LOL at prostitutes. There are more prostitutes in the bay area than Vegas, by far.

We have top notch hookers.

I would never consider 120 degrees bearable. Under any circumstance

Can you point to some recent examples of it getting to 120 in Las Vegas?

Hits that mark in Henderson just about every year, according to the local weather reports.

Las Vegas, not so much. "Specifically, the Las Vegas mercury hit its highest ever, 117 degrees, on July 24, 1942, July 19, 2005, June 30th, 2013, and June 20, 2017."
https://gamboool.com/hottest-tempera...in-history-too

The truth is once it is above 110, it is hot.

Correct, OP is a ****bag troll

Easy to avoid it though. Simply don't venture outside between 12am and 12am during the months of June through August.

It does add a fun activity, which is sitting in your air conditioned car and watching the people who do not heed this advice. I imagine this is similar to watching people stepping in slush puddles in other locales, so not really a big selling point for the valley.

Outside of southern California near the coast, everyone gets at least three unpleasant months of weather, so it isn't really a huge negative either.

The 3 months of hot-weather are offset by the 9 months of bliss (and no snow!). Also, golf 365 (if you don't mind 05:30 tee times).

I found this thread interesting since I am a Texas resident, doubt I would ever relocate to live in Las Vegas, but it was something I always debated. Also good takes from current Las Vegas residents.

This is 2+2, I assume everyone on this thread is a gambler of some level. You have obviously a big variety of poker rooms and casinos to choose from. Im a 5hr drive from any casino, and it is states I truthfully never want to visit. Texas has card rooms now, but they get around the law by charging $10/hr membership fee while you play. Im just a basic low limit player, and if I did live in the Vegas area, I would probably play a few weeks, then claim a few free diners from stacked comp points.

Few takes I noticed from the thread. Yes it is the desert, and it is pretty brutal heat wise for those top 3 summer months. I have a friend who owns a home in Alameda, CA and out in the SW side of Las Vegas in the suburbs. He said the peak summer day heat would warp/melt the seats in his car. He swapped out for a Land Rover which seems more able to handle the extreme heat. Winters seem freaking awesome. I have always said Air Conditioning is one of man's greatest inventions.

I actually think it is a big deal that Las Vegas will have a NFL team in 2020. I think it changes the dynamic of a city if you have a major MLB, NBA or NFL team in the city limits. Stadium should look pretty sweet when its done (yet amazing they built zero parking garages). I sports wager, so the idea of doing it from an app and not having a lengthy cash out process like I use with Bovada now is very appealing. Also I agree on the concert mention, since nearly every major band tour usually has a Las Vegas stop.

Like other people said, not everyone likes the same thing. Personally, Im not just a desert person. I like large trees, grass, forest with creeks, etc. Obviously thats nowhere in the majority of the southwest USA. I hate snow/blizzards, so no amount of salary could make me live in that. If it is a choice between NYC area and Las Vegas, I will easily take Vegas. Just lesser population, and obviously entirely different lifestyle. I think there are different type of citizens west of Mississippi river compared to the east coast. People in NYC area, not the same as Denver, just like people in souther Cali are not the same as living in Michigan. You just have a different dynamic of type of people in each of these parts of the country. I fear and hate blizzards. I'll take warm parts of the country any day with or without humidity.

Work wise, seems there is a good bit of positions for people in the IT field. Seems there is a huge amount of data centers and other tech companies with offices there. I am always curious outside the hotels, what the largest employers are in the Las Vegas metro area. I mean if you are going to live there, you need some type of employment for income.

Food wise I think you are in a prime spot. Huge Asian selection, and then all the variety of choices. Nearly all fast food chains, lot of new local spots of all different cuisine, and appear you can eat cheap, middle class, or luxury with all these selections. Since I dont cook really at all, this I find a nice aspect of the city.

Lastly, the comparison of living here vs living there. Well I have the idea of population theory. Most of us choose to live in a very urban area. Cost of rent obviously climbs the more people that live there. Cities like NYC, Miami, Southern Cali, Bay Area, Boston, hell I will even put Austin TX on the list. Demand goes up, more people flock to the area, rent increases and traffic surges. The money you get for a home in the east coast or Vegas is way unporportional to a house say in random cities like Des Monies IA, Boise ID, Scranton PA, or Jacksonville, FL. Im guessing you probably never considered living in those examples cities listed, and I would agree with you. It probably isnt nearly as enjoyable to live in. So to live in a nicer style city, that comes at a cost. People pay a lot of money to live in Manhattan for very little aparment sq footage, but you are right in the middle of everything with tons to go do and prob dont even need to own a car. The US population is 330 mil, the world pop is 7.8 bil and the numbers will continue to increase the fincial squeeze on all citizens. Your biggest monthly cost will always be housing, so it is tricky what do you want to live in? Get a house but live in a different city/area than you wanted, or live an apt in the main metro area next to everything but be surrounded by other people, traffic, noise, and other factors for high density living.

There is no perfect formula. Living place + employment + friends/peers + weather + city lifestyle. I mean Las Vegas has plenty of pros/con to living there, so it is a matter of what kind of lifestyle you want to reside in.

Agreed. I don’t think Las Vegas gets enough cred vs. major US cities. It’s not like we are talking about Atlantic City.

LOL, sounds like you haven't seen much of the southwest.

The truth is you made my point for me

It doesn’t get to 120 in Las Vegas...

Look up weather forecasts from the last 50 years between the months of June-August

Henderson is still a part of greater Las Vegas. I'm a Vegas native, born and raised. Although a separate city/zip, Henderson is still a part of the Vegas valley. Let's not nitpick here. 120 is 120

The highest official recorded temperature for Henderson is only 114. Of course the temperature varies due to location so the official temp at McCarran doesn't mean it isn't 120 someplace else. 117 or 120 is just splitting hairs anyways. Both are miserable.

Of course a prick will make a proclamation then when presented with the opportunity to defend his point goes “look it up”

This thread delivers the 1/3 blowhards

Sure. It gets to 120, but only if you round up. And then only if you don't know that you don't round 117 up to 120. And then only that one time.

Maybe you are thinking of a different city.

My car outside thermometer regularly told me 120 in LV during the WSOP. Hotter inside the car, of course.

Those are the facts, Jack. I'm not trying to spin them, they support your point.

It doesn't get to 120 in Las Vegas in the shade, where they measure the offical temp ..... likely different in the direct sun, or your car, or on the 14th hole when you teed off after 8:00 am, etc.

This place gets so hot, my parked car thermometer simply tops out at 135 degrees, stuff simply melts, and only tourists walk the Strip during the afternoon.

But, it is a great place to live, seriously

vegas is the only place where my car dashboard display refused to turn on, citing the high temps. first time that happened, I had no idea what was happening, thought my car was dead.

i go to palm springs a fair amount, but my car's never done that there.

Does the summer heat keep the homeless away from vegas? In boston we have some homeless but not nearly like it was when I lived in california. The harsh winters keep them away I think. And the homeless in Boston mostly stay near the shelter or subway station.

Yes. The homeless oversummer in Aspen.

Atlantic City has plenty of casino dining and entertainment. A lot of entertainment that visit Vegas also visit AC on their tours. Both places are pretty depressing when you walk 1 block away. To be honest, I'm not sure which place is worse. Driving around Vegas, I've seen things I rarely see in Atlantic City. (completely drugged out people, more numerous and more aggressive vagrancy/panhandling, homeless encampments.)

Vegas non-casino food is much better, no contest. AC doesn't even have 1 Thai restaurant. Vegas has Chinatown and lots of little places.

Vegas is more than 4 hours away from LA. Atlantic City is 1 hour away from Philadelphia and 2 hours away from NYC. Unlike Vegas, Atlantic City casinos are generous to poker players.

What I think is interesting about AC is that the whole Jersey shore is lined with million dollar mansions and beach communities... with AC being the only 3 mile exception as far as I know. You can literally drive 5 minutes North to Brigantine or 5 minutes South to Ventor and you are back to pretty swanky areas with multi-million dollar beach homes/etc. In my eyes, this says a lot about how good casinos are for local areas...

I get it.

We have national parks nearby with great mountains, canyons and forests, you have miles and miles of Sookie et al down the Shore.

We have world-class dining, you have cheesesteaks.

We have really nice residential areas, but you don't know that because you drove around yet missed everything.

Our street names are cooler than your monopoly board.

Over the last 25 years, literally hundreds of thousands of people have relocated to the Las Vegas valley. I live in Henderson, which has a population of 300,000+, AC has had a population of 39,000 or so and has been stagnant for 25 years.

(I used to have a lot of business in New Jersey and I do like the Jersey Shore, down around Cape May ... we used to come over from a beach house in Delaware to visit. )

Las Vegas is way better than AC, the way that a nice hotel-casino resort is better than a motel 6 with some video poker machines in the lobby....

we even have a real airport, and NHL team that plays on the Strip and soon, an NFL team just off the Strip...

I work in the utility industry and the people I have talked to don't like living in Las Vegas and the various companies have to pump up the incentives to get quality people to move there.

117, 112, 115, 120 wtf is the difference, it's still hot AF. The official temperature is taken 5' off the ground in the shade. Put a thermometer on the sidewalk or asphalt where you are actually standing or walking and it's way over 120.

Here in AZ it was 108 today and I work outside. I can't wait to get to hell where it will be much cooler.

I like to visit Vegas, it's a wonderful town (I just got back), and avoiding the heat isn't that hard, walking around outside is for poor people.