Re: Something cool, unique, facts...about your area?
heres the more INTERESTING facts on Las Vegas where I live
Its hot as heck! I have 3 thermometers all in different places outside in shade, they have reached 123 degrees F in the past (average of the 3 thermometers) and yes it does snow here in Vegas, about once every 3rd year or so.
Gangs.... Las Vegas has over 300 different gangs...
over 10,000 gang members
There are over
1500 sex offenders registered in Las Vegas, I have 10 within a 2 mile radius of my home!
Sunrise Mountain area on the east side of town is a locals favorite dumping ground for murder victims 
You could have owned stock/shares of Las Vegas Sands Corp (the Venetian casino and Macao casinos etc) for about $2 bucks 5 months ago and now its worth appox $16 per share! and yes I was looking at investing and ....DIDNT... DOH!!!!
Lake Mead: 110 miles long. 274 square miles.
Second largest man-made lake in the world. its also deep as heck...over 700 feet to the bottom channel!!
Over 85% of the state's area is owned by the federal government.
During the 1950s, the
mushroom cloud from these tests could be seen for almost 100 mi (160 km) in either direction, including the city of Las Vegas, where the tests became tourist attractions. 928 Nuclear tests were performed at the Nevada Test site 65 miles north of Las vegas the last test was in 1992
heres the craters from underground nuke tests
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When I moved here in 1988 there were 900,000 people living here, now it is up to 2.6 million!
In 2004,
6.8 million ounces of gold worth $2.84 billion were mined in Nevada, and the state accounted for 8.7% of world gold production
The city of Las Vegas celebrated its 100th birthday on May 15, 2005. The event celebrated the May 15, 1905 land auction when 110 acres of land in downtown Las Vegas were auctioned off.
A 1910 law made it illegal to gamble in Las Vegas. The Nevada Legislature later approved a legalized gambling bill in 1931.
The first hotel and casino to open in Las Vegas was the Golden Gate Hotel and Casino in 1906.
The Hoover Dam was completed in 1935. It took a total of 21,000 men five years to complete the structure.
The Moulin Rouge, the city?s first racially integrated hotel, opened in 1955.
In 1957,
topless showgirls debuted on the Las Vegas Strip in ?Minsky?s Follies? at the Dunes.
The famous ?Welcome to Las Vegas? sign was created in 1959 by Betty Willis.
Nevada has a higher percentage of residents born outside of the state than anywhere else in the entire country.
In 2004, more than 37 million people visited Las Vegas. Compare this to 1970 when a mere 6.7 million people visited the city.
More than 22,000 conventions were held in Las Vegas in 2004.
In 2004, visitors stayed an average of 3.6 nights.
More than
5,000 people move into the Las Vegas valley on a monthly basis.
Las Vegas is home to Clark County School District, the fifth largest school district, which currently handles more than 280,000 students.
The famous Las Vegas strip is for the most part, not within the city limits of Las Vegas. The majority of the strip is located within Clark County.
The Stratosphere Hotel and Tower, at more than 1,100 feet, is the tallest building west of the Mississippi and the fifth tallest building in the United States.
A marriage license costs $55 in Nevada. Many couples choose to marry in Nevada because there is no blood test or waiting period.
Fremont Street was closed to traffic in 1994. The Fremont Street Experience opened in December 1995. it is basically
the worlds largest TV screen all LEDs!!!!
12.5 million LEDs total
