Valerie
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9/10/2006
I currently live in N Las Vegas, NV. The cost of living here is pretty expensive, the housing market is finally slowing down and becoming more of a buyer's market. I am renting as there is no way my husband and I could afford a house. We are military and move quite frequently. Crime is a lot higher than we are accustomed to: shootings, murders, kidnappings, robberies and fatal accidents are a daily happening.
Originally from Las Cruces, NM--one of my favorite places to have lived. Year-round awesome weather, picturesque landscapes, affordable housing, the friendliest people you'll ever meet--the downsides are low-income jobs and less jobs due to the size of the community. If you want to live in a tight-knit community, this is the place. For all those who wish to complain and not help improve where you live--you'll never be happy as long as you look for a handout.
Lived also in Omaha, NE. After leaving, I realized how much I didn't hate it. The winter can be a brutal surprise if you were raised in the desert southwest! However there are plenty of lakes, scenery and green to go around. The humidity is what made the winters so cold and the summers a little hard to take in the upper 80s. Missed the mountains of the desert that you can find in NM and NV however NE had its own hills of charm. The people have their own kind of friendly--the leave you alone; this was the most heart-wrenching culture shock I had growing up in a town where people went out of their way to help--Las Cruces, NM.
Valerie | North Las Vegas, NV