Quote: (07-31-2013 03:45 PM)InternationPlayboy Wrote:
I grew up in Vegas. I'm actually considering moving back since I could make a shit load of money in my industry. Vegas is cheap as hell to live. Like you said, $700 a month will buy u a nice place.
As far as places to live, I always liked green valley. It's cheap, nice, and safe. A friend of mine was saying yesterday that it's becoming ghetto, but I don't know if I believe that. From what I understand Vegas is making a nice e economic come back. There should be plenty of accounting jobs at the casinos. I grew up in a suburb of Vegas, spent half my life there. I feel if I move back I can stack some dough and go back to school and set myself up to make some big moves.
Where are you currently residing? Of all places I've lived in the states, Vegas definitely has the most bang for the buck. The biggest downfall is the weather but I guess you get used to it. It's pretty much always hot or cold, but not as cold as back east or the mountains. It will drop down to the 20s maybe a couple times a year. You may see snow once every other year. It only really stuck once out of living there for 13 years, but I also know they just had a pretty big snow storm a couple years back when I wasn't there. The heat in the summer is obviously pretty ridiculous, but 300+ days of sunshine a year though is nice.
Thanks for the detailed response- it's answers like this that I was looking for.
I'm currently in MN - so no worries about the snow or 20 degrees. We get school cancelled up here for "cold days" instead of "snow days" sometimes when the wind chill is -25F.
I am slightly afflicted with SAD (Seasonal Affection Disorder, or somethin' like that) - basically, when the sun is only up for 5 hours a day and you're mostly inside, you begin to get depressed. It's a mixture between cabin fever and low levels of natural vitamin D. It's enough to throw a guy off for the last few winter months. It's enough of that shit. Unsubscribe.
Quote: (07-31-2013 05:12 PM)InternationPlayboy Wrote:
Another thing to keep in mind if you move to Vegas, a car is pretty much an absolute must. Logistics aren't great. The area around the strip isn't ideal to live, at least for what I prefer. So after hitting the strip, you're only options are a cab, which is expensive, a DD, or drive drunk. This goes for SoCal as well. I would suggest living within a 5-10 mile radius of the strip. Eastern and 215 area would be a good bet for me personally as most my friends live more on that side of town.
Yeup! That's what I heard. I have two cars right now so i'll sell off my winter beater and keep my sports car (no need for a snow beater our there).
Seeing that i'd be doing ahhh "side jobs" on the strip, what is the best way to navigate in and out through the strip area? The last thing i'd want to do is sit in traffic for hours.
Quote: (07-31-2013 06:21 PM)jimukr104 Wrote:
there are houses for under 100k btw
Yes, I was looking at house prices too. A house out there for 100k includes a nice ass garage and a swimming pool. No joke. I feel like their real estate market is going to rebound. I will rent for the first year as a trial period- once I have steady employment I'll plan to make a home purchase. I'll have friends planning to move out there with me and they can rent from me to help cover the mortgage. Equity timeeeee.
Quote: (07-31-2013 06:29 PM)TheCaptainPower Wrote:
What type of work?
Tax accounting mostly. Also have knowledge on securities and some experience with financial planning.
To be honest though... I'm young (22), and would just like to get out to Vegas. I was offered a gig out there that sounds like a lot of fun and could definitely be of value to some of the more adventurous members on this forum. The only thing is, I'd want an actual "day job" just to get my feet wet. Spin off from there.
Quote: (07-31-2013 06:43 PM)Fisto Wrote:
Quote: (07-31-2013 06:21 PM)jimukr104 Wrote:
there are houses for under 100k btw
Nothing worth a damn.
If I was the op, I'd take 5k and go have an awesome 2 month long trip someplace before going to work.
I just got back from Spain (European tour) not too long ago. I'm keeping my liquidity to get myself set up in an area that I would like to be. Plus i'm in the process of incorporating a small business with my roommate. At this point, I need to keep my capital where it matters.