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Originally Posted by Doc T River
Silly question, but how do long time residents in Vegas stay up so late or get up so early? I thought of this question because I made a post on 2plus2 which drew an answer from someone who I know is a Las Vegas resident and I know it was around 3:30am when he posted.
When I visit Vegas, I'm able to stay up late or get up early because I'm so excited to be there, but I'd imagine someone who's lived there years and years wouldn't feel the excitement I do.
So if you are a Vegas resident, how do you stay up late or get up early?
All my life I have been a night person. My Dad was a night person. My grown kids are night people and during their childhoods they got enormous amounts of **** from schoolteachers, as I once did, for not keeping "normal" hours.
I moved to Vegas a couple of years ago and it suits me just fine. Aside from the fact that every casino is open 24 hours a day, and each casino has at least one 24-hour restaurant, there are plenty of 24-hour restaurants, grocery stores, and Wal-Marts. You can take Fido for a walk at one of many 24-hour lighted dog parks.
Even in supposedly hip places like NYC and LA, most restaurants, bars, and stores close at night, and try ordering breakfast after 11 AM. 100% of other U.S. localities have arbitrary restrictions on what time you can and can't purchase alcohol.
Vegas isn't quite the libertarian paradise just yet, we still have laws about whom you can marry and what you can smoke; and by local custom all car dealerships and many furniture stores are closed on Sunday. But there's not much time-of-day discrimination here.