Las Vegas Housing Market: 20 years to recovery?

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  1. Sean.ivity

    Sean.ivity Global Moderator Staff Member Global Moderator

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    I lived in Vegas for 3 years (2005-2008) and The only things i miss is spring, The food, the freeways and the barriers in the middle of the roads(Yes I like them, I always felt like it made traffic flow so much better when people aren't trying to cross traffic all the time), and the fact that everything is open 24 hours oh and pumping my own gas... But I tell people all the time that its a fun place to visit but living is a different story. Im way happy to be living back up in the great north west.

    edit: I also miss the $1.25 full breakfast that some casino's had.
     
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    If I had the money I'd look first at the Dunthorpe neighborhood on the Willamette river.

    Though, you're not going to get a deal like you would in Nevada or Arizona.
     
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  3. EL PRESIDENTE

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    yeah, i love staying in the hotels...the pools, chillin, restaurants, etc. It'd be nice to have a big fucking sprawling mcmansion though. dunno...might get sick of it after a while.

    a little house in Portland on a nice bus route/max line would be probably more fun.
     
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    The fall is just as nice as the spring. In all, maybe 4-5 months of rather mild weather.

    The glaring thing missing from Vegas is water. People put in water features in their yards to have water to look at.

    Though I lived about 10 minutes from the Hoover Dam and many many people spent hot summer days on their boats on the lake.
     
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    I talked to a buddy and he knows a person who bought a house in Vegas in 2006 for around $310,000 and recently sold that same property for $95,000.

    The 20 year recovery forecast doesn't seem exaggerated anymore, wow!
     
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    Yeah, I agree. I love dry heat.

    Not me. Gray sky suck. I love everything about Portland except the weather. If Portland was situated in the desert it would have been perfect. As is, it is fantastic with an exception of the rain, sky and wetness. Good lord, people are not trees, living here for 14 years and I feel as if I have moss growing all over me.

    Having just spent 2 weeks in the desert - I already miss it. Brown and red is beautiful when it is not monotonous and situated near some mountains.
     
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    You do realize that the reason Portland is so beautiful and attractive to people all around the world is how green it is year round right?
     
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    You say that like there is something wrong with having moss growing all over you. :confused:

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    Can be green year round without as much rain as we have.
     
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