Any Vegas residents?

[Triplegreen500]

Waaaay early stages here, but I've been offered a job. A nice job. Nice money. But...it would require relocating to Vegas.

Anyone live out there, who can offer insights into life out that way? I visited once, 3 days, when I worked for Buell motorcycles...but spent the whole trip on the superspeedway running other people's motorcycles at over 150mph, so I couldn't really sightsee (or lose my life savings in the casinos lol).

Just curious.

 

[Jesse6869]

Depends on what you really want to know, the good the bad. Good, if I’m not mistaken Cris birdsong lives there and can help you I’m sure in any way. The bad, everything people the energy it’s hot most of the time your indoors. Henderson is good older crowd. Everybody wants to like in summerland. But honestly what happens in Vegas does not stay in Vegas ask me how I know. It’s a tough life and vary fast pace. I hate going there my ( second)wife’s family is there still. I hate going there after living there. No fun if it’s for the money hopefully it’s short term. Just my 2 cents

 

[Triplegreen500]

Appreciate the info. Definitely want to hear it all - good AND bad. Reality is, I have 3 dogs and those temps will be tough. And...no grass. That part is just weird to me. I mean, I get it - desert. But, I'm born and raised East Coast. Mountains. Foliage. GREEN, not brown. Looking around realtor.com, it looks like you can have a pool...OR grass. And zero lot lines. Lots of places have 3 car garages...but with no land (at least, not within a reasonable commute), no real shop space or pole barns. You can get that...90 min from the shop. And working 12h a day, I don't want to add 3h drive time on top of it.

Work is work - and it WILL be busy. Entertainment production company. Lighting. Rigging. Audio. SFX. Pyro. One of their shops in Vegas did nine shows last weekend. Have yet to talk hard numbers but ideally? Have enough income to get a place out there, but keep the place here in MD - and once their East Coast / Mid-Atlantic work expands enough, come back and run THIS end of things. Have to land some more contracts to do that though - which is why I'm 11 weeks in Miami after new years. Run events, and be client relations...to try and grow the contract from $30M to $300M.

No pressure.

 

[MarPar]

@dodgeboy440

 

[Jesse6869]

Also traffic is crazy busy, if you can keep your house and buy another and focus on work to make the money that’s great. To go from one type of living, green trees open pasture To dry desert heat, tons of traffic, rude people. Just focus on your job and make the business more profitable that’s all I can say. Maybe someone else can tell some uplifting stories about Vegas.

 

[Triplegreen500]

Also traffic is crazy busy, if you can keep your house and buy another and focus on work to make the money that’s great. To go from one type of living, green trees open pasture To dry desert heat, tons of traffic, rude people. Just focus on your job and make the business more profitable that’s all I can say. Maybe someone else can tell some uplifting stories about Vegas.

Well the work I've done so far for this company has been in NYC, at Citi Field.

Talk about traffic, and rude.

At least my cars won't rust out there...