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Old Posted Dec 8, 2006, 6:50 AM
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Lake Mead is awesome, and they were finishing up on the Wynn when i was out there last. It looks amazing in the sunset.
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2 million residents and 40+ million tourists benefit from Las Vegas.
Way more than that eat California's produce


But this is getting off topic. .
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Old Posted Dec 8, 2006, 5:42 PM
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Awesome pics, been a while since i have been there, need to go again.
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True, but those civilizations were built along RIVERS, whereas Vegas sprung up in the middle of the desert as a little rail depot. If not for Hoover Dam and legalized gambling, Vegas would be nothing. I sure hope all of that conspicuous water consumption in Vegas is enjoyable for the natives and tourists, because it is causing an environmental catastrophe for the Colorado River.
Las Vegas translates to "the meadows" in Spanish due to the once abundant underground springs in the area. Native people have lived in the Las Vegas valley for thousands of years before white people came and built the Hoover Dam and legalized gambling. Ofcourse Las Vegas wouldn't be what it is today without those things but how are cities like Miami which sprung up on the edge of the everglades or New Orleans that was built on the Mississippi river delta any less environmentally unfriendly than Vegas. All cities destroy their environments in some way. Currently, I live in Seattle where there was once an old growth rainforest and now there is a city.
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Yep, Las Vegas wasn't just desolate desert. The springs were an oasis for travelers and the reason for founding the town.

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God bless...what awesome images. I am sooooo pumped up. I'm off to Vegas on the 27th. Got a great deal 2 months ago on air fare & hotel (staying at the Wynn). I haven't been out there in 4 years. It's changed so much. Can't wait for New Year's on the strip.
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Yep, Las Vegas wasn't just desolate desert. The springs were an oasis for travelers and the reason for founding the town.
In relation to modern Las Vegas, where were these springs located? Downtown? Are any still preserved today? I seem to remember there are a few in a park -- I want to say Floyd Lamb State Park, but I can't be certain.
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Las Vegas could certainly use more density; however, the cityscape strikes me as "controlled sprawl" (for lack of a better way of putting it). Consider: when driving north on I-15, you enter your first developed areas near EXIT 27, and you leave your last developed areas near EXIT 58. That's a development diameter of 31 miles, which is relatively compact for a metro of 2,000,000+.

I predict that Las Vegas will soon begin to densify the way Atlanta has in the past 10 years, especially if they're building a new airport away from the Strip. (If that happens, expect any height restrictions to be lifted.) Also, as the metro's population continues to increase, its footprint will increase as well, but probably not to the extent that some "anti-sprawl" people here believe it will. I expect most new development in the next 20 years to be in the eastern quadrant of the metro, including Henderson and Boulder City. Other areas where I expect new development to occur (although at not nearly the rate expected to the east):

- Immediate north near I-15 and the Las Vegas Motor Speedway
- Immediate southwest along NV 160

Ironically, I think the areas least prone to new development in metro Las Vegas are those closest to I-15 (with the exception of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway area). I-15 south of Las Vegas, in particular, will remain desolate.
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The northwest still has a bit left to fill in, and it's easily one of the fastest growing parts of the city and metro. And, the city is sinking a considerable amount of time and effort into building up there rest of the west and northwest sides.
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In relation to modern Las Vegas, where were these springs located? Downtown? Are any still preserved today? I seem to remember there are a few in a park -- I want to say Floyd Lamb State Park, but I can't be certain.
The Springs Preserve is a couple miles west of downtown. The preserve sits on 180 acres and is currently under construction. It’s a 250 million dollar project, with new museums, desert gardens, and trails, so it should be pretty cool. The springs stopped flowing to the surface naturally many years ago due to depletion of the water table. www.springspreserve.org/

There are many other springs in Southern Nevada, including Tule Springs at Floyd Lamb State Park in northwest Las Vegas. Corn Creek at the entrance to the Desert National Willife Range. A few around Lake Mead, and dozens in the Spring Mountains.
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Great work!!! I want Santa to bring me one of those cameras!
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Thanks for the info, Vtown420. I'm kind of a history buff, so I always like learning about that kind of thing.
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Awesome thread!

Those Las Vegas sunsets are a beautiful sight.

I love the pic of the F-117 landing at Nellis; I was stationed there for 5 years.
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I love this pic...the colors...the mountains....and the roadway is sooo well manicured
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Let's go downtown. It's gritty and rundown, but improving, and might even be a nice place to live someday.





















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Great thread. Let's see some more!
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