Thoughts on this thread? Are these people clueless or has it changed much over the last year?

There is a bustop outfront of the complex that runs south to the airport. The bustop 1 block east runs north. I'm unsure if any of those buses go to/from the strip.

Judging by the near permanent line of taxis outfront of the HRH at all hours of the day/night I would suspect there's no free shuttle to/from the strip. That's purely a guess though.

Honestly I'm not having the same experiences or observations. I've not once been propositioned anywhere near the apartment. I have, however, been propositioned by the working girls who sit at the slot machines just outside of the Aria poker room and by the girls who sit in the sportsbook just outside the Bellagio poker room. Girls also frequent the Baccarat bar at the Bellagio and are quick to see if you need a vegas girlfriend.

I don't doubt that there are working girls in the neighborhood, but i'm not seeing them.

As far as drug use i've never once been offered to buy or sell drugs to anyone. If you were a drug dealer surely you'd want to sell to the slap chop guy! Moreover, I haven't seen any discarded drug paraphenalia anywhere. I do see lots of empty beer cans/bottles and drink glasses discarded about.

Bottom line is i'm not sure if they are trolling or if something's changed. I certainly stand by my original comments about my observations for the area.

~Vince

PS. there have been multiple homicides in recent weeks and those took place DIRECTLY ON THE STRIP. I'm not claiming the neighborhood is free from crime, but then again neither is the strip.

Nice updates! , thanks!

It's close to Hard Rock, but that's it. Not close to the strip, which is what you usually take about when saying "all the action". Lots of people would consider it out of walking distance to the strip and I wouldn't drive intoxicated on E. Harmon. Multiple times I've seen cars getting stopped by police there this summer.

Besides that, nice thread.

Pics would be nice.

What is the est. walking time to the strip?

En whats about this craigslist? Where, What, How??

Walking time to PH, MGM, about 30 minutes. 10 minutes more for Aria, Bellagio.

Other thread is retarded (and even suspicious). This place is very pointedly NOT a Budget Suites or Siegal Suites or Harbor/Shelter Island place, and that must be what those guys were thinking of.

The whole point of the HRoy is to be in an admittedly working class weekly/monthly rental place without suffering the crap all the other working class weekly/monthly rentals have.

I have been coming to Vegas for more than a decade and because I have a home in Cali, when I come here for longish stays I don't spend too much on myself (plus I'm not a creature comfort guy). So I've become expert on the cheap extended stay joints. HRoy is fine. Homestead Suites on Maryland Pkwy is fine, maybe $100/mo more, that's where I stay these days in town.

That's it, the other places DO fit the description given in that thread knocking the HRoy, but they very, very pointedly do NOT fit the HRoy, AINEC.

And if you're afraid of the area, don't even come to Vegas, because that area is just what Vegas is like. Hard Rock, Rumours, Hyatt, the nightclubs, UNLV, all keep the streets busy there. That's a good thing.

Jeez, scared-of-the-world, never-leave-the-suburbs twits tilt me.

Ty! Just was worried about the walking times (But hey they have caps or rent a car! )

Appreciate op giving 2 plus 2ers a hu but the price is what is supposed to make this deal the most appealing. Op may have gotten a 400 dollar deal but holidays web sites lists studios starting at 700. You can get a nice seperate room furnished for that amount closer to the strip. Just saying unless I am off on the prices then holiday should change it on their web page or have the landlord come on thread and give price scoop.

Thanks for the info.

I've been here 6 months and concur with all of the positive info. I pay $715 for a top floor 1br. Maybe a better negotiator or better timing when moving in could snatch a better deal. I know at least one other poker player living here, I'm sure there are more. When I moved in I mentioned I just got back into the country and she asked if I had a job yet. I took a moment to consider whether to admit to being a poker player and she quickly blurted out "You're self employed, right?" I just said yes and she never asked again. Kind of a don't ask, don't tell policy on where the money comes from as long as you pay on time and don't cause any problems I guess

I've never felt in danger in the neighborhood and haven't had a single problem. There was some motorcycle convention in town the other day, lots of bikes and cops around which I suppose could be scary if you're on the lookout for things to be scared of. No actual danger that I could see.

I have had quite a few people ask me for walking directions to Imperial Palace though. They never have any luggage and it's ALWAYS IP, never any other casino. Is it some code I'm not aware of?

There is some sort of shuttle from Hard Rock to the strip but I don't know the details. No bus directly to the strip - you'd need to either walk to Flamingo to catch the East/West bus or take a North bus all the way to the Stratosphere and the Deuce down the strip.

Where? Do you have to sign a lease? All of the no-lease places I looked into were some combination of dumps, more expensive, not gated, and/or further from the strip. Not that I spent a great deal of time looking.

If you are able to commit to a long term stay I agree there are better and cheaper options.

I'm planning to stay here for 1 week after looking at everything else. I found out that all rooms have 1 queen size bed and i'm staying with another person. There should be like a sofa in the studio right? I spoke to the OP of this thread and he said his studio would be WAY TOO SMALL for 2 people but said most studios should fit 2 people fine.


Can someone else confirm that their studio would be able to fit 2 people there? Like a person sleeps in bed and another in the sofa?

No ****? Is it gang-on-gang crime or are innocents involved or what? (not that one makes it all that better than the other) Shootings in front of the major casinos?

You chase the mob out of town, and the hoodlum element runs roughshod. Still, I'm surprised if it's really getting that out of control given the $$$ "family-friendly" would stand to lose.

Thanks for all of the info! Entertaining the thought of doing a long term stay myself.

This seems like a steal of a place for long or short term.