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Is Las Vegas In The Wrong Time Zone?

Thursday, November 24, 2011

We’re In The Wrong Time Zone! I’ve been saying this for almost as long as I’ve been living here, and local writer David McGrath Schwartz just wrote a great article about it: Is switching time zones a bright idea for Nevada? In Las Vegas, it is pretty much completely dark by 5 PM for three [...]

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How Retirees Will Help Las Vegas’ Local Economy Rebound From Recession

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Highest Poverty Rates – The metropolitan areas of the U.S. with the largest gains in people living below the poverty level: 1. Las Vegas, 2. Modesto (CA), 3. Detriot, 4. Ft. Myers (FL), and 5. Los Angeles. I bring that up because people wonder about the long-term viability of this area. But few wonder about [...]

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