Is Las Vegas full of low lifes?

Vegas is ABOUT lowlifes, and always has been!!! ;-)

Is this really a "Vegas Thing"? Alot on that list sounds like here in
Vancouver, BC...


> 1. Too many low lifes near Maryland Pkwy & Swenson, MLK, & Nellis
> Blvd.
We have some craphole neighborhoods too.

> 2. too many low lifes stealing copper from street lamps.
People lose internet access up here because our thieves steal fibre optic
cable too.

> 3. Highest chop-shop and auto theft in the nation.
One of the Vancouver suburbs used to be dubbed "car theft capital of North
America"

> 4. Nobody wants to speak English anymore.
Lots of Chinese people living here so we hear Mandarin a lot. A few
shopping centers are set up catering almost strictly to and hard to find
somebody who speaks english if you have any questions.

> 5. Casinos negligent poor planning and ran out of money to finish
> their new hotels/casinos on the strip
Our casinos are being built, but then they are funded and regulated by the
government.

> 6. Highest foreclosures in the nation.
At almost $1,000,000 for a dinky little house people can't afford to buy a
home here.

> 7. Lousy traffic and lousy drivers
They just announced that this rickety old bridge thats been the cause of
death to many a driver over the years is going to take 10 years to replace.

> 9. High Meth use
Lots of drug use here too. Vancouver has a "safe injection site" for
junkies to shoot up under medical supervision.

> 10. Low-life LA gangs come into Vegas and do home-invasion/robberies/
> etc - As a good citizen, get a NV ccw and
> pack some heat.
Fair number of home invasions here as well, but not organized by gangs -
just druggies looking to score their next hit.

> 11. No subway from McCarran to the strip hotels
There is a Quiznos...

But seriously... do all US cities have a rapid transit system to/from the
major airports? We will have one here but not until next year.


Overall I think these are all just problems every major city experiences.

On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:53:08 GMT, "Auggie" <Imperial.Palace@Rome.It>
wrote:

>
>> 3. Highest chop-shop and auto theft in the nation.
>One of the Vancouver suburbs used to be dubbed "car theft capital of North
>America"

That would be East Los Angeles and has been since about 1960 when it
overtook Detroit and New Jersey.

I can tell you which block...

Everyone knows.


"Skipfromla" <skipfromlam> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 05:53:08 GMT, "Auggie" <Imperial.Palace@Rome.It>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> 3. Highest chop-shop and auto theft in the nation.
>>One of the Vancouver suburbs used to be dubbed "car theft capital of North
>>America"
>
> That would be East Los Angeles and has been since about 1960 when it
> overtook Detroit and New Jersey.
>

nosayjay wrote:

> Whats a monthly electric bill in summer? is there a plan for all the
> sewage, seems they keep building on the strip and you smell sewage more
> each visit.

Dunno what's typical. We're home 24/7 with 3 people living in the
house. My last bill was just north of $500, with winter bills <$150,
usually. We did install solar screens this Spring, which help more than
I had hoped.

The sewer problem was in the paper a few years back. They put a
televised robot into the downtown lines and discovered some that were
blocked by construction debris. I've not heard of smells since then,
but admit to not going downtown more than a couple times since moving
here. Since the valley 'drains' toward the LV wash, building on the
Strip shouldn't put pressure on downtown lines, I'd think.

--
Nonny

Nonnymus
I'm not who you think I am. I'm not who
I think I am. I am what I think you think I am.

That is pretty reasonable.

"Marsha L" <ThoseEyes48@gobbledygook.> wrote in message
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> "Nonnymus" <nobody@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:mgXnk.16673$LF2.7130@newsfe09.iad...
>>
>> Dunno what's typical. We're home 24/7 with 3 people living in the house.
>> My last bill was just north of $500, with winter bills <$150,
>> usually. --
>> Nonny
>
> I'm at the opposite end of the range... I average out my utility bills,
> checked the figures about a month ago, and I pay $72/month for
> electricity,
> $29 for gas. Of course my house is considerably smaller than the one the
> Nonny clan lives in, and I'm only one person. But I'm here more than
> they're
> there.
>
>
>

On Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:36:59 -0700, Nonnymus <nobody@cox.net> wrote:

>nosayjay wrote:
>
>> Whats a monthly electric bill in summer? is there a plan for all the
>> sewage, seems they keep building on the strip and you smell sewage more
>> each visit.
>
>Dunno what's typical. We're home 24/7 with 3 people living in the
>house. My last bill was just north of $500, with winter bills <$150,
>usually. We did install solar screens this Spring, which help more than
>I had hoped.
>
>The sewer problem was in the paper a few years back. They put a
>televised robot into the downtown lines and discovered some that were
>blocked by construction debris. I've not heard of smells since then,
>but admit to not going downtown more than a couple times since moving
>here. Since the valley 'drains' toward the LV wash, building on the
>Strip shouldn't put pressure on downtown lines, I'd think.


Nonny:

Where you and your wife are retired, how do you feel about the quality
of medical care?

Doctors? specialists? hospital availability and quality?