Or Caesars.

Bump for those who try to overlook the #1 Las Vegas thread...

Here's anudder hard luck story before you to consider coming to LV-Looking-For-a-Job.

I heard that the stimulus package had lots of pet projects for Vegas/Detroit to help with unemployment in the hardest hit cities during this recession. One rumor was that a high speed train from vegas to LA was to be built among other projects that should bring jobs to one of the hardest hit cities in this country? Did these not make it into the final bill?

No.

The idiotic idea for the high-speed train has been floating around for years. There has been more movement on it lately but that's all relative, and the chance of it happening in our lifetimes is slim. There's certainly nothing happening anytime real soon on that.

During the last elections the voters of CA approved a high speed rail from SF to LA. Now the problem with one from LV to LA is that the State Legislature won't approve a high speed train that essentially takes money out of their (CA) economy into Nevada's. It's never going to happen.

I've looked into it a little more now, and don't see anything about a CA to NV train in the stimulus package. There was 9 Billion set aside for high speed trains in CA from SF to Sacramento.

I don't see how the train from CA to NV would be a bad thing though. I guess I never saw interstate commerce as a bad thing. I'm sure that the train companies in some crazy scheme to actually turn a profit would sell tickets from NV to CA as well as tickets from CA to NV. Not to mention the lower cost of moving products for companies within both states.

Regardless, with the laws that NV has been passing trying to draw companies to their state, I'm sure that their job situation and economy will turn around sooner than some of the people in this thread may lead you to believe.

There are a lot of really stupid people in California. Instead of a 5 1/2 hour drive, you can ride the train for 2 1/2 hours. But you have to find a way to the train station. If you drive, no doubt you will be charged for parking. Oh, and when you get where you're going, you have no car.

It's wonderful for the taxpayers too. Since Southwest and Blue Sky both operate dozens of flights between the two regions for dirt cheap fares that take only 50 minutes, the train will have to have such low fares that it will be a guaranteed money pit until it's closed down. Hopefully it never gets started.

These are the exact reasons why a NV to CA train would also not be viable. I personally would love to have such a train and would almost certainly choose it over flying, but it would still be a hellacious money-loser.

My understanding was that NV was going to foot the bill for the train from LV to Victorville. From there, CA would be responsible to pay for the LA/SD/OC/IE connections. Now that NV is broke, fat chance this ever happens.

A high speed rail connection to LV would be a huge windfall for the town. And I understand the estimated travel time would be around 90 minutes. People could even use it for commuting, i.e. work in LA live in NV.

Not much benefit for CA govt., nor the indian casinos.

Just like if you fly.

I can't speak for the pricing, but you should probably figure door-to-door travel times instead of just looking at a 50-minute flight time. Airport security checks don't go quickly.

The phish aren't coming to town any more....

More malls in LV under pressure

Double digit unemployment figures for LV....

Update on unemployment for Nevada....

LOL at all the doom and gloom here ...plenty of jobs in LV ..see craigslist

Were you looking at the "Erotic services section"?

Mind-blowing isn't it?

Bwahahahahaha

no look in "jobs"

Dozens of good telemarketing jobs always available in LV....if your half way decent on the phone $1000 a week ez...worked for Ivy and Antonio till they made it in poker

After working all day thats no fun...

While the economy is down, the best thing to do is to invest in yourself education wise. Spend the next 3 years getting another (or first) college degree. By the time the economy pulls out you will have a significant advantage over a lot of people out there hustling.

good advice professor.....but any suggestions on how to eat during those 3 years?

Work for the school? Get good at the pokers? Food stamps? Soup Kitchens? Turn tricks? Do your three years of school while in the military?

From my experience I just listed them from most-respectable to most-soul crushing. And yes, I'm doing the last.

Student loans. Not ever school is super expensive. Live cheap, share a dorm or university housing. For instance in California most state colleges(not universitys) are just fine and in some cases and major's, exceptional.

Tuition, books etc cost less than $5K a year total if you are a resident. Rents in shared housing are around $500 a month. You take out student loans. My friend did this her last year at Cal State Northridge. Live 9 months and paid tuition on 12K in student loans. Graduated, and now has to pay back like $100 a month for a long time.

If you go all four years on loans(financial aid), keep it under $15K a year total(live cheap). If you find any sort of decent job, you will have no prob paying back the $60K student loan you own.

And here is the much awaited news about this....

Do public planning people in Vegas ever succeed at anything?

An awful monorail system and now this piece of garbage? LOL Victorville. Epic fail.