Bright lights and fast cars

Sorry for the delay, broken phone and having to pay for internet delayed...

So here I am, day 2 in Vegas and a few things have already become quite obvious.

1) This is an Evangelical nightmare of a city.

The gambling issue is obvious. The alcohol is free if you are gambling, so that is a no brainer. Recent immigrants hand out “playing cards” on the side of the road with nude women on them and a phone number that promises to bring them to your door in twenty minutes. Clearly nothing shady there.

That said, I have only seen one person preaching on the streets, though he was mostly ignored. Usually I really dislike those type of shows of religiousness. In Las Vegas, I can at least understand why he felt compelled to preach.

2) Las Vegas doesn’t give a shit about the environment.

Hey Las Vegas, you are in a desert. Giant fountains and pools obviously add to the aesthetics of the city/your specific hotel. However, how much water are you wasting just due to evaporation every day?

The city streets are cleaner than you might expect … if you expected landfills in each gutter. Nothing quite wakes you up like sewage looking water on the edge of a sidewalk filled with playing cards of naked women.

Vegas loves electricity. Everything is bright and glowing with plenty of bells and whistles. My electric bill almost made me cringe in December and I make a conscious effort to turn off lights, keep the temperature low in the winter, and unplug unused appliances. I cannot imagine the figures on these electric bills. Thank heavens for Hoover Dam.

3) Vegas is an amazing cross-section of America.

The city if filled with tourists from all over. You can see one of the most attractive people you have ever seen and right behind them you see one of the least attractive people you have ever seen. All sizes, shapes, and colors are represented. It makes for wonderful people watching if you enjoy diversity. It makes for horrendous people watching at times if you worry about our future as a people.