ienigma777
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Hello; Why do people go to Vegas? Good question; and really; ...I can't see the attraction. THe Shows are costly, very costly. The rooms in one of the Mega Resorts, costly.....the Buffets; well, there you can eat if you are a glutton, or adore mainly cafeteria food. The nightclubs, costly, very costly. The legalized prostitution outside of clark county, very costly and you get to do it ramble shack mobilehomes stitched together. Now, the people working there are at min wage, yes even in the mega resorts, okay, some get a fair wage, but nothing to write home about. Don't have an adversary encounter with the police...they are (or have to be) the best in the world next to Calif.
Okay, the nude strippers in the off strip joints, are independant vendors, having their own contractors license, the house takes 40% of what they earn, the wardrobe mistress gets 50 bucks per night from each stripper. These stripper/dancers do NOT get a salary nor are they hourly. However, a good hustler can earn 1000 bucks a night, but not every night.
In the old days, when the 'mob' ruled Vegas, it was an age of glamour. Sinatra, Deano, Sammy, Lola Falana, Tony Benett and a host of other stars was the big attraction...when Elvis hit town, OMG, mayhem...Liberace was a standard, and constantly sold out, prehaps the greatest showman in the world. The record groups were a big attraction, Diana Ross, The Rightous Bros, etc....all brought in the people, it was a glorious time for one and all in vegas...and you won some, lost some, and when you lost, you had a big smile on your face, but broke ass as could me; and you went home telling everyone the great time you had, and you strat saving and planning your next trip.
Now....are you sitting down for this? The Mob was run out, left, arrested, died, just run out by the Banks and the Corporations. The Hotel/Casinos taken over. The headliner entertainers for the most part died of old age; the ones remaining are in their late 70's or early 80's. What replaced then...no one of any value, Sigfried & Roy were a mainstay and the most expensive show on the strip, then Roy got himself mauled by his tiger. No more show. They were lovers, Sigfried & Roy, they lived a most opulent lifestyle, even being invited to the 90th birthday of Leni Rosestelstaffen (I don't know how to spell her last name) she, being the Hitlers chief propaganda cinemagraher for the Nazis.
Now, the Arabs are the power behind the throne, funding the Mega Casinos...but something has gone awry.....and the construction sites which were all a thitther with activity is closed down.
Houses were, before the meltdown, so very expensive and virtually unafforable, now the boom is over, the foeclosure are mind boggling, and yet, the decrease still costs about the same as a normal Calif House...don't forget, there is not nearly a job market as in CA.
The high rise apartments start at nearly 400,000 (not a lot of sq. ft either, about 1400 maybe a little more). THey are mainly empty, and I know some people who bought, had to be in the trend, complain about the pimps and their working girls.
Now, the architecture...one housing development boasts...the cutting edge of architecture design.....THEY are BOXES, I mean BOXES, no window treatments, no facade, flat roof, no slanted or tiled roof,.....imagine a stucco Box.
Now, they are building a Mall type Casino thingie, mega billions, which the buildings slant and bend and twist....construction stopped, no more Arab money. Another building is warped and appears to be falling down; this is daring.......the guy on the street just looks in awe and silence.
Trump Tower is just a tall rectangular box, with gold colored glass and a very large 'TRUMP' aross the roofline. off Industrial road, (the shanty, industrial section); Wynn Towers (Two) are back to back, curved and look like two giant bookends.
If any of you have the opportunity to visit Europe...Please do France, there you will marvel at real architecture, to see and touch what you only see in books...it is really something to behold. To regale your eyes on France, even the farm houses, you will be in awe. The Louve, the art, no digital copies on the walls like in Vegas.
Behind the tinsel of Vegas, you find the Tinsel of Vegas...nothing real all an illusion, to...separate you from your money.
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