[Blueflag]

Same for Dallas, TX. I get it why Fort Worth exists.

But Dallas?

[Alas Babylon!]

Simply to allow Elvis to one day sing about it.

Viva, Las Vegas!

[EQAndyBuzz]

Can you post the entire article please? Just good etiquette and you won’t be labeled a blog pimp.

[moviefan8]

Moe Greene.

[Clutch Martin]

I remember in the mid 60s when you were driving through the desert, you could see the glow of Vegas from at least a hundred miles away. I wasn’t driving... but I remember dad pointing that out.

[Vigilanteman]

There are basically four reasons:

1. It was one of the few places on the route south to the LA area with a tiny bit of water, so it was founded as a ranch town and railroad stop.
   
2. It was close to Hoover Dam when it was being built so some place had to house the construction workers.
   
3. It has clear weather damn near year round, so was selected to train pilots for World War II (Nellis AFB).
   
4. The gambling and cat houses established to entertain the former two groups were a natural attraction for the mob to build a big city .

[alloysteel]

The Hoover Dam is nearby and generates a lot of electricity and supplies lots of water, two requisites for densely populating what is essentially a desert.

In 1940, Las Vegas was still a dusty crossroads with about 15,000 population. Then the crime syndicates discovered it, and the fact that gambling was entirely legal in Nevada. The rest, as they say, is history.

[Tax-chick]

Good article, in a weird way.

[Terry L Smith]

a writer’ catharsis for his surgery.
, tokeep his demons of pain at bay.

btdt!! it works.
Used to be ‘letsgototijuanaandgetmarried’, then Las Vegas took that.
Used to be ‘letsvotobigcityfotheyouknowconventionandhavefun’.
Las Vegas took that.
Used to be ‘letsgomeetupwithbobandtedandcarolandaliceandwedonotleavetheroomtillweareallspent-ahem’.
NowLasVegas is a ‘family-oriented’.
Woke does not happen in Las Vegas, its bad for business.

Las Vegas is the city of dreams, risks, gains and losses, adult AND family fun, without the smog, the SoCal traffic,

[Delta 21]

The Mormons have to have some place to launder their money.

[mjp]

man’s fallen nature enjoys it

[TalBlack]

Because “Don’t call me Bugsy” said so?

[mowowie]

I live outside of Boston I have been to Las Vegas something like 9 times.
Vegas is a CHEAP airplane vacation if you plan it right.
A week in Vegas costs as much as a few nights on Cape Cod!
I like the dry desert heat and the weird energy there.
I only play video poker saves tons of cash and gets you free booze:)

[Chewbarkah]

Las Vegas exists because America requires a large toxic waste dump. It has many rivals, but Vegas attracts depravity like flies to a carcass.

[libertylover]

What a dumb*** question. The answer is:
“Money! It’s a hit.
Don’t give me that do-goody-good bull****”.

[butlerweave]

Watch and see if you can find out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCb3EVlQ-4I

[Magnatron]

Why Does Las Vegas Exist

'Cause this guy wanted it to...

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[blueunicorn6]

Trite.

[PUGACHEV]

I was unimpressed by Vegas, but did find it interesting to watch people at the roulette table. Often, someone would put some chips down on a number and the fidget with them, moving them frantically from one spot to another before the wheel spun. What were they doing, I wondered. Then I remembered reading an article which suggested that future events triggered a “pilot wave” which traveled backward in time. Were these people trying to sense that faint pilot wave, and is this what we call an “inkling”?