You will love Vegas for the nightlife, it s great! Buying a house? Want a tip? Use cash and offer slightly less than the asking price - you will be able to buy the house no problem. Need cash on the side? Rent out part of the house. Just do this until the economy comes back up again.Yes, as Banananose_89117 said, unemployment rate peaks at 14%. Las Vegas has one of the worst in the nation. What does your husband do? If it s hospitality, construction, or entertainment - definitely don t bother. 6,000 workers in these industries were laid off, believe it or not. I had one friend working at the newly opened City Center, and he was immediately put off when the project finished. Now he s unemployed and cannot find work. Homelessness is also becoming rampant in Vegas. Crime is rising, but is relatively in the North and East Las Vegas. Take a flight down to Las Vegas and shop for a home in Summerlin (West Las Vegas) or one in Henderson (Southern Las Vegas) or near. Those areas have relatively low crime, homelessness, and overall everything looks nice. Does your town have traffic? Because Las Vegas has tons!The good stuff about Vegas? Take it from me. I recently moved to West Las Vegas and love it here. How cool is it to say you re from Vegas? Moreover, how cool is it to have the Eiffel Tower and New York skyscrapers in your backyard? Yeah, too cool. Las Vegas obviously excels in nightlife and entertainment so you will love it here. Lots of places are opened 24/7. Want a steak at 4 AM? No problem! Everything is in close proximity - from parks, supermarkets, restaurants, the Strip, UNLV, the airport to name a few. There is no state tax. Overall, be careful on spending money and keep faithful to your husband. It s the city of Sin after all. You do the same, too. It s a nice place to live in if you know how to make most of it =)
Not a good time to move to LV! Unemployment is still 14%, despite City Center opening this month. Good time to buy a house but you ll have to pay cash. Homes being sold are going first come, first served only to those with cash up front. You d almost have to rent.Las Vegas is the armpit of the southwest. Off the strip, you have tent cities for homeless families; boarded up homes and shops; panhandlers at every freeway exit, etc. Our schools are near the bottom of the pile in the US. No social services to speak of, thus all the homeless and panhandlers. A pawnshop on every corner, and a liquor store next to it. Crime is way up from a few years ago. Home invasions are pretty common in good neighborhoods. Traffic is horrible, as almost every road in the county is under construction all the time. We finally do have a decent public transit system.Think of it this way: If you ve ever watched the Christmas movie It s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed, notice the town of Bedford Falls without George Bailey. It s called Pottersville , and it looks just like Las Vegas looked just a few years ago. Now it s worse.
I love living in Vegas. You learned not to gamble or gamble like once a month like going to a movie. You will find friends\relatives wanting to visit and stay with you so set your limits/rules. Be careful where you buy, not in 89019. The best areas are The Lakes, Picolle Ranch, Summerlin, parts of Green Valley/Henderson, most planned communities. Check to make sure the home is not in a wash area. Make sure you have a home check that includes water leaks, the worst damage to homes here are caused by bad leaking pipes. Have the roof check, etc. Unemployment is 14% and growing so be aware that a job may not last.This is the Mojave Desert with hot summers, cold winters and cold summers, but otherwise a great place to live
I love living here. It is a different world away from the strip. When you live here you try to avoid the strip if at all possible. I love the weather here the most. Winters are mild if you compare them to the midwest, which is where I am from. Sun shines almost every day here. You can always find something to do 24/7. That is the good. You better be absolutely sure about that job offer because if it doesn t pan out you will be screwed. There are no jobs available here. One of the highest jobless rates in the US. To read what it is like to live here you should read the following page.
when i was 19... i packed up all my **** and moved to las vegas... i lived there for quite some time... i loved it.. i lived in north las vegas, but i was still 10min from the strip.. i loved living there.. yah i went to the strip alot... but there IS a world outside of the strip... theres tons of shopping... like there are 2 outlet shopping that have designer stuff ...as in... versace, burberry, coach... and TONS of designer stuff... then there is the ACTUAL mall.. which is on the strip but omg... its crazy... the parking lot is HUUUGE like i had to have someone help me find my car... it took me an hour to find my car... and the mall was HUUUUGE! im from california so i always had a mall near me... but my god this mall had everything from sporting goods, to hot topic, to furniture stores, to louie Vuitton... i know its the biggest mall in all of nevada, its called the fashion show mall, its 2 MILLION sq ft, with 250 shops and restaurants, its really cool too cuz they have like performances going on in the center of the mall, so theres always something to see. .. ok so there are tons of golf courses around las vegas...if thats your thing.. there are shows everywhere. its also great place to buy the house... the market is booming there.... best time to buy... they have amazing houses there...