Cohousing-L Mailing List: Visiting Southern nevada (SNV)

[Thomas Lofft (tlofft]

Sharon Villines wrote:

> Geographically, Southern Nevada is partly, and in some cases, fully within 
> the Mojave Desert. The population of the region, as measured by the 2000 U.S. 
> Census, is 1,432,004, though the Las Vegas Valley has now increased to over 
> 2,000,000 itself.

Using the state?s total demographic statistics that?s 2-millon people in about 
50,000 square miles. 40 people in a square mile. My calculations. Maybe totally 
off.

Thanks, Sharon, and all other Nevadan wannabes, that's kind of good information 
for a physical geographer, I guess, but for the typical 21st century traveling 
public, their interest might be more in 'How do I get there in time distance 
from anywhere else that I might actually know about, like LA, NO, SA, or SLC? 
by road, train, bus or air?


Or from a political perspective, What's the local government? Jurisdictional 
economic factors and population distribution? Any higher education? Theaters? 
Where? How far in time distance?

Probably very few of us actually care how many one-armed bandit machines exist 
locally, unless they pay for all the costs of government. But what about real 
jobs other than serving tables, making beds and cleaning restrooms? Any other 
real jobs outside the hospitality, entertainment and government industries?


Cheers,


TOM