I'd be curious if anyone else that has or currently lives in Las Vegas had similar outlooks (many I've met have). I'm not talking about guys who have spent a week here and there at a Strip hotel and left town.
I had worked in the gaming industry my whole life, and always figured I'd wind up out there. The first month or so was pretty cool (granted a drastic change), but I started to realize real quick how demented the place was. I like cities where many of the citizens have some sort of loyality to the city (i.e. 3rd generations and such), and that doesn't exist out there. It seems like everyone who moved out there had some sort of major malfunction (which would be the people serving you tourists your drinks, dealing your cards, etc.), and every girl was molested at an early age or had their daddies beat them and such. There were two suicides in my first month alone on the street I lived on (Vegas has quadruple the suicide rate of the next major city)! I saw the first and only person I've ever seen die from ODing out there too (an image that doesn't soon leave your head). Needless to say there is a huge drug problem throughout the city.
The city was completely deranged and kids growing up there rarely stood a chance, but at least you could bet at big limits. I went back a couple of years ago, and couldn't believe how cheap everywhere was, how incompetent the sportsbook heads were, and how afraid the sportsbooks were of action. As a sidenote it seemed like there were a lot of Asians acting black out there now too. Of course every 21 year old is going to go out there and think they're doing what they think is so wild and crazy, but that's just kids.
I'd be curious to hear more stories from people who have lived there for a year or longer. I only go back for poker tourneys now, and even then often stay with a buddy in Flagstaff and commute everyday lol...
Cheers...
I had worked in the gaming industry my whole life, and always figured I'd wind up out there. The first month or so was pretty cool (granted a drastic change), but I started to realize real quick how demented the place was. I like cities where many of the citizens have some sort of loyality to the city (i.e. 3rd generations and such), and that doesn't exist out there. It seems like everyone who moved out there had some sort of major malfunction (which would be the people serving you tourists your drinks, dealing your cards, etc.), and every girl was molested at an early age or had their daddies beat them and such. There were two suicides in my first month alone on the street I lived on (Vegas has quadruple the suicide rate of the next major city)! I saw the first and only person I've ever seen die from ODing out there too (an image that doesn't soon leave your head). Needless to say there is a huge drug problem throughout the city.
The city was completely deranged and kids growing up there rarely stood a chance, but at least you could bet at big limits. I went back a couple of years ago, and couldn't believe how cheap everywhere was, how incompetent the sportsbook heads were, and how afraid the sportsbooks were of action. As a sidenote it seemed like there were a lot of Asians acting black out there now too. Of course every 21 year old is going to go out there and think they're doing what they think is so wild and crazy, but that's just kids.
I'd be curious to hear more stories from people who have lived there for a year or longer. I only go back for poker tourneys now, and even then often stay with a buddy in Flagstaff and commute everyday lol...
Cheers...
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