Question of the Day - 28 November 2018

I’ll eventually move but Vegas doesn’t offer the hospitals and doctors like Chicago does. But I like no state income tax. Especially on gambling earnings.

and thought about moving there many times, but always decided against it. Considering what Vegas has morphed into over the years, for me it was the right decision.
I still go a few times a year, but that number is declining. Most of what I liked about the place in the 60s and 70s is gone.  

Enjoy visiting a couple of times a year, but more than that would be too much for a lot of reasons.  
#1 I would gain a LOT of weight going to the buffets. 
#2 My sinuses would hate me.  Very dry air gives me sinus infections, and Vegas is one of the worst places for that.  I have to use saline solution 4-5 times a day when I am there. 
#3 - When I am in Las Vegas I find that 5 days is enough...more is too much.  Several years ago my home airport was iced in and a 5 day trip wound up being an 8 day trip - by that tie I had more than enough of the "Vegas Experience". . 

I used to live in Vegas for several years. The locals comps and incentives were much better than they have become in the last few years. It's hard to find any locals advantage now-a-days.

If I ever moved I'd think about Vegas. As a city it has all the amenities and the weather. But since I'm too lazy to move it won't happen.

After the last midterm elections. Where the democrats won every office. (Except Dennis Hoff lol) The writing's on the wall. Taxes are going to go up. Probably will get a State Income Tax someday also. Everybody from next door is moving to Las Vegas and bringing their liberal agendas with them. I love it here. But between the elections and water supply. Might be a good time to leave soon.

permanent  residence in  SUMMERLIN  on a trial run. will I be able to budget sensibly ? in many visits -yes,i have . being retired may need a part time job. We love DOWNTOWN, aka  OLD VEGAS !!!!.  

It was always my dream to retire in Las Vegas, but being a Canadian with literally no health costs, the move to LV wold be too expensive, so I will have to survive with trips every couple of months. 

I've opted to buy an acre of land in Pahrump with the intention of building my retirement home there in a couple of years.  Just couldn't afford the prices in Las Vegas for something comparable.  I think it will be great to be close, but not in the city all the time.

Nope. I'm a pack rat and I have way too much stuff to move.
 I was considering a move to The valley.
I was reminded: "If you gamble,don't live here. If you live here,don't gamble". 
I'll stay in Seattle,but visit 'Vegas..

While living in Vegas (which I would like to do) removes it as a vacation location, the rest of the world opens up.  Lots of air connections to cities around the world since everyone outside of Vegas wants to come there.  Your vacation visits would just be in other cities.

I hope to have a second home in LV in the near future. Now I visit at least once a year and stay for several weeks, house-sitting for friends while they vacation. I love Las Vegas, for many reasons, not just the casinos. You have great diversity and options in LV. My hope is to be able to live there several months each year, at times I choose--even in the summer! I already feel it's my second home, so it's just a matter of formalizing it.

would love too simply for the weather alone love the dry air feels like I have more energy never sweat!

I've thought occasionally about retiring to Vegas. But the moment I step outside McCarran into the summer blast furnace, I'm reminded why I couldn't live there full-time.

The first and last proposed answers above alluded to the threat of financial ruin if living in a casino mecca.  I predict those will get the highest number of votes.  

The third answer "only as an escape from my normal life" is right on.  I endure enough anxiety here at home from all the gas station signs advertising scratch-offs!  LOL.  

Been visiting since 70s 4-5 times a year, some business, some pleasure.  5 1/2 years ago bought a Sun City second home in Vegas.  We stay about 5 months during the winters.  Love the weather and facilities.  Strip casinos have failed us as customers.  Now enjoy local casinos and Downtown, once weekly. Plenty of other things to do in or near Vegas.  Comps are down, but still get some.  Use some LVA member coupons.  Buffets are rare - too many calories.

I love to visit Vegas 2-3 times  a year. If I lived there I think the thrill and expectation of any upcoming trip would be gone. I would hate to lose the excitement of the anticipated trip(s).

Snowbird for 11 years and love it!

I love visiting and always have a great time, but I would miss having four seasons (although I like the much shorter winters in my current home of NC vs where I grew up in WI).  Also, I like having a variety of things within easy driving distances.  Living in LAS would feel rather isolated I think.

I actually like rain, so living somewhere with so little rain would be depressing for me.  But more importantly, with the ongoing drought and the steadily decreasing water levels in Lake Mead the water supply could become a serious issue in a few years.  I don't want to be living there if it does.

I think I'd like to live in Vegas, in Summerlin or Henderson.  The low humidity really suits me, making the heat feel not as hot and the chill feel not as cold.  But I was born and raised where I live, so it would be hard to leave.  And as many have said, it would take extreme resistance to keep from gambling all the time.  So even though the (generally) sunny weather and low humidity are a huge plus, I'm not sure I could mentally swing it.  

I'd love to move to LV but my spouse/significant other is against it.

As I have what one respondent might call a "liberal agenda," I don't want to enrich some billionaire casino mogul. Ten percent of Sheldon Adelson's annual income could feed, clothe, and house 2,672 people for a year (yes, I actually did the math!). I don't want to live in a casino company town.