The wealth surrounding Las Vegas could be studied in building plans. Casino owners carved up empty lots located in the desert. Where dust blew strong enough to blind bus drivers, bankers carved out lots, and by Christmas time, a shopping mall rose that rivaled the boutiques of Beverly Hills. My cousins visited from the Midwest. “We came with $28,000.” Later my cousin confirmed, “We are ready to loose it.” My family saved $28,000 only to come to Las Vegas and give it away to the casinos. Business partners walked away from my house to enter a casino twenty minutes away to use the bathroom. In four minutes, the friends I did business with lost $85. That was only on the return trip from the toilet. My client asked if she could bring her mother to Las Vegas. I dropped the two off at the casino lobby around 10:00 pm, parked the car, and met them for a late night dinner. When I sat at the table, the mother screamed with a happiness, “I lost $900 in one hand.” Visitors coming to seeing me in Vegas actually planned on how much money they would loose. Some would save their pennies all year eating bland chicken dishes so that they could visit me and blow their entire saving account in a matter of days. I had mixed feelings about this. Gamblers can’t make money. The odds are against them. There is no way a local from another city can understand the amount of brain power that goes into the odds. Mathematicians writing texts books for their college doctorate know. I realize this because they are my neighbors. Casino bosses hire computer techs to put the odds in their favor. Winning numbers are announced each quarter in Las Vegas. By the time the statistics are counted every three months, the losers are history: Tourists returning home without rent, visitors borrowing shopping carts to push their suitcases to the airport, because the money saved for the taxi ride was lost on the slot machines, and now that the banks have failed, karma has come back to punch Las Vegas in the gut. The global backlash blindsided the casino industry. Leaders are leaving faster than the homeowners. Houses sit abandoned. Students volunteer to take care of animals after their parents abandoned the pets in parks. Dogs eat starving cats and then walk down unknown streets attacking children when they get desperate for food.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Wealth in Colorado Las Vegas, Nevada
The wealth surrounding Las Vegas could be studied in building plans. Casino owners carved up empty lots located in the desert. Where dust blew strong enough to blind bus drivers, bankers carved out lots, and by Christmas time, a shopping mall rose that rivaled the boutiques of Beverly Hills. My cousins visited from the Midwest. “We came with $28,000.” Later my cousin confirmed, “We are ready to loose it.” My family saved $28,000 only to come to Las Vegas and give it away to the casinos. Business partners walked away from my house to enter a casino twenty minutes away to use the bathroom. In four minutes, the friends I did business with lost $85. That was only on the return trip from the toilet. My client asked if she could bring her mother to Las Vegas. I dropped the two off at the casino lobby around 10:00 pm, parked the car, and met them for a late night dinner. When I sat at the table, the mother screamed with a happiness, “I lost $900 in one hand.” Visitors coming to seeing me in Vegas actually planned on how much money they would loose. Some would save their pennies all year eating bland chicken dishes so that they could visit me and blow their entire saving account in a matter of days. I had mixed feelings about this. Gamblers can’t make money. The odds are against them. There is no way a local from another city can understand the amount of brain power that goes into the odds. Mathematicians writing texts books for their college doctorate know. I realize this because they are my neighbors. Casino bosses hire computer techs to put the odds in their favor. Winning numbers are announced each quarter in Las Vegas. By the time the statistics are counted every three months, the losers are history: Tourists returning home without rent, visitors borrowing shopping carts to push their suitcases to the airport, because the money saved for the taxi ride was lost on the slot machines, and now that the banks have failed, karma has come back to punch Las Vegas in the gut. The global backlash blindsided the casino industry. Leaders are leaving faster than the homeowners. Houses sit abandoned. Students volunteer to take care of animals after their parents abandoned the pets in parks. Dogs eat starving cats and then walk down unknown streets attacking children when they get desperate for food.
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