Actually I kind of like the place. I have lived in many cities (Denver, Washington, D.C., Detroit, Ft. Washington, Maryland) but I find this one seems to agree with me. I like hot weather (sometimes it's so hot you can see Superman in a taxi) and the dry air is easy to breathe. The conditions outside limit what you can do in the summer, but, hey, the heat propels me into my office to draw and write. Las Vegas was the driving impetus for my first two books and I enjoyed the mental challenge of trying to depict what this place would look like 65 years from now.
While Las Vegas is not for everyone, I call it home. Look for the next Danny DeVille future Las Vegas installment around the first of the year.
Henderson is one of the fastest growing cities in the USA - even with the current burst bubble in construction.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first moved here, Boulder Highway was a two-lane road leading to Boulder City with the area around where it met Sunset called some less than positive names - can't remember them at the moment.
Sam Boyd bought/built his first casino there - now called the Rainbow. It was situated next to an undercover business with a red light over the door.
I too have lots of stories to tell about Sin City so I hope you'll drop by now and then to check them out.
You might also check out the LV R/J forums.