Moving To Sin City

Well I have accepted a promotion with my company which includes relocation to Las Vegas NV.
My only time spent in Vegas has been the usually trips to the strip and casinos. I don?t know much about actually living there. There are some definite pluses which include a lower cost of living due to lower housing costs and no state income tax.
My wife and I do not have kids and have a combined extremely comfortable income level.
I?m interested in hearing from anyone that has experience living in Vegas regarding good areas to look in to live and areas to avoid.
I know everyone has an opinion about Vegas, but I would love to hear from anyone that has experience living there.

We had a regular member that moved there and has lived there for several years now. His name escapes me, but he was friends with Monky and a few other members on here. Maybe they can contact him and he can come back and give you the low down.

Congratulations on the promotion and the new chapter in your lives!

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

Congratulations on the promotion and the new chapter in your lives!

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Thank you! It will certainly be an adventure.

Yeah, that's cool man. Good luck with everything.

My wifes cousin & his wife are realtors there. PM me if you want their contact info.

Could you play a fiver at the table for me??

That was me. I used to live in Vegas, we moved a few years back due to my job. Plenty of great places to live. I would stay south of 215 and west of 95 in Henderson, Summerlin is really nice. There are some nice areas up in the NW of Vegas. Stay away from North Vegas if you can help it. I too know a great realtor if you want her number. Shoot me a message with any questions and I can get you plenty of info. Still have lots of good friends out there.

Wow, that was quick!

Henderson or Summerlin if you're not a crazy clubbing, gambling type. 7 hills in Henderson is really nice and good schools. Summerlin may be the nicest area but it's a bit far from the strip. I have a realtor that specializes in Henderson. PM me if you want his contact info. Btw, now is probably not a great time to buy real estate there. It pretty much defines the real estate bubble outside of silicon valley.

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Originally Posted by drew890

Well I have accepted a promotion with my company which includes relocation to Las Vegas NV.
My only time spent in Vegas has been the usually trips to the strip and casinos. I don?t know much about actually living there. There are some definite pluses which include a lower cost of living due to lower housing costs and no state income tax.
My wife and I do not have kids and have a combined extremely comfortable income level.
I?m interested in hearing from anyone that has experience living in Vegas regarding good areas to look in to live and areas to avoid.
I know everyone has an opinion about Vegas, but I would love to hear from anyone that has experience living there.

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Front Sight is in Pahrump about an hour west of Vegas. The training is great; their business model can be kind of annoying. If, at some point, you are interested in life memberships that allow you to go to any class, shoot me a PM. My friend has a bunch of them and will sell them to cover the transfer fee and little extra...(edit $125). I don't make it down as much as I would like but I've done the handgun and rifle classes, and they are good. I really enjoyed precision rifle. The end of class tests are difficult, which allow you to move to the more advanced classes.

Boulder City is pretty amazing! I have family there and am there a good amount. You feel far away from the city, but you're not too far to commute. Lots of land to shoot on within 20-30 mins of downtown if you have an off road capable vehicle. Great mountain biking in bootleg canyon, water activities on the lake, and a 1000 yard range at the gun club near town. Pro Gun Club is another good option.

Congrats Drew!

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Originally Posted by Will1776

Boulder City is pretty amazing! I have family there and am there a good amount. You feel far away from the city, but you're not too far to commute. Lots of land to shoot on within 20-30 mins of downtown if you have an off road capable vehicle. Great mountain biking in bootleg canyon, water activities on the lake, and a 1000 yard range at the gun club near town. Pro Gun Club is another good option.

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Based on us wandering around Henderson and Boulder city when looking at places to move to. Definitely a nice off road ride. LV is 3-3.5 hrs from us.

Thank you all for the reply’s and good info.
Several of you have PM’ed me and I will reply back to you.
I did find out that my office will be in Summerlin, so I’m going to look at housing there.
I am told that Summerlin is a desirable suburb so I’m pretty happy about that.

Don't move in July. Get your vehicle AC squared away now! It's so F'ing hot here (there too). Good luck!

If you get into Precision Rifle matches we shoot matches near Kingman (2 hours). They are some good options up there too, weather dependent of course.

so it will be a bit longer of a haul from Summerlin and you can really just go shoot out in the desert but the Boulder Rifle Pistol Club is cheap and has a 1000 yard range. Its an awesome range.

Kingman....gtfo. :)

Congratulations on the promotion!

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Originally Posted by OtterbatHellcat

Kingman....gtfo. :)

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Close. More like Wikieup, but even people from here "Never heard of that".

Thanks, I didn't know and I'll do some looking into it.

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Originally Posted by Delfuego

Close. More like Wikieup, but even people from here "Never heard of that".

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Thanks, I didn't know and I'll do some looking into it.

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It's 2 hr drive from here, going over 40 to Kingman, then south on 93. Everything from this area is 1.5 - 2 hr drive, except Lake Powell.

It's at Big Sandy range, where they have the big machine gun shoots!

First you get the money. Then you get the power. Then you get the women. Then you get the machine gun.

-John {Montoya}