Appts in Las Vegas
 

Any Las Vegans have advice on what general area's to get an apartment? Assume I can afford anything $1,100 and less. Or even areas to stay away from would be of help, specific appt buildings would be even better! Thanks.

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Any Las Vegans have advice on what general area's to get an apartment? Assume I can afford anything $1,100 and less. Or even areas to stay away from would be of help, specific appt buildings would be even better! Thanks.

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I lived in Copper Creek Apartments while my house was being built (which took nearly 2 years). It is in the South part of town, which I prefer (Silverado Ranch area). It's a nice, safe area. I paid about $700 per month for a one bedroom.

I would avoid any apartments near downtown, or Maryland parkway.

It's relatively fast to get from almost anywhere in the Vegas valley to the strip. 20 minutes tops. This isn't a city like LA where your location could mean you're driving an hour to get somewhere.

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I paid about $700 per month for a one bedroom.


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I really need to move to Vegas. This cements that in my mind.

Jeff

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I paid about $700 per month for a one bedroom.


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I really need to move to Vegas. This cements that in my mind.

Jeff

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Yeah I know, party the reason I am probably moving there. I am taking a pay raise, playing 25% less on rent and living withing 15 minutes of some of the juciest middle limit holdem games in the world. I don't see how I can't do this.

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I paid about $700 per month for a one bedroom.


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I really need to move to Vegas. This cements that in my mind.

Jeff

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You're from NYC right? I hear ya bro.

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I paid about $700 per month for a one bedroom.


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I really need to move to Vegas. This cements that in my mind.

Jeff

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You're from NYC right? I hear ya bro.

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Actually I think Jeffage is from the DC area, I'm in Philly.

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Any Las Vegans have advice on what general area's to get an apartment? Assume I can afford anything $1,100 and less. Or even areas to stay away from would be of help, specific appt buildings would be even better! Thanks.

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I live in Henderson and I like it alot. You'll have no problems finding a place for $1,100 as long as you don't have ridiculous expectations. I pay less than $900 for an 1,100+ square foot two-bedroom apartment with a little balcony and easy access to casinos, shopping, libraries and all that good stuff.

You want to avoid most areas with things like "North" in their name and suspiciously low-priced stuff right near the strip.

SpaceAce

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How are the motels. Price? Availabilty? I would consider moving into a motel in LV for a while until I find an appt. I have lived in tough neighborhoods in NYC while going to school so I am somewhat street smart.

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Space I'm interested to hear why you don't like the north las vegas area? I'm moving to vegas early next year and was considering the north area to be a good place to live off strip, was thinking mostly about the allante community up there.

Steve

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For that kind of money, you could be renting a home. I have a 3 bedroom home in Summerlin (15 west of the strip), and it costs me $1195 a month.

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Can I move in and call you daddy?

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Dude ...

You are one sick puppy ... [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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"north vegas" is decidedly different from "northwest las vegas". Aliante is more "northwest". I live in Aliante area, and love it. It's quiet, neighbors are all nice, schools are as decent as you can find in the Vegas area (if you have kids, dunno if that matters for you).

We don't have all the parks and rec type stuff that other areas of town have, because it's not as developed yet - our Costco is opening soon, our Walmart has yet to be built (is that a good or bad thing? not sure...)

It's about a 30 minute drive to the strip where I work, but driving down Decatur/Rancho to the 95/15 is easy as pie.

I've never been happier with a place to live as Las Vegas, I love it here. If I move up in income levels, I'd definitely consider moving south to Henderson area tho, especially with the easier access to Lake Mead for weekend activities.

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but u love me....daddy!

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[quoteIt's about a 30 minute drive to the strip where I work, but driving down Decatur/Rancho to the 95/15 is easy as pie.


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this is soooooooooo untrue entirely because of the flippin' traffic. I currently live @ rancho and decatur and other than the amazing thai place at lake mead and decatur, there is no reason to pick north over henderson. I'm moving to henderson tomorrow. Was 1065 for 1300 sq ft 3 bed 2.5 bath place in NLV and will be 1300 for 3 bed 2.5 bath 1800 sq ft townhouse which ~straddles the henderson/LV border. Green Valley region, etc etc.

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<shrug> It could be that I commute at different times of day than you. I've never gotten stuck in traffic in Vegas other than Friday rush hour on the 15.

To get specific, we rent a 2400 sq foot house with 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, family room, living room, and office space for $1100 a month.

I'd still pick Henderson over any other area of town - but the point I was trying to make was that North Vegas is different from Aliante area.

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I'm planning to make the move within the next 12 months and I've looked at apartments. My girlfriend and I found a two bedroom, two bath with about 1100+ sq.ft. and all kinds of amenities for $960.00 a month. The complex is in the Lakes section of town on West Charleston, and it looks like one of the better neighborhoods (adjacent to Summerlin). We found it by searching on apts.com; there's a link to it on the website for the LV Review Journal.

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Space I'm interested to hear why you don't like the north las vegas area? I'm moving to vegas early next year and was considering the north area to be a good place to live off strip, was thinking mostly about the allante community up there.

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I haven't heard of Allante. In general, north Vegas is just not a prticularly nice area. How far north are you talking?

SpaceAce

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How are the motels. Price? Availabilty? I would consider moving into a motel in LV for a while until I find an appt. I have lived in tough neighborhoods in NYC while going to school so I am somewhat street smart.

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There are TONS of weekly/monthly places that have studios, one bedrooms, etc, that run $600ish per month, even out by where I live. You'll have no problem finding decent temporary or bachelor housing if that's what you want. As for tough neighborhoods, it's not about whether you can handle it but whether you want it. If you don't mind grittier areas, you can find housing really cheap.

Mind you, when I talk about "gritty", there are no areas around here that are REALLY bad by my standards. If you lived in a city like New York or Detroit or Cleveland, even the "bad" areas around here aren't too terrible.

SpaceAce

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Are we all moving there or what? I've been seriously considering it, but who knows.

Jeff

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Aliante is more "northwest".

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Ah, that would explain it. All the difference in the world.

SpaceAce

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I just moved out here with 12 other people at the same time.

Vlorg

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How long will you be there? I was there on 2 different occasions month to month. Once I lived off of Siera Vista (La Mesa) and paradise and would recommend highly against that street/area since it's pretty run down. I was there for 9 months, however!

I recently came back from a 3 month stint at the Blair house suites. It's a nice place and will run you about $800. It's off of Desert Inn and Paradise.

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If you lived in a city like New York or Detroit or Cleveland, even the "bad" areas around here aren't too terrible.

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You ain't kiddin'.

I may certainly have to look into this...

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I paid about $700 per month for a one bedroom.


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I really need to move to Vegas. This cements that in my mind.

Jeff

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I hear that. I pay $700/mo for my parking. PLUS - it's 2 hours to the nearest game.

But at least the weather sucks here.

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The ONLY reason I haven't moved there yet is I feel like I'd miss my friends and family alot. That's a big move for me - someone who doesn't usually take life risks like that off the felt. I'd love to give it a two month trial to see if I like it, but unfortunately you can't hit the pause button on life. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Also, I'd be afraid I'd have trouble making friends there and would spend ALL of my free time in casinos because of it. Not necessarily a bad thing but...

Jeff

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The ONLY reason I haven't moved there yet is I feel like I'd miss my friends and family alot. That's a big move for me - someone who doesn't usually take life risks like that off the felt. I'd love to give it a two month trial to see if I like it, but unfortunately you can't hit the pause button on life. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Also, I'd be afraid I'd have trouble making friends there and would spend ALL of my free time in casinos because of it. Not necessarily a bad thing but...

Jeff

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this is my only reason too. but I'm moving there anyways. I can always come back after a year or two if its not really for me.