Las Vegas - what a shit hole!

[Greg Masters]

It's a few years since I've been here. Apart from noticeably fewer tourists, not much has changed!

A walk down the Strip is like tacking an assault course.

Music is blasting from everywhere.

The stench of ganja pervades everywhere.

Munters half-dressed in various 'outfits' want to relieve you of a $Franklin for pushing their norks into your face.

Homeless beggars on every corner.

Chuggers constantly trying to sell you discount tickets.

Construction everywhere for the November F1 race.



There is even a hotel called the Horses Hoe!

I rest my case.

 

[Aidan1150]

A shithole indeed Greg. I have been twice and don't plan on ever returning.

 

[Monsieur]

USA at its finest

 

[Oldrat]

My lad had recommended that we at least try it once.

Amazingly different but my worst nightmare.

It was like being locked into a shopping mall for days on end.

 

[rovert57]

Never been and wouldn’t want to .I would rather see the natural wonders America has to offer .

 

[Robbo1200ADV]

Went last year at the end of our tour . The thing that disturbed me was the hopeless people putting their last dollars into the gambling machines . A lot of the strip is in perpetual night so you are unaware of the time and continuing gambling until it’s all gone . Never been a gambler thank god but plenty there . Certainly will never return , but then again America compared to when I first went in 1982 has changed so much and not for the better . The cost of eating out and the tipping system has ruined it

 

[twizzle]

I’ve been to the US probably about 30 times - I’ll not go back till they have purged themselves of Trump..

 

[ThreeDawg]

Been there one night. A nice girl called Candy parked our Mustang and we ate very well at one of the restaurants in the Bellagio. Happy to leave the following morning - Casino Rayale it wasn't, just sweaty Septics pumping tokens into slot machines.

 

[Greg Masters]

We found a restaurant called Motherfucker…

 

[rovert57]

That’s another thing about visiting America how much should you budget for all the tipping .it seems like everyone expects a tip for doing their job .tipping is supposed to be voluntary.

 

[twizzle]

That’s another thing about visiting America how much should you budget for all the tipping .it seems like everyone expects a tip for doing their job .tipping is supposed to be voluntary.

 

[TIJ650]

I’ve not been for a while, but Fremont East area slightly better. Only slightly though
And yes it is a shithole only to be surpassed by Hollywood!!

 

[grantmac]

Was there when we lived in southern Cal. Was OK then. Less sleaze but that was 27 years ago …..

 

[Wapping]

Construction everywhere for the November F1 race.

The F1 night time race is quite impressive, I must say.

 

[Sneldog]

It used to be great. Gamble and get everything else on the cheap. Not any more. MBA types slapped a charge on everything and ramped up prices across the board.

All changed for the worse and I don’t enjoy going any more. It’s always been for work and I’ve been about 15 times. It’s a shame to see it alter and worsen over time.

But it’s the same in many places. Venice and Porto 25 years ago were beautiful. Now every street has a shitty little Bangla shop with leering, jabbering staff selling utter shite that no one wants.

The British high street has a similar malaise. Vape shops, nail bars, off licences, charity shops, bookies and low grade fast food takeaways are everywhere. Awful and degrading everywhere they spring up.

And no one with any power has the balls to fix any of this. From that twat Burnham down to the staff in your local council. All of them, largely inept and utterly ineffective.

 

[boatman]

I was lucky I had a look at Las Vegas for free as I was helping out a mate at a job out there ,, certainly not my thing , and would never return for lesiure ,,, full of sad losers imho .

 

[Ex-Call Centre Chimp]

I stayed in Vegas for a few nights before going to the Moto GP in Laguna Seca a few years ago. I'm not a gambler but had a great time, lovely hotel and plenty of very interesting people watching to be had. I promised myself I'd take my wife so she could experience it but like the wise giant I'll not go while Trump or any of his manipulators are in charge.

 

[TIJ650]

Is the Siegfried and Roy show still on??
Oh right
Well, it is the week of the tiger

 

[richh]

You guys all expecting an oasis paradise.


It was built for gambling and to relieve you of cash!

A decade since we went (4 blokes on a piss up)

Loved it. But did it properly.

By that I mean tipped our waitresses and acted like high rollers in the movies.

Loved it. We were looked after properly everywhere.

Even stayed at the big man’s place.


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