Specifically, the area around Las Vegas Blvd. and Fremont St. I don t have a car and would using public transportation too.
It is probably the worst place you could live in Vegas. Someone once told me that the closer you are to the stratosphere, the more unsafe it is. Which is true, I ve lived in Vegas for almost 2 in a half years and downtown is where a lot of crime occurs. Basically, anything near UNLV is ghetto. The south side of town is A LOT more safe. Where I live, near CSN-Henderson campus, there is no crime at all. I searched for police reports near my address and there was 0 activity for 6 months.
No. Adafa is correct, but there are also scary white people. Let s not pick on race here people. Downtown is a scary place with scary people, no matter what their race. Alot of homeless, drug addicts, high crime. The location you describe is one of the worst in the city. Are you a college student, or just vacationing here? If you are looking to move here, make sure that you pull up a copy of the CAT system bus map first, and try to find an apartment along the line. The south part of the valley is very close to all the action on the strip, and the bus ride is a direct shot. If you will be working in the downtown area, then make sure that you find housing either on the West side or East side. Both are older areas, but close to downtown, and safer to live than downtown. No place is 100% safe, but just stay away from the immediate downtown area...not safe for a nice white boy, assuming you re nice.
Outside of the tourist part of Downtown it can be very dangerous. A lot of muggings happen there. It is not as well protected as the area around the Strip. If you want, you can live on the strip but pay a hefty price. There are some rentals and high end condos along it. It is best to have a car as Vegas is not that easy to get around using public transportation, at least in my opinion.
North LV isn t that great. anything around MLK is pretty much ghetto but past it is the newer side of north town. I honestly think you re better off staying away from downtown or the strip.
Not the greatest place to live. There are other better places with CAT public transportation.
North Las Vegas is worst the South Vegas for sure!!! You just have to be careful of your surroundings!
noo downtown is really ghetto and theres scary black people!