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Originally posted by: arshaleign
The city of Las Vegas is a real jumble; it's not uncommon to have middle class single family homes next to Section 8 housing next to huge luxury estates next to commercial areas. So the newer "good neighborhoods," like the aforementioned Summerlin, Henderson, and Lake Las Vegas are a more homogeneous choice.
If by good neighborhood you mean low crime, there are any number of crime maps available at the touch of a Google. If good means good schools, move to a different state that actually gives a shit about children. If a good neighborhood means nearby medical care, may I suggest living near the airport. It's where locals go for quality medical care.
And if you're adventurous, hip, fearless - and therefore probably young - Fremont East is gradually being transformed by the Downtown Project and a couple of hundred million dollars from Tony Hsei. As far as I'm concerned, walkable neighborhoods like that really are the coolest places to live, and unwalkable, car-centric 'burbs lead to boredom, isolation, and excessive television watching. That's not good.
You should ask the Zappos employees how safe they feel walking from their office the few blocks to their parking garage. I can tell you many of them appreciate the security guard that escorts them. I agree parts of downtown are pretty liveable. Staying along the north/south grid of downtown is a lot safer than venturing too far east. You're also forgetting that about half the people are females and many have others that they are responsible for keeping safe. The suburbs of Summerlin are much safer than downtown and people that are responsible for others sleep better at night knowing that. That said, any neighborhood in Las Vegas, save the super expensive, is susceptible to crime. All it takes is a bad apple to move into the neighborhood. The bad apple may be a drug dealer that doesn't bother with burgularies, but he knows people that do burglaries and he'll clue them in to when you'll be gone and maybe even be the lookout for them. My best advice to people buying a house in Las Vegas is to know who your neighbors will be. The best will be the 60+ white couple. I'll let you figure out the next best and so on down the line.
