Sin City
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12/16/2009
Las Vegas, NV is not the worst place on the planet to live, and if you had to I would say one of the easiest places to make a living. Yes, people are losing their jobs as they probably are allover the country, but with effort and a little knowledge someone can get a job pretty much off the street making enough for a small rent and food which at the end of the day is a living.
Now with that said would I recommend anyone to live here especially with a family.....NO WAY! Its called Sin City for a reason. Most people you can say hi to and they will probably say hi back, but this is a town where many people here have mental instabilities. This town has a very low education rate, the schools here for the most part are awful, and its a town that is built and designed on self indulgences.
Las Vegas is built on its Casino industry one in which I work in and have personally been around for 8 years now. Yes, you could live away from the strip most do but you're still surrounded by so many people who their entire lives is surrounded by the Sin City lifestyle. I have seen far too many families lose themselves and the sadness of people getting sucked in by the "VEGAS SYNDROME".
If you are a person looking for individuals with values its rare that you'll encounter that here. I tell most especially young people unsure of what to do that if given the opportunity move outside of Vegas and experience as much as you can. This town is not Hell but its much closer to it than it is to heaven!
Greg | Paradise, NV