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Agreed. This will certainly be interesting.

I've always wondered how much some people really think about that when they move there. It's one of the fastest growing cities in the country, and the fact that more and more well-paying jobs are created every day is extremely welcoming to many people, but I wonder how much people really consider the fact that eventually, the city will literally just run out of water.

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I've always wondered how much some people really think about that when they move there. It's one of the fastest growing cities in the country, and the fact that more and more well-paying jobs are created every day is extremely welcoming to many people, but I wonder how much people really consider the fact that eventually, the city will literally just run out of water.

I really believe most Americans are so naive as to believe that Las Vegas will always have water, despite the fact it's in the desert. As Americans, we live so comfortably for the most part that we take many things for granted... especially our natural resources. What do we do when we run out of water? Do we sit around and wait for the government to come bail us out? I wonder if, when Vegas runs dry, there will be some major similarities to the things that occurred with Katrina.

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I remember a few years ago something came up where officials(I think) in Vegas had proposed a plan to take as much of the water from the lower part of the Mississippi River that could be used for drinking water as possible, and pumping it over to Las Vegas. This of course, did not sit well in New Orleans, which already depends on the Mississippi River for most of its water services. Though I know there have been all kinds of plans proposed as to how to get water over there once the resources start running dry.

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I remember a few years ago something came up where officials(I think) in Vegas had proposed a plan to take as much of the water from the lower part of the Mississippi River that could be used for drinking water as possible, and pumping it over to Las Vegas. This of course, did not sit well in New Orleans, which already depends on the Mississippi River for most of its water services. Though I know there have been all kinds of plans proposed as to how to get water over there once the resources start running dry.

I can understand the people of New Orleans not wanting that to happen. Things like this must be considered if Vegas is going to continue to grow, but they need to be very careful with future growth. I see us setting ourselves up for disaster if Vegas were to dry up. By then, however, there will be no more FEMA so everyone just might be on their own.

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Things like this must be considered if Vegas is going to continue to grow, but they need to be very careful with future growth.

I think it's getting to the point where the growth could start to get out of countrol. The metro is now nearing 1.8 million people, and the area continues to grow faster and faster every day. Eventually, something is going to need to be done to control growth in order to conserve water there for as long possible, before it's to late.

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I just got back from Vegas, and I had a great time. There is development all over the city, cranes everywhere, and the Casinos are no longer that, they are pretty much Resorts now. This city is set to explode (in my opinion), if all these towers get built, you'll see a vastly different Vegas within 5-10 years, even moreso than in the last 5-10 years. The thing that sucks is that the Vegas I loved in the past (cheap rooms, cheap buffetts) is gone, unless you want to spend half of your time doing time-share sales meeting things you'll spend a boatload of dough to do anything substantial....

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I just got back from Vegas, and I had a great time. There is development all over the city, cranes everywhere, and the Casinos are no longer that, they are pretty much Resorts now. This city is set to explode (in my opinion), if all these towers get built, you'll see a vastly different Vegas within 5-10 years, even moreso than in the last 5-10 years. The thing that sucks is that the Vegas I loved in the past (cheap rooms, cheap buffetts) is gone, unless you want to spend half of your time doing time-share sales meeting things you'll spend a boatload of dough to do anything substantial....

Vegas still doesn't have an economic base to support the condominium prices. Until that happens it will just be an overgrown state fair.

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There a lot of projects that are just now getting off the ground or in the air. Although the Vegas skyline is impressive the city itself does not have a big city feel to it. One problem is there are no dense inner ring neighborhood. 30 and 40 story condo towers are cool but the can't create a city feel without the historic neighborhoods and urban shoping villages that most cities have. I do realize Vegas is young but having an impressive skyline is not all that there is to being a city. Myself I love rowhouses and I would imagine if the price were right a lot of middle-class home owners would live close to the strip in developments like rowhouses. The key here is if the price is right.

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What's interesting about most of Las Vegas' most notable skyscrapers is that, most of thr landmarks are located just outside of the city limits in unincorporated areas of Winchester and Paradise.

Speaking of Paradise. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the unincorporated Vegas suburb has grown faster than most suburbs in the nation from nearly 25,000 in 1970 to 186,070 in 2000. This is also roughly the same number-size as the city of Orlando alone! (excluding suburbs). Paradise is also the home of UNLV and McCarran International Airport south of Tropicana Avenue.

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Ever since Steve Wynn annouced the Wynn Resort in 2005 over 115 projects have been announced, currently there are over 70+ towers either hotel or condo under construction 40 of which are 35 floors or taller. All projects currently under construction should be completed or near completion by 2010. There are also alot of midrise projects in various stages of construction so the skyline should fill in nicely.

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Climate and jobs usually. Also, many Californians started moving there several years ago to get away, just like with Phoenix. It's a much more laid-back atmosphere than a lot of other western cities, especially than in CA.

I remembering watching a long story on Vegas in the mid-90's about its astounding growth and the problems associated with it. The report predicted that Vegas would run out of water by 2000. That, of course, didn't happen, but they're unfortunately getting almost all of their water from the same place many other large, booming Southwestern metro areas are: the Colorado. Vegas has gotten too large for its own good, especially to be considered a really nice place to live anymore, and the growth has already started to slack off somewhat over the past few years, and will probably continue to do so.

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