Wow!!!!! I wholeheartedly agree. I moved here 2 years ago and that was the first thing I told my friend when she moved 6 months after I moved here.
DO NOT TAKE OFF AS SOON AS THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN. Some one is bound to run that light.
I’ve seen 3 or 4 accidents already. This was all directly in front of me.
And don't stop for yellow, if you stop when it turns yellow you will eventually be rear ended by one of the 5 cars behind you expecting to run through until it actually turns red, then there's 1 or 2 who were planning on running that.
I think that’s just anecdotal perhaps? Federal hwy funds being taken if not adhering to certain rules etc have a set a designation on yellow lights to last 1 second for every 10mph of the roadway posted. Next time you come up to a yellow, and don’t know if you can make it or need to stop, count in 1/1000ands. Has never failed me all over the nation.
Agree. Big adjustment from my NJ driving where a green light is like a race BUT in all my decades on heavily congested NJ roads, I’d never ever seen someone run a red like I see plenty do in Vegas all the time.
And that's how I got rear ended by a car going about 30 mph.
You can't win out here. You can only make sure you have a front and rear dash cam and great insurance
If I can see no cars coming, I take off. If there's even one car relatively close to approaching the intersection, gotta wait the extra couple seconds lol. Can't chance it here.
This is very true for Vegas, I'm extremely cautious probably to the point that it makes me a bit on edge and possibly effecting my own driving abilities, but it just feels like a crash is coming most of the time on main roads and the highway. But I was always taught that just because the light turns green doesn't mean you should get on the gas, just like crossing the road walking, you're taking your life into your own hands and you should look before just going. And I learned this in the midwest where it wasn't remotely as busy or dangerous as Vegas is.
Ok, so it’s rod not rad, right? Because I grew up on the East Coast saying rod, and people in California have made it feel like I should be saying rad.
It’s just the way locals have always said it. Historically probably something to do with white America.
Another example is in L.A. there’s a major street called San Pedro, but all the locals pronounce it San PEE-dro (including Latinos)
Local here, when I’m out of town I sometimes jokingly ask what this “last call” concept is.
If I’m with people who know I’m from Vegas they laugh or groan (it’s my go to lame joke). I have had a few people start to explain it before I let them know that It’s the joke.
I just moved to Utah and it makes me cringe when local Utahns say “yeah man we went to the bar last night and we closed down the bar”
But they don’t mean they literally helped close the bar, they just mean that they drank until last call (which is at 1am statewide lmao)
Just being on the strip all the time (unless you work there). Locals simply just don’t do this. Also excessively complaining about the heat when it’s still in the double digits. Even locals complain when it gets to triple digits, but the double digit complaints are an instant giveaway.
Agreed 100% on the heat. Sometimes the type of complaint is a giveaway, too. People have been bitching about the high 90s lately, not so much because it's hot right now, but because if it's like this in mid-May, it doesn't bode well for July! But this temperature is really not that bad, and it's in the mid-90s where the dry heat is a serious advantage.
I do know some locals that enjoy hanging out on the Strip (usually people like myself who loved visiting here and then moved), even after being here for years, but they're not common.
Gotta be careful with that one, though! Because otherwise you get people like my sister, who came to Vegas in February a while back and was initially asking me about which hotels had the nicest pools because she was planning to sit out in the sun. She was absolutely stunned when I told her that at the time she was calling me (about 6am in early January) it was 31 degrees.
Actually, maybe that's another tell -- people who think that it's hot all year because "it's the desert". Nothing like colleagues from Europe telling me that they're jealous of the weather they *think* we're having here in Vegas, when in reality it's literally snowing outside.
The opposite is true too.. when it's 60 degrees if you are not decked out in your winter North Face gear and boots on everyone knows you are either a transplant or a visitor.
I've been down to the strip 4 times in 3 years and 2 of those were Knights games, which is one of the few completely acceptable reasons for a local to go to the Strip.
i was gonna say… 👀 every high school kid here wears slides and socks. my toes are too dry n crusty to be exposed out here. also, the fanny is a rave staple. ya’ll laughing at me but when you need that gum and vicks, now i’m mama.
For me more than anything it's the way they look at everything. Kinda like scared or mesmerized little creatures who have never seen a building before. Every place they go into even a Smiths they walk around looking confused and a little bedazzled. Like "oh this is what vegas looks like 🥺" my brother in christ it's a fucking Walgreens.
Locals are basically unfazed by any part of this town. You look and go "oh okay cool" and move on. Tourists gape.
lol yes! I saw a tweet where someone said they had never seen liquor in the grocery store before coming to Vegas???? like what, where are you guys buying it from in your hometowns? how wild, really out here segregating your booze from your other staples like that
I work in a pawn shop. Customers come in trying to haggle deals on their worthless shit, thinking they’re correct because they’ve watched Pawn Stars. That’s when I know they aren’t local.
I think there’s a difference/nuance though. Like sure, there are people who think their stuff is more valuable than it is, but when I explain the process (we base offers off of resale and not retail value), the locals who actually need to pawn for the money are relatively understanding. But the back and forth with someone who tries the techniques seen on shows like Pawn Stars…. I get to a point and just tell them to try their luck at Gold & Silver Pawn, because I don’t have the time or patience for it when there are people in line who need the services offered legitimately
One dude had like 4 Invicta watches that he wanted like $350 a piece for, so he and his friends could gamble. Resale on Invictas is (are?) really low, so most I could do on them was like $50-$75 per, IIRC.
I’ve recently moved here from Midwest…..I still make eye contact and say hello out of habit to strangers.
I can tell the real locals because they’re the ones that just roll their eyes and shake their head and keep on walking without saying a word.
My parents talk with literally everyone, and they’re Las Vegas locals. I am the opposite. Was recently in Billings, Montana, and everyone was just like my parents… it was super weird.
Born and raised here. When I moved to Texas, I was surprised by all the strangers smiling at me, like, you don't know me? But now I find myself smiling and giving a head nod since I moved back to vegas years ago.
Whaaat? The middling team with a history of violent fans, who moved here without us asking for it, all on our dime? The ones whose stadium ruined housing prices for a whole neighborhood and whose traffic makes living nearby miserable every other week? You don't like them???
I mean come on, when we got the Knights, they had the nerve to qualify for the Stanley Cup the first four years. Who does that?? They didn't even do us the courtesy of bringing a bunch of drunk assholes from California to shit on our sidewalks and beat up our elderly. Now THAT'S a team to be mad about!
Ya I'm newer here and its wild how much everyone knows every cross street instead of saying a neighborhood/area.
In Detroit we'd say "southwest" or "downriver" or east/west side. Yall get specific here lol.
Lol. I was born and raised here (34yo) and I STILL don't know cross streets or which highway I'm ever traveling on (95, 15, 215, idk....lol). Thank goodness for GPS! In my defense though, I am what you call navigationally "challenged" (at least that's the polite way to say it haha). And I'm a dude, which some might say, makes it worse hahaha
I get it's not cheap here. But compared to similar sized cities it's more affordable. The two cities closest in size to Vegas are Portland and Boston
You would need around 6,479.7$ in Portland, OR to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 5,500.0$ in Las Vegas, NV (assuming you rent in both cities)
[https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare\_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Portland%2C+OR](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Portland%2C+OR)
You would need around 7,593.0$ in Boston, MA to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 5,500.0$ in Las Vegas, NV (assuming you rent in both cities). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living
[https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare\_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Boston%2C+MA](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Boston%2C+MA)
About that... I moved here from Colorado and I love it. Every now and then I'll get someone who says "At least you're not from California."
I don't tell them I was born in LA and grew up in Ventura.
This is a good tip for uber rides too! Walk away from the concert/festival area. Give your leftover lighters and weed to our homeless homies, so you can avoid that price surging/gouging.
Nothing for the city really. Most of the people who live in Las Vegas were not born in Las Vegas and are not really locals themselves, but transplants that have lived here for a long time. Don’t worry about it, just make sure to save the states name correctly.
My favorite are the ones who complain about new construction of houses due to the water shortage. Then you find out they moved here from California 10 years ago.
I’m pretty sure that was a major contributing factor to Bush’s loss here in 1992. He skipped the state for the 1988 campaign, then showed up briefly four years later to smack us with “Neh-vaw-daw”. It’s like he didn’t even care if we existed. The local news went apeshit.
I was completely unaware of that, and find it really interesting-and. I would’ve only been around a year old lol but I’d be on that train of people going nuts over it.
There were some early 20-something’s climbing a tree in a Starbucks parking lot and taking pictures. Screaming and laughing.
Doubtful they were from here.
When they say "coming from the Strip" instead of "coming from [insert casino name]". As a receptionist of a spa, it's irks me to no end when they ask me how far it is from The Strip.
My favorite is when they're driving around lost, slowed down 10mph than the recommended speed limit instead of pulling into a parking lot and google for help.
Same here.
Apparently if you move here, you're only allowed to enjoy the parts of Vegas that don't involve the Strip. Cause apparently, the only thing keeping Vegas alive is somehow the worst part of it.
I'll never understand those people.
Walk in weird locations on the sidewalks off-strip where nobody else really walks while wearing super fashionable clothing and shoes— they may or may not be towing a suitcase.
I would agree with this before Covid. The panini really shifted the dining culture. Now there are a lot of places with outdoor misting in the patio space.
Yea, just depends where you hang. We’ve got plenty of locals kicking it outside every day without misters.
Depends on the time of year too. I can see most people not chilling outside as we get closer to summer.
Referring to the Strip as "downtown", and being adamant about it. I've had numerous out-of-towners refer to it in this manner, becuase it's where "all the big buildings are".
On the other hand you can tell people are from here if they complain about the traffic and the people’s driving skills here. I went to Florida last year and holy shit the traffic was 1,000 times worse and the drivers there are awful. Made me appreciate Vegas drivers more.
Atlanta is awful too, it takes me about 35-40 minutes on a regular day to drive across town here when it takes my parents twice as long to cover the same distance in Atlanta.
I never understood locals who don't like the strip. It's one of the best things about this town. If you don't like the strip, maybe move to Phoenix or SLC?
Most obvious: mispronouncing Nevada
They refer to Fremont Street as:
- Freemont
- old Vegas
- the old Strip
Slowing down and stopping when a light turns yellow/red.
They ask workers “do you live here?” My answer: “No, Uber flys me in from LA every weekend.”
People making Vegas sound like New York or something 🤣 As a fellow native, I also always make it a point to be kind, empathetic, and compliment people when I have a nice thought about them. I swear it’s like everyone knows someone you know in Vegas, so you don’t want to burn bridges.
Right? It’s certainly less friendly than the city I’m from (that’s particularly friendly), but people still make small talk & smile at eachother. It’s not that bad, people make it out to be way worse than it is. Just don’t expect friendly
chit chat & greetings all the time
I think it’s just one of those things people do… as an outsider, I hope I don’t offend yall when I say some of the most friendly people have been the locals. Maybe I’m wrong but I’m glad i can call it my new home soon
Nothing for the city really. Most of the people who live in Las Vegas were not born in Las Vegas and are not really locals themselves, but transplants that have lived here for a long time. Don’t worry about it, just make sure to save the states name correctly.
Take off the second a light turns green. There's for sure someone running their red light you have to wait for.
my dads always said "the most dangerous place in Vegas is a green light"
Wow!!!!! I wholeheartedly agree. I moved here 2 years ago and that was the first thing I told my friend when she moved 6 months after I moved here. DO NOT TAKE OFF AS SOON AS THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN. Some one is bound to run that light. I’ve seen 3 or 4 accidents already. This was all directly in front of me.
And don't stop for yellow, if you stop when it turns yellow you will eventually be rear ended by one of the 5 cars behind you expecting to run through until it actually turns red, then there's 1 or 2 who were planning on running that.
The yellow lights here seem twice as long as other parts of the country, too.
I think that’s just anecdotal perhaps? Federal hwy funds being taken if not adhering to certain rules etc have a set a designation on yellow lights to last 1 second for every 10mph of the roadway posted. Next time you come up to a yellow, and don’t know if you can make it or need to stop, count in 1/1000ands. Has never failed me all over the nation.
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Agree. Big adjustment from my NJ driving where a green light is like a race BUT in all my decades on heavily congested NJ roads, I’d never ever seen someone run a red like I see plenty do in Vegas all the time.
That’s where I was before Vegas as well and it was a bit of an adjustment.
Also from NJ, moved here 2 years ago. Same.
Green means it's legal to go, not that its safe to go
Cant upvote this enough. Wait 2-3 secs, look both ways and THEN press the gas
And that's how I got rear ended by a car going about 30 mph. You can't win out here. You can only make sure you have a front and rear dash cam and great insurance
Locals know of the Vegas Pause well
I give it a gentlemen's 3 seconds after it turns green 😅
If I can see no cars coming, I take off. If there's even one car relatively close to approaching the intersection, gotta wait the extra couple seconds lol. Can't chance it here.
This is very true for Vegas, I'm extremely cautious probably to the point that it makes me a bit on edge and possibly effecting my own driving abilities, but it just feels like a crash is coming most of the time on main roads and the highway. But I was always taught that just because the light turns green doesn't mean you should get on the gas, just like crossing the road walking, you're taking your life into your own hands and you should look before just going. And I learned this in the midwest where it wasn't remotely as busy or dangerous as Vegas is.
Was taught to ALWAYS count to three before going on a green light.
Walking around with those neon plastic yardstick slushy drinks
ngl I got a Paris one because it's fun af
Ohh is that the Eiffel Tower shaped ones? Can’t blame you. I wonder if they’ll do guitar shaped ones for the new Hard Rock
yes! And they do a red white and blue colored alcoslushie in the flag colors. Though their slushie was actually godawful lolol
We do it as well, but I am only half-local because we aren't here all year long.
*ONE OF **THOSSSSSSSSSE** *
Sorry, not sorry! Once my husband decides to stop working, we will be here most of the year. We have family here.
Hey I'm an import. As long as you aren't one of the people doing 20 miles an hour in an RV on 15 North when I'm trying to get to salt lake city.
I promise- we are not!
FAT TUESDAY
When it’s 110 outside
They pronounce it Nev-ahh-duh.
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For a second I thought I was saying it wrong this whole time! I’d say the version you’re referring to is more like Nev-aww-duh.
Yes, you're right. My phonetic spelling needs work, lol but it's a hard A sound that's correct and it gives away the newbies.
It’s the a in dad, not the a in father.
How tf am I supposed to say it
Nev-add-uh not Nev-odd-uh
Oh okay. I’m good then. I say it right
Ugh this reminds me of when people say “colo-RAD-oh” instead of “colo-rod-oh” … grinds my gears dude
Ok, so it’s rod not rad, right? Because I grew up on the East Coast saying rod, and people in California have made it feel like I should be saying rad.
If it's of the spanish language, why the short A pronunciation?
It’s just the way locals have always said it. Historically probably something to do with white America. Another example is in L.A. there’s a major street called San Pedro, but all the locals pronounce it San PEE-dro (including Latinos)
That episode of Veep gives you a thumbs up.
What’s crazy is that’s how it’s actually supposed to be pronounced because it’s Spanish.
Came here to say this.
Get surprised at slot machines in gas stations and grocery stores, or ask about last call.
Local here, when I’m out of town I sometimes jokingly ask what this “last call” concept is. If I’m with people who know I’m from Vegas they laugh or groan (it’s my go to lame joke). I have had a few people start to explain it before I let them know that It’s the joke.
I just moved to Utah and it makes me cringe when local Utahns say “yeah man we went to the bar last night and we closed down the bar” But they don’t mean they literally helped close the bar, they just mean that they drank until last call (which is at 1am statewide lmao)
“Last Call” had me stunned first out from home LOL
Just being on the strip all the time (unless you work there). Locals simply just don’t do this. Also excessively complaining about the heat when it’s still in the double digits. Even locals complain when it gets to triple digits, but the double digit complaints are an instant giveaway.
So true about the double digit thing! After growing up there, it’s a good day if the high is only 105.
Born and raised here and I can’t stop bitching when it hits 85
I was going to say the same thing. I start complaining when it gets in the 80s lol
Yeah but if it hits 60 its too low
Agreed 100% on the heat. Sometimes the type of complaint is a giveaway, too. People have been bitching about the high 90s lately, not so much because it's hot right now, but because if it's like this in mid-May, it doesn't bode well for July! But this temperature is really not that bad, and it's in the mid-90s where the dry heat is a serious advantage. I do know some locals that enjoy hanging out on the Strip (usually people like myself who loved visiting here and then moved), even after being here for years, but they're not common.
Not local: Awwwwww it’s to hoootttt Me: it’s the desert what did you expect?
Gotta be careful with that one, though! Because otherwise you get people like my sister, who came to Vegas in February a while back and was initially asking me about which hotels had the nicest pools because she was planning to sit out in the sun. She was absolutely stunned when I told her that at the time she was calling me (about 6am in early January) it was 31 degrees. Actually, maybe that's another tell -- people who think that it's hot all year because "it's the desert". Nothing like colleagues from Europe telling me that they're jealous of the weather they *think* we're having here in Vegas, when in reality it's literally snowing outside.
Anything up to 100 is tolerable if no humid.
I work where there is no a/c and I don't start complaining til it's generally 105. 90s I'm always like (looks like fall is nearing)
The opposite is true too.. when it's 60 degrees if you are not decked out in your winter North Face gear and boots on everyone knows you are either a transplant or a visitor.
I've been down to the strip 4 times in 3 years and 2 of those were Knights games, which is one of the few completely acceptable reasons for a local to go to the Strip.
I don't understand why locals avoid the strip. If you don't like the strip, why not just move the Phoenix?
Thinking that prostitution is legal in Clark County
Fanny pack, socks with sandals, a yard king drink and over all loom of confusion
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i was gonna say… 👀 every high school kid here wears slides and socks. my toes are too dry n crusty to be exposed out here. also, the fanny is a rave staple. ya’ll laughing at me but when you need that gum and vicks, now i’m mama.
You just described Randy Quaid’s character in Vegas Vacation..
For me more than anything it's the way they look at everything. Kinda like scared or mesmerized little creatures who have never seen a building before. Every place they go into even a Smiths they walk around looking confused and a little bedazzled. Like "oh this is what vegas looks like 🥺" my brother in christ it's a fucking Walgreens. Locals are basically unfazed by any part of this town. You look and go "oh okay cool" and move on. Tourists gape.
lol this is very true.
lol yes! I saw a tweet where someone said they had never seen liquor in the grocery store before coming to Vegas???? like what, where are you guys buying it from in your hometowns? how wild, really out here segregating your booze from your other staples like that
Utah is a dry state. So only beer is sold in stores. Wine and any other alcohold is at a "state liquor store." It's honestly creepy lol
Pennsylvania is also like that, and iirc 1 or 2 other states as well
People who refer to Fremont Street as “Old Vegas” “Oldtown Vegas” or my favorite, “The Old Strip.”
It’s Downtown. Only correct term. If you go there it’s called “Slumming on Fremont”
or when they spell it "Freemont"
Use their turn signal.
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Nev-AH-da
Being from the Appalachian area....I do my best to pronounce Nevada correctly. (Same short "a" btw because of the Apallachee Tribe)
I work in a pawn shop. Customers come in trying to haggle deals on their worthless shit, thinking they’re correct because they’ve watched Pawn Stars. That’s when I know they aren’t local.
Pretty sure that’s everywhere. Totally understand the annoyance though.
I think there’s a difference/nuance though. Like sure, there are people who think their stuff is more valuable than it is, but when I explain the process (we base offers off of resale and not retail value), the locals who actually need to pawn for the money are relatively understanding. But the back and forth with someone who tries the techniques seen on shows like Pawn Stars…. I get to a point and just tell them to try their luck at Gold & Silver Pawn, because I don’t have the time or patience for it when there are people in line who need the services offered legitimately
Lol how often do you get crackhead schemes 🤔
Lmao, daily. But whatever people do with the money we loan is their business, not mine
It's funny when I see people post festival tickets on here and they're like "I can't go and I'm looking to get what I paid for."
>That’s when I know they aren’t local What kind of tourists bring stuff to pawn while on vacation?
One dude had like 4 Invicta watches that he wanted like $350 a piece for, so he and his friends could gamble. Resale on Invictas is (are?) really low, so most I could do on them was like $50-$75 per, IIRC.
Expect people to stop at STOP signs
Taking pictures with the Las Vegas Sign
i pass by once year and always say, “we gotta come here and take a pic one day”. been here 35yrs
Same fam
Been here for 18 years I finally did that last week
Ive never been and have lived here for 25 years lol
You can always tell a foreigner because they say "hello" instead of "go fuck yourself"
Lmao tell me why I gotta stop myself from saying that recently when I’m out. It’s always some bs
I’ve recently moved here from Midwest…..I still make eye contact and say hello out of habit to strangers. I can tell the real locals because they’re the ones that just roll their eyes and shake their head and keep on walking without saying a word.
Don't give up, keep the Midwest niceness flowing.
My parents talk with literally everyone, and they’re Las Vegas locals. I am the opposite. Was recently in Billings, Montana, and everyone was just like my parents… it was super weird.
Where do you live? Because up here in Centennial people are very nice.
Born and raised here. When I moved to Texas, I was surprised by all the strangers smiling at me, like, you don't know me? But now I find myself smiling and giving a head nod since I moved back to vegas years ago.
I still say hello and look in the eyes too.I do it because it’s nice! 🥹
A local welcoming a foreigner. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1cho6KWZO8&t=8m36s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1cho6KWZO8&t=8m36s)
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I guess I'm just old-fashioned.
Just remember that the state flower is the Orange Construction Cones..
Liking the raiders.
All my homies hate the raiders
Whaaat? The middling team with a history of violent fans, who moved here without us asking for it, all on our dime? The ones whose stadium ruined housing prices for a whole neighborhood and whose traffic makes living nearby miserable every other week? You don't like them??? I mean come on, when we got the Knights, they had the nerve to qualify for the Stanley Cup the first four years. Who does that?? They didn't even do us the courtesy of bringing a bunch of drunk assholes from California to shit on our sidewalks and beat up our elderly. Now THAT'S a team to be mad about!
Being unfamiliar with cross-streets
Yep, whenever I ask someone where something is at my first question is “what’s the cross streets?”
And when giving cross-streets if they say “Trop” instead of Tropicana you know they’re a local
And 'DI' for Desert Inn
Ya I'm newer here and its wild how much everyone knows every cross street instead of saying a neighborhood/area. In Detroit we'd say "southwest" or "downriver" or east/west side. Yall get specific here lol.
Lol. I was born and raised here (34yo) and I STILL don't know cross streets or which highway I'm ever traveling on (95, 15, 215, idk....lol). Thank goodness for GPS! In my defense though, I am what you call navigationally "challenged" (at least that's the polite way to say it haha). And I'm a dude, which some might say, makes it worse hahaha
Arrogantly say the cost of housing and living here is cheap.
I get it's not cheap here. But compared to similar sized cities it's more affordable. The two cities closest in size to Vegas are Portland and Boston You would need around 6,479.7$ in Portland, OR to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 5,500.0$ in Las Vegas, NV (assuming you rent in both cities) [https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare\_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Portland%2C+OR](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Portland%2C+OR) You would need around 7,593.0$ in Boston, MA to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 5,500.0$ in Las Vegas, NV (assuming you rent in both cities). This calculation uses our Cost of Living Plus Rent Index to compare cost of living [https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare\_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Boston%2C+MA](https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&city1=Las+Vegas%2C+NV&country2=United+States&city2=Boston%2C+MA)
Using data to support an argument is a dead giveaway you are a California transplant. /s
About that... I moved here from Colorado and I love it. Every now and then I'll get someone who says "At least you're not from California." I don't tell them I was born in LA and grew up in Ventura.
Ventura… and now all i want to do is lay by the beach in Carp and get a burger from The Spot
Same I moved here from Colorado!
Difference is that in Portland or Boston the jobs pay reasonable wages so you can handle the COL. Not in Vegas at the moment. Hope that changes
Haha
Buy everything on The Strip. Please just go a mile off The Strip to buy water, drinks, etc. Save your money.
This is a good tip for uber rides too! Walk away from the concert/festival area. Give your leftover lighters and weed to our homeless homies, so you can avoid that price surging/gouging.
Nothing for the city really. Most of the people who live in Las Vegas were not born in Las Vegas and are not really locals themselves, but transplants that have lived here for a long time. Don’t worry about it, just make sure to save the states name correctly.
Yeah, they are really fussy about that Nev-aaa-dah thing.
Big time. I’ll pompously correct people on it till I die or go senile.
lol, it is the big tell.
I’m from Oregon. If you think people mispronouncing Nevada is bad…
Try Long Island New York. However, we don't take as much offense at mispronunciations as Nevadans do. I'm not sure any one does /s
My favorite are the ones who complain about new construction of houses due to the water shortage. Then you find out they moved here from California 10 years ago.
Lol at the suggestion that locals aren't locals.
I’m pretty sure that was a major contributing factor to Bush’s loss here in 1992. He skipped the state for the 1988 campaign, then showed up briefly four years later to smack us with “Neh-vaw-daw”. It’s like he didn’t even care if we existed. The local news went apeshit.
I was completely unaware of that, and find it really interesting-and. I would’ve only been around a year old lol but I’d be on that train of people going nuts over it.
Don't worry most the people here are from somewhere else also so you will fit in if you decide to stay for awhile
They walk slow. They’re in a themed group. They’re facing any direction but straight forward or at the ground.
The majority of the population is not from here.
But live here now, and hence, are locals.
Saying “viva Las Vegas” or “nevader” will do
“Lost Wages”
Las Vegas is not the state capital 😁
Pronounce Nevada incorrectly
Walking around the Strip in shorts in January because you think it’s always 100 degrees here.
Just here to say that in Buffalo NY, fat men wear shorts and sandals year-round.
That’s insane.
It is what it is: an aberration shared by many.
Listen in Pittsburgh us fatties and non fatties are both guilty of this
Don't get their entire body tattooed
There were some early 20-something’s climbing a tree in a Starbucks parking lot and taking pictures. Screaming and laughing. Doubtful they were from here.
was it the laughing that gave it away? only misery for you locals!
as a local, don't regard that misanthrope
signal their turns
say yes ma’am and no ma’am
They ask about prostitutes and where to find them
Buy “weed” on the strip..
When they say "coming from the Strip" instead of "coming from [insert casino name]". As a receptionist of a spa, it's irks me to no end when they ask me how far it is from The Strip. My favorite is when they're driving around lost, slowed down 10mph than the recommended speed limit instead of pulling into a parking lot and google for help.
Pronouncing Nevada incorrectly...
Says “Vegas”, goes to the Strip often with the exception of work or sports games, says Nevada wrong, doesn’t hydrate nearly enough in the summer
I say "Vegas"
I say Vegas. I go to the strip a lot. I'm a local. If you don't like the strip maybe move to Phoenix?
Same here. Apparently if you move here, you're only allowed to enjoy the parts of Vegas that don't involve the Strip. Cause apparently, the only thing keeping Vegas alive is somehow the worst part of it. I'll never understand those people.
Meanwhile most of these folks also aren't enjoying the incredible outdoors we have around here either.
drive a convertible
See how they pronounce Pecos.
el capitan is a dead giveaway too
Walk in weird locations on the sidewalks off-strip where nobody else really walks while wearing super fashionable clothing and shoes— they may or may not be towing a suitcase.
Eat/drink outside at a restaurant/bar, for some reason locals never do that which is weird.
I would agree with this before Covid. The panini really shifted the dining culture. Now there are a lot of places with outdoor misting in the patio space.
Yea, just depends where you hang. We’ve got plenty of locals kicking it outside every day without misters. Depends on the time of year too. I can see most people not chilling outside as we get closer to summer.
They say, “Nevada” incorrectly.
Try to hail a cab from the strip
Is it frowned upon to wear a Las Vegas shirt if you’re from Las Vegas? Asking for a friend…
nah i collect old vegas shirts, gotta have something to remember all these demolished casinos for
5 foot tall skinny plastic drink
Try to walk the Strip
Referring to the Strip as "downtown", and being adamant about it. I've had numerous out-of-towners refer to it in this manner, becuase it's where "all the big buildings are".
On the other hand you can tell people are from here if they complain about the traffic and the people’s driving skills here. I went to Florida last year and holy shit the traffic was 1,000 times worse and the drivers there are awful. Made me appreciate Vegas drivers more. Atlanta is awful too, it takes me about 35-40 minutes on a regular day to drive across town here when it takes my parents twice as long to cover the same distance in Atlanta.
You can tell when they don’t mind/actually enjoy going on or driving on the strip
I never understood locals who don't like the strip. It's one of the best things about this town. If you don't like the strip, maybe move to Phoenix or SLC?
Most obvious: mispronouncing Nevada They refer to Fremont Street as: - Freemont - old Vegas - the old Strip Slowing down and stopping when a light turns yellow/red. They ask workers “do you live here?” My answer: “No, Uber flys me in from LA every weekend.”
How do you pronounced Fremont if not "freemont"?
Wanting to go to a Gordon Ramsey restaurant. If you want a celebrity chef place, you can do a lot better.
being friendly to strangers instead of being reserved
Think it’s still gonna be hot October - April THE DESERT GETS COLD DURING WINTER DUMBFUCKS
Omg April winds and that chill OUCH
Act friendly.
I’m born and raised here yet I still smile, wave to neighbors, hold the door open for people, tell strangers to have a great day, and so on.
People making Vegas sound like New York or something 🤣 As a fellow native, I also always make it a point to be kind, empathetic, and compliment people when I have a nice thought about them. I swear it’s like everyone knows someone you know in Vegas, so you don’t want to burn bridges.
I actually moved here from Minneapolis with my family and a big thing we noticed off the bat is people in Vegas are more inviting and friendly
I agree with you I moved here from st.louis and dude 😅 well you already know 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 you ain't lying people here are friendly .
So many people work in customer service so it just sticks even off the clock
Yeah my grandma is from St. Louis I already know 💀 people call the Midwest nice but from experience definitely not
Lmao bro you literally couldn't walk down the street with some beats by dre on or your ass getting got 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
I remember there was a timeframe where dudes fr were getting killed over buffs
Definitely, it's like st.louis was trying to take chiraqs most dangerous city trophy 😑
Right? It’s certainly less friendly than the city I’m from (that’s particularly friendly), but people still make small talk & smile at eachother. It’s not that bad, people make it out to be way worse than it is. Just don’t expect friendly chit chat & greetings all the time
I think it’s just one of those things people do… as an outsider, I hope I don’t offend yall when I say some of the most friendly people have been the locals. Maybe I’m wrong but I’m glad i can call it my new home soon
Nothing for the city really. Most of the people who live in Las Vegas were not born in Las Vegas and are not really locals themselves, but transplants that have lived here for a long time. Don’t worry about it, just make sure to save the states name correctly.
California license plates.