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These are not the typical CA Las Vegas questions, I don't care about the cigar shops.
We are considering moving there because it's a change of pace from the South Bay Area of CA and RN jobs (my major) are in abundance and we like the desert. I have a few questions for the residents. 1) How do you like Las Vegas overall? 2) How are the schools? 3) I heard the crime is high, what is the crime focus? (B&E, Violent, Drug, etc.) If the place sucks ass, please let me know. |
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Just Bored Really...
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Actualy I'm glad you started this thread Darrell. I'm a CJ major and right now the top department I want to work for is Vegas Metro so I'm looking at moving out there in 2010
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Going Commando
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FWIW I don't have the answers to you questions but I know that there is a huge concentration of foreclosures in Clark County so you can grab houses for cheap.
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Ol' Dude
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Although they sure aren't in our neighborhood, Wayne Newton, Alan Greenspan, Mike Tyson, and a lot of others have homes in Henderson. It's a well policed city. |
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Ditat Deus
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Darrell, I don't live there but I can answer your crime questions direct from the horses mouth so to speak. Several of my friends are Vegas Metro guys. From what they have talked about the places to avoid are Southwest and North Las Vegas. There are those who would say these are great places to live. But these guys being on the inside point out that those areas have the least amount of police presence because of the shear size of the patrol zones for those units. All in all North Vegas is better off than southwest vegas though if you are looking and honestly North Vegas being a different city does provide better coverage.
Where should you live? I always say live where the cops live. In this case they all live in Henderson which is not much of a commut to anywhere in Vegas proper. Henderson has or had, not to current on this because of economy, a sizeable police force. The big crime was B&E and Auto Theft. Both of those are common concerns I think that most city dwellers understand and can prevent with a few things like alarms etc. The major crime areas are around the strip, not the strip itself but a block east of the strip are all the government housing and a majority of vegas police calls. In fact south central command spends 80% of its time within a block of the strip on calls not really on the strip which for many reasons is extremely safe. Downtown Vegas is the other major crime spot. Put it this way my friends refuse to go their unarmed and would prefer even then to avoid it at night. Again it is relatively safe under the convered walkway experience but outside that it is a crap shoot. The area of Vegas between Henderson and the strip are relatively nice neighborhoods that are older and developed. The newest building is in Henderson and Southwest Vegas. Hope all that helps.
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