I moved here in 2005 for school and then moved home swearing I would never live here again. A year and a half later I was back, and have been here for 2 years now.The summers are hell. Sunny, yes, perfectly no. It gets into the 100-110s out here in the summertime. There will be snow on the mountains and it will still be in the 90s. I have had windshields crack in the heat and the cold. Not the best year for my car. I have had lighters explode because they were in the car for half an hour. You will drip sweat. You will have sweat spots under your arms, on the small of your back, for about 3-5 months. The glare will be so bright that you will get headaches. If you don t have AC in your car, I will promise you, you will not make it out here. Do not listen to what people say about dry heat. At least with humidity, your sinuses won t bleed.When it is cold, it is F-ING COLD. Last year it snowed all around town (not common). There is usually snow on the mountains right about now, but the cold is a little slower this year. The WIND will slice through you. Get a down jacket. Anything less will not help. Scarves, hats, gloves are musts. I also suggest boots suitable for rain. It doesn t rain often, but when it does, it floods.I have lost a license plate off my car in a flash flood. Flood areas are well marked, but sometimes you think you re going to turn the corner to get off the street and then there s a 3 foot lake in front of you and you have nowhere to go. And while you might play it safe and try to pull over, other people will honk and insist that you drive through flood areas because they are in a higher car or don t know any better. The people out here are either the nicest people you will ever meet, or douchebags. I don t know if it s the drugs or the general environment, but you will have lousy odds meeting nice, decent people out here. If and when you do, keep them close because it is difficult to survive without support out here. I considered myself pretty tough when I moved out here, but I learned fast this is a city you can t face alone. There is a lot of drug trade out here. Most people I know, even the nice ones with jobs, smoke weed. Drug testing is standard all over town for most jobs.Being a server will suit you well. Hospitality and service will never fail out here. There s always SOMEWHERE you can go. But because this is a tipping city, your wages might be influenced by the economy. Also, my husband is in IT and he lost his job in a mass lay off this August. It s not impossible to find work here, but I would say it is no easier than anywhere else in the country right now. If you re going to commit to the move, definitely look at the most recent unemployment numbers and the business that are doing well in the stock market. Remember that a big business is not always a strong one in LV.I originally lived in Henderson when I moved here (Pebble Rd. and Pollock St. area) You will find the same suburban crime and annoyances you would get anywhere else. (HOA jerks, wiggers, rednecks) But there were plenty of nice people where I lived, just like anywhere. I have lived in the areas maybe a step or two above ghetto (around UNLV) and had less problems there with crime than I have had now that I moved to a nicer area (S. Jones and the 215)I seriously recommend taking a google street view tour of some areas. Pick an apartment or housing area you d like to live in and pretend you will work in one of the casinos. Streetview your way along the surface streets and the freeway. The traffic is DIFFICULT because this city isn t 9-5, it s shift-based. Also there are tons of taxis and tourists. There are A LOT of pedestrians. I worked at the Fashion Show Mall on the Strip by Treasure Island and hated the commute with a passion. I ll tell you though, you learn FAST the alternate routes and the non-tourist streets.But there are other places besides the Strip to work! There is the South Point casino, and if you lived in western Henderson, that would be easy to get to. And PT s is a great place to work too! Do your research, sit down with google maps to get a feel for the place. Better yet, come out here for a few days and look around. There are tons of cool things to see and do out here-- But make sure they even out with the things you don t like.I m really really not trying to make you hate the idea of Vegas-- I just wish I knew what I was getting into when I moved out here.
First of all, Vegas is NOT sunny and warm all year round. It does get really cold here, nothing like PA though. It will get up to 120 here in the summer, not a lot of humidity though but still very HOT. The economy is extremely bad right now, bad time to move here. I am moving to Texas next month, can t wait to get away from here. I live in Henderson which is the best place to live around Vegas or maybe Summerlin.
I think Vegas is the best city in the USA to live great weather hot but dry in the summer no snow not that cold in the winter nice during the day most winter days right now the unemployment rate here is very highso keep that in mind one of the best souces for want adds in vegas is our paper they have want adds online at reviewjournal.com
today .. jobs non existent. I would hold on the plan. it is just not an economy to move. as for hospitality, you can get a job on Monday and get laid off on Wed.
Jobs are not there in Vegas. With 14% unemployment and growing, people are living on the streets who have moved here thinking they could walk into a job.Don t worry about the summer heat, you learn to stay inside and everything has a/c.Henderson, the Green Valley Development is nice, but that long drive of 30 minutes or more becomes old quickly. Been there, done that. The State, Clark County and all the surrounding cities including Vegas have frozen hiring and laying off people. This is the worst economics in the entire history of Nevada, the worst.I would NOT recommend you move here
Been here all my life (18 years)If you get in a good neighborhood, it really isn t that bad, everywhere there is crime obviously, so just don t move to North Las Vegas (The Worst Las Vegas Area, we have our own Police Department here)Maybe Centennial (the North Western Part of Town) or Henderson would be good for you, especially if your husband is a Database Admin. (That Sounds like it pays alot, lol) So you could easily afford to live in Henderson.Weather Wise:Summers are quite hot here, I would venture to guess average of 115 in July and August. It is very dry, so all that is pure heat, the ground can get 175 degree s PLUS, so don t go barefoot. Grass is easy enough to grow if you pay enough attention to it, however the City is actually PAYING people to convert their grass yards to rock.Your power bill in the Summer is going to be high as hell, for just a forewarning, even with AC on, my house still gets 80-85 degrees.Winter, well, you being from PA, shouldn t phase you TOO MUCH, it still drops to the High Teens and Low Twenties overnight in the Winter (enough to Freeze the gutters), but we get snow probably once every few years, and it normally doesnt stick.Las Vegas also has what is called a Mediterrainian Climate, meaning our RAINY Season is actually around this time of the year, don t expect much relief in the Summer.Hope this helps.