Moving with 2 other of my friends to Las Vegas in August, we are all 22 and was wondering where the best places to live would be close to the strip (within 2 miles). Obviously Vegas is not a place to go to start a family and we have no plans on doing so in the near future, we will probably finish school out there eventually but can't transfer there for a year after we move there because of out of state tuition being so high. I know its hard to find a job anywhere in the U.S. right now but how hard is it in Las Vegas? What's the Pro's and Con's about Las Vegas (besides the obvious, crime, gambling, drug addictions)... im talking like spending money / not being able to find a job / weather. We live in Ohio right now to where the spring and summer is nice but winter sucks and Ohio is boring. Any information about apartments, jobs, weather, anything about Vegas will help. Thanks for the feedback, I live in a 4 bedroom (kinda shitty apartment) and we each pay a little over $500 a month, so over $2000 for the entire apartment, we are right on a campus though. Been looking for a job for awhile here but no one can find one so we are not knew to that. You've been in Las Vegas for a long time, has to be something good about it? But yeah we are looking to try and pay under $500 a month per person for a 3 bedroom.
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vegas is vegas what you see in the movies thats what goes down! mobs gangs bullets n shit, its riskey buisness only the elite can survive, you have been warned this message will self destruct in 5 seconds...
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The unemployment rate in Vegas is among the highest in the Nation. UNLV is a great school, but you won't find much work while you're going to school except fast food places and restaurants, if you're lucky. The weather here is pleasant in the spring, but the summers are Hot, Hot, Hot. Las Vegas is in the Desert you know. Tourism is way down and this town survives on tourists spending and losing money. I don't know what you pay for an apartment there where you live, but here you get what you pay for. Cheap rent ($350 to $500) equals run down and cheap apartment, more expensive ($550 to $950) better acomodations, more expensive yet ($1000 to $1500) best apartments in Vegas. Don't know what you're going to school for, but a lot of people go to school here to get into the hospitality industry, which survives on tourism.
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I moved here from Ohio over three years ago and I agree that the weather alone made the move worth it. However the job situation is worse here. They are still laying off all over the place. When a job opens there are 100 well qualified applicants lined up. The job fairs out here are a joke, usually trade schools telling lies how their schooling provides training for waiting jobs that don't exist. The rent situation won't be a problem. You could rent a five bedroom house for that amount of money here. With all the foreclosure and shortsates, investors bought up the properties dirt cheap but are finding no quality renters to rent them so they have to drop the prices. Rule of thumb is the further from the strip the better it is. Stay outside the 215 if possible. Better read over the following web page. Good luck.
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I read the answers given and I agree with most of them. The only suggestion I can give is that you don't want to be 2 miles from the strip. I understand that you want to be close to the action, but the radius all around the strip is such a bad area. If you have a car you can get from one end of Vegas to the other in 30 minutes or less. If you won't have a car we have buses that go all around town and are easy to get to the strip. It will be much cheaper rent wise to move off the strip and you will get a lot better and bigger house or apt. for your buck. A lot of restaurants are hiring servers, if any of you have any experience doing that. But yet again they are all off the strip for those jobs. The weather is nice here, compared to Ohio (I was born in Ohio and raised in Vegas), but it is hot in the summer. Over all I do love it here. And I am raising a family here (2 kids, 1 boy who is 11 great kids and a girl who is almost 2) it is possible if you know where to do it at in town. Vegas is like every other city. We have our bad parts of town and good parts of town. Stay away from living near the strip, that would be a bad part of town to live in LOL. Good luck to you. And BTW for what you are paying in rent right now I am sure you won't have any problem finding a place for that or even less.
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From what I hear, Vegas will soon be BYOW (bring your own water). So plan on being thirsty most of the time.
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it shouldnt be that hard to fine a place for under 2000 a month, but trust me, you dont want to be that close to the strip. take a look at craigslist in vegas you can probably find a decent 3 br house for that, but jobs being what they are you might want to go alot cheaper until you all have stable jobs. i lived in Riverbend Village Apartments on flamingo and spencer,its not a great area but there are far worse and for the most part the property itself is pretty quiet. it is a straight shot to the strip, just right up flamingo and you are there. there you can expect to pay less than $1000 for a 3br the # is 702-737-0488
