers, if that is the case, on and on.

I guess what I'm saying...is I don't get the desire/obessession to have Vegas be this place that has substantial growth year-after-year. It just means less quality of everything, and more quantity of repetitive cookie-cutter houses, strip malls, and ever-spreading highway.

Why not just be attracted to Vegas for other reasons...and try to build and work with what's their and provide 'quality' over 'quantity'?

Well Said, Tiger.

I hope we grow a little smarter in the future, but the future growth is pretty well defined now (in terms of area). We have pretty much made the bed we have to lay in. We will ramp up again soon enough and be reactive to the growth.

I love Vegas, but I loved it a whole lot more when one million other people didnt live here.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by Tiger Beer

It isn't normal or natural or healthy to have substantial record-setting growth year after year to infinity. If those stats were right, a new high school built every year, that basically means very substandard everything as a city constantly has to 'respond' to things, and mostly likely be way behind most of the time. Plus the time to find suitable, teachers, if that is the case, on and on.

I guess what I'm saying...is I don't get the desire/obessession to have Vegas be this place that has substantial growth year-after-year. It just means less quality of everything, and more quantity of repetitive cookie-cutter houses, strip malls, and ever-spreading highway.

Why not just be attracted to Vegas for other reasons...and try to build and work with what's their and provide 'quality' over 'quantity'?

I believe the projected growth without the recession was about 3%...I don't think we will see 3% for some years and probably never. I don't think LV gets any worse if it grows another 20 or 30% over 25 years...but even that may not be doable. So the glory growth days are likely behind us...good riddance.

[JackieB23]

Having been laid off recently myself, and typically only finding jobs in my profession out of town, I'm probably going to be joining the theoretical exodus.

Which sucks, because I like it here!

[Willy702]

Originally Posted by JackieB23

Having been laid off recently myself, and typically only finding jobs in my profession out of town, I'm probably going to be joining the theoretical exodus.

Which sucks, because I like it here!

Take it from someone who has left Vegas three times for jobs in other areas and is about to leave again: If the desire to come back is there, you'll be back. Easiest city to move to and the easiest to move back to.