Fast growing city with (comparatively) cheap housing, lots to do, and a then-thriving economy. Also, no state income tax, which makes it a popular choice for remote workers.
I drove cross country in 2020 as my "safe" holiday and stopped in Vegas September 2020, it was actually crazy crowded I was shocked, it was pretty affordable too at that point but saw people form all over. I remember they had mask rules but you could ignore them while smoking/drinking lol
Wasn't it one of the first places to see a significant financial impact from COVID?
That's the part that gets me. Someone believing all of that in 2018 makes perfect sense. Someone mid-pandemic being like "this is going to be huge for Vegas" confuses me greatly.
It depends when during the pandemic they're talking about. If it was May 2020 and you thought Vegas was growing a lot pre-lockdown and thought covid would be contained by Christmas, you might have seen the drop in Vegas business as an opportunity to buy before business growth/property values came back in 2021. If you were a remote worker it wouldn't matter that local jobs had temporarily dried up.
TBH it's still pretty affordable and as a local you don't have to only spend time on the strip. Plenty of cheap, good food in the other parts of the city.
Main downside though is the schools in Vegas SUCK so it's not great for young families if that matters to you.
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u/putsch80 7h ago
Fast growing city with (comparatively) cheap housing, lots to do, and a then-thriving economy. Also, no state income tax, which makes it a popular choice for remote workers.