Las Vegas is a town of transplants.
It’s always been the story, and during the pandemic it was no different. A recent California study says that of 250,000 people who moved just out of San Francisco during the pandemic, their top two destinations were Las Vegas and Phoenix.
It’s easy to see why: lower cost of living, jobs, it’s a 24-hour city and beyond the Strip, you can lead a life like almost anywhere else in the country.
Still, Las Vegas is one of the few desert-born cities in the U.S. It caters to some 40 million tourists a year; and there are pitfalls –and opportunities – here that sometimes take a while to see.
How did people move here? What should they have known before they got here? What is the essential advice for someone who loves the idea of ditching heavy winter coats for scorching summers? What have they found so far that’s different, something that's not what they expected or something that excited them about Las Vegas?
Chris Giunchigliani, former politician; Kristen Kidman, Senior Producer, KNPR; Dayvid Figler, lawyer, writer; Cyndi Lundeberg, Las Vegas Social Media Influencer
