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Did anyone ever leave the strip? Every place has a few bad parts of town where the losers go. Anyone visit the Shelby facility/museum or go to the speedway?
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"There were 96 sales of $1 million or more with properties on the Multiple Listing Service in September in what Realtor Forrest Barbee, corporate broker with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Arizona, California, Nevada Properties, said is a one-month record for Las Vegas. The previous high was 74 in May 2019.
Through September, there were 502 MLS sales of luxury homes and condos, which is 16.4 percent higher than the 431 through September 2019. There were 596 luxury sales for all of 2019. Barbee said the luxury market is carrying the existing-home market as a whole. Overall, the number of single-family home sales in the MLS is down 5.6 percent in 2020, he said. The luxury market shows no signs of slowing. There were 160 pending sales at the end of September with seven months of inventory, according to Barbee." https://www.reviewjournal.com/homes/real-estate-millions/las-vegas-luxury-home-market-on-fire-2161531/ |
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It's likely the relocating SoCal "haves" that don't really care about ocean access that are driving "luxury" home sales - for now. Again, hardly applicable to the rest of the US.
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Seeing thriving wildflowers in Death Valley is a surreal and spectacular experience.
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LVS has always been the casino stock you buy for exposure to Macau. He’ll get a higher valuation as a pure play on his Macau operations, and should probably dual list in the Chinese or HK exhanges. Of course, we will then have a politically powerful US billionaire under the thumb of the CCP.
As for the Strip operations, I would think this is the time to buy rather than to sell, under the general principle of buying when things look the darkest. But maybe he has too much debt to survive. I haven’t owned LVS stock in years so haven’t paid any attention.
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The change through the seasons there is mind blowing. Go on a bloom year in Feb/Mar and it's knee deep wildflowers. Go back on Veterans day and what once was green and fertile is now completely sterile. And watching a sad cover band at a casino in Beatty play to one guy face down on the bar is amusing in a twisted sort of way... The pinball place in LV is cool though!
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Agreed. If not for the slot machines in the front of some grocery stores and no state taxes, one would never know they were in Vegas where we lived. I only took out-of-town company to tourist spots. Where we lived was pretty darned nice. Lots of world class entertainment and food. Great restaurants at low prices. Best prime prime rib ever for burger prices. Fatburgers and In-and-Out just like CA but cleaner and less crowed. Great places for a late breakfast. One could do a lot worse.
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Speaking of Vegas, looks like the impersonators are working overtime in Florida !
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We actually had a great family vacation to Vegas. Only did one day on the strip and saw a show, but also did Hoover Dam, off-roading in a Jeep, and kayaking on Lake Mead.
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Haha, Todd and Ted with a stogie. I think nostatic rode there on his speed 4, or similar, likely all just got back from the LV buffet that Ted has been talking about for all these years. Not sure who the guy on Ted's left is. No disrespect. I think a female antagonist was there too, turned out to be cool from what I read online.
Crap, I was not there so F me. Edit - I freaking hate Vegas, the boil on the devils butt. Miserable weather, despite horizon view empty land the homes are packed in tight, the summer is brutal, the winter you need skin lotion to avoid shedding like a snake, your neighbors are drunks or gambling addicted, and well the area just plain sucks. You will not survive without air conditioned space for most of the year. Might as well live on Mars. Last edited by JavaBrewer; 11-01-2020 at 08:02 PM.. Reason: I hate Vegas |
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Don't get me wrong, I sorta like Vegas - in small doses. I've actually made a few bucks playing in small time poker tournaments there. But the wife pretty much hates it. The place makes her feel sad. I get that. Though she does enjoy the fountains at The Bellagio. ![]()
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