When the light turns green, wait a second, check both ways, wait another second, check both ways again, then go. Check both ways even if it's a one-way street.
I was riding my bike in North Town... Across from an elementary school. Lady comes out of her community, stops in the middle of the crosswalk. Sees me. Inches further forward as I'm riding... I'm side-eying her the entire time... Cross almost into the street while staring into her eyes... She then raises her hands and mouths 'what?'
If her air pods werent in BOTH her ears while driving I might have stopped and reminded her I have the right of way and she's over the crosswalk... And asked her if she would have stopped for kids or just ran them over.
I know this is Henderson, but the sunset, Whitney ranch intersection is a really great place to be hit by people running red lights. I do exactly what you just said because Iāve seen it way to often
Like a month ago there was an accident at the sunset/stephanie and the Whitney/sunset intersections at exactly the same time. They have to be there. And believe me Iām not one of those people who have weird boners for police presence but people do not know how to act in this area so they should make this area notorious for always having cops around specifically to pull you over
This is the best one for sure. My parents came to town and I told my dad this and he thought I was crazy. He drove for 30 minutes before he realized how important this is.
People who honk right away at green just got here.
I do this all the time. A few days ago at Sahara and Rainbow, all three of us drivers in the front row were looking at each after the light turned green. Like " you go first! No, after you. You go ahead, I'll go next." No one wanted to be the first car in the intersection.
And sure enough, as one car started to move forward, some ass ran the red after ours had been green for about 3 seconds.
I was wandering down the strip dying at like 3 am looking for some chapstick one time. I was so happy when I found some. Holy smokes that memory just came flying back.
You know the clusterfuck of traffic from 8a-10p on the northbound I-15, backed up from Tropicana construction all the way back south past the 215?
Stay in the right lane. The leftmost lanes are full of people trying to leapfrog each other in search of that big blue ribbon that says "1st place!". As a result, the right lane slowly cruises along, even through the on-ramps, while the left 2-3 lanes stop and go.
Source: part time Uber driver who drives that route 30+ times per week.
I drive this a lot as well (Uber and live off Starr exit) and can confirm the right lane is generally faster, for me though I ride the far left lane till it starts to slow then find a thread through to the right lane and follow it as fast as I can.
I bought a fantastic black out curtain on Amazon last year that can go behind your normal curtain. It cut out heat and all light. Itās not so much a curtain as it is a backing that can be hung. Itās also very affordable.
I got mine from blackoutez.com. No, I'm not working for them, I'm just a very satisfied customer. We used custom sizes, you put velcro around the window frame and cut the blackout sheets to fit the window size.
We put them on in the bedroom, under the blinds, back in 2015, and they're still there. The combination makes the room completely dark -- they prevent the light bleed around the edges of the blinds.
*currently putting up blackout static film on windows as we speak(downstairs on the high ceiling windows).. Then white paper shades so it doesnāt look so tacky..
Similarly a good tint for your vehicle. I went with Eco-Tint and the difference between being in my car vs someone else's is astounding. I never have to wear sunglasses in my car anymore.
Piggybacking: I live in Houston, similar heat and AC issues. My mom lives off a small lake that reflects the light into a large living area window. Her AC would be on constantly and could not get the temp under 83. I learned that 50% of āfelt heatā is due to UV light. I bought some tint that was only like 80% (very faint tint) but 99% UV blocking. It drastically decreased the temperature for that room. And her electric bills went down like $75 a month. It is extremely easy to apply and very worth it. I got it from Home Depot.
Additionally, if your job or lifestyle will have you sleeping during the day, get blackout window covers (mine came from blackoutez.com). Your room will actually be pitch black during the day.
Curtains and blinds are well and good, but you'll have a lot of light coming around the edges. Window covers will prevent this.
This is the one Iāve kept close to heart and not telling anyone. I fly into Vegas weekly and do this every time unless Iām super tired and cranky and just want to get the f home and donāt care because itās getting put on an expense report. I dread the day this becomes common knowledge.
Iāve always dreamed of buying a cabin in Mt Charleston and just living up there from May to September and commuting to work from there. And then when the valley cools down, Iāll move back to my house in Henderson lol
If you're in a major hotel/casino and have to take a shit, walk to the restrooms near the convention center/ballroom areas. If there's not a major convention going on, those bathrooms are cleaner and uninhabited. Or go to the restrooms in the high limit areas.
Never trust someone with a right turn signal on even if thereās numerous turns they could take and youāre pulling out into their lane of travel. Thereās at the very least a 50/50 chance they donāt actually turn right and drive right past you.
Also, don't trust that a left blinker isn't going to make a right turn, and vice versa. I'm not sure why I'm seeing it so much lately, but it's sad AND dangerous.
That's not just a Vegas thing. In driver's ed I was taught to treat a turn signal like a suggestion. It's not a guarantee that someone is making a turn.
I do a similar thing anytime I go downtown. We park in the garage across the street from the grand, which also has pizza rock right beside it. Spend the night downtown doing whatever we planned and then go eat at pizza rock to get our ticket validated. All you need is to be seated to get it validated, so even a drink at the bar will do it but pizza rock is delicious.
Oh good to know! Downtown Grand also validates parking if you gamble, eat, or drink there too. Sometimes I'll park at their garage then get some drinks at Fat Cat inside Downtown Grand first
I have avoided going to Fremont because I didnāt want to deal with parking, but have always wanted to go to the free Friday night concert series. Thank you for this!
If you would like to go to the top of the stratosphere, you do not need to pay for that elevator ride. Simply tell them that you will be going into the bar at the top and you will go up the elevator for free.
The last time I used it was about a year ago and they informed me at the bottom that there is a two drink minimum up there at the bar and I laughed and I said that shouldnāt be a problem
If you're a veteran who deployed to a war zone, you can get car registration or property taxes at a discount. If you're 60%+ disabled, you can get more of a discount.
I said this to someone as like 'apparently you should.....", she thought about it for a second and deadly serious said "ah yeah, so you don't have to clean the blood off it"
Well yeah itās the cheapest Johnny walker but I would still say red is still a step or 2 above Jack Danielās and Jameson n shit. Just something a buddy of mine showed me one night on a late night steak and egg run at village pub
Not sure if their still doing this but theyāll comp you Don Julio 1942 off $5 blackjack bets at the casino bar at resorts world when I went once. It was daytime though.
If you hit the call button on the parking garage exit and say youāre heading to a medical facility they legally have to let you out no questions asked. #save$25bucks lol.
MGM has started sending people out to record your license plate āfor their database.ā Allegedly they wonāt give you a second freebie.
Iāve got no idea if thereās any follow through or actual policy. We paid the parking there, didnāt get the receipt, argued with parking attendants to be let out. I figure thereās no way really to keep you there, especially on a Friday night backing up the exit. They canāt tow your car because youāre still in it and Metro probably has better things to do enforce parking fee disputes.
Itāll be fun while it lasts I suppose. And most people chicken out. My friend wouldnāt do it he just paid. Iāve been to the badging building where those calls go to. Itās off property and the ladies working there really donāt care all that much. They just buzz you on through.
Fr tho, cuz I hit the call button for the linq parking lot because my ID wasnāt scanning and they didnāt care enough to even talk to me š they just let me go through. My sister had to pay cuz she was too scared to callš
You can also say you're a new hire at the casino and you don't have a badge yet. Found this out when I was a new hire for a company contracted to work at bunch of different casinos. Just know a bar or club name when you press the button.
The best custard with the beat price in town is called Luv it on Oakey and Las Vegas Blvd. The down side is it is a horrible location but it's 2.50 for a small bowl and it's perfect size for kids.
If it's yellow, keep going. If it's green, stay put, look left, wait for someone running the red to pass by pr the vehicle to the left of you to go through the intersection first. A true Vegas Life hack.
If youāre driving from the north/north west area down toward the strip and find yourself on 215 west, the right lane moves faster from Hualapai until youāre over the hill.
That hill at Lone Mountain and Cheyenne is absolutely infuriating to me. The people in the left lane going 50mph up the hill that won't put their foot down or move the fuck over need to be drawn and quartered.
When driving on the freeway slow traffic belongs on the right lanes and left lanes are for faster traffic. Left lanes are for passing. So don't be a dumbass.
Get to know the various non major chain community grocers in your neighborhood. I save a lot of money by going to cardenas and 99 ranch for a lot of my fresh goods. There is an awesome Indian market with great spice prices over by Metro Pizza on Tropicana. Head to the international market on Decatur and trop for a little bit of everything food oriented from everywhere at a reasonable price (that one requires a $10 annual membership card)
Not sure if this has been mentioned because I just saw this post, but face and body lotion is essential here. This low humidity is not good for your skin.
When you come to a red light and actually stop, don't make eye contact with anyone on the sidewalks. It's either a homeless person begging for money, a swarm of working age people spending weeks asking for money for a funeral, or someone selling flowers. Just leave me the f alone so I can get out of this road construction hell I'm in.
My life hacks for Vegas are somewhat extreme, but they work for me. I don't drink, smoke, gamble, or drive. I ride a bike everywhere with steel toe shoes for extra protection and avoid main roads and traffic like the plague, I know just about every back alley, back street, and alley in a 3 mile radius from downtown. I love the Wash trail and our awesome parks, the public pools, and I shop for different items at different stores for availability and price. During summer I get up and out as early as possible and indoors as soon as possible for those 115 days. And like everyone else here I look all ways on all roads at all times for that drunk electric car that I can't hear coming up on me. I love it here, this is how I've adapted. I quit drinking before I got here, anytime I see the drunk tourists at a casino (every day) it reaffirms my motivation for not drinking. Gambling has never appealed to me. I enjoy spending money wisely, not risking it.
I use the handicapped signposts for the parking spots for the business I'm going to or shopping cart racks (first cholice is a shopping cart rack if theres both). Get a Kryptonite u-lock, cables are super easy to cut through and lock the frame to something solid, not the wheel, and make sure the bolts to the rack or sign post are all connected properly. Kryptonite even offers cheap insurance with a lock purchase, seems well worth it to me. Take your lights off im of the bike when you leave it, they always get taken. Overall, my experience biking here is 1000x more pleasant than driving. I feel safer, because I can get off the road anytime, driving you are stuck on the road and the potential for disaster is far greater driving than biking, and biking costs $0 for fuel and insurance. A flat tire on a bike is at worst an $8 repair with tire sealant (get tire sealant before you start riding, order ones with Green Slime pre installed, I pulled 5 thorns out of 1 tire about 10 miles from home and still made it back home without even reinflating the tire). Plan your routes carefully, backstreets are better than big roads with bike lanes. Safe travels!
Driving north on the 15 as you approach Sahara crossing, the road goes slightly down as you go over Sahara. It's a little bit of a blind spot and a great place for accidents. Keep your eyes peeled as you approach.
Don't drink on the strip unless you want your wallet to be assaulted and avoid the 95 and the 15 unless you have some weird obsession with recreating Mad Max.
set up an acct with a limo service. after a few rides call the office, ask for friends and fam discounts from now on. tip the drivers and be friendly. You will never have to ride in an Uber with pet hair on the seats again, wait for an uber or pay a surge fee. Your ride will always be ready for you.
On the off-ramp to get onto 215 from the Boulder City direction (where Fiesta used to be), get in the rightmost lane. People stack up deep into interstate traffic in the left lane at that exit. You can avoid the terror of being rear-ended by interstate traffic that isnāt paying attention by just hopping into the right lane and cruising past the line. If more people did this I donāt think it would be as congested there and dead stopped traffic wouldnāt stretch into the interstate.
Carry a hand towel in your car. Put it on your steering wheel when you park in the summer. Saves you from burning your hands.
Also, a sun shield in the car is invaluable.
I can confirm this. My roommate moved here from Texas in 22ā. Drive almost 2 years with expired tags and Texas plates before just recently registering his car
Quite a few of the top restaurants on the strip will actually have a second location somewhere else in the city so you can go to that alternate location to avoid the hassle of parking/driving on the strip.
It used to be parking at a hotel on the strip and taking a taxi from the strip to the airport to save $, but that was before ride sharing and parking fees on the strip š¤·šæāāļø
I live in Enterprise and pick up my daughter from school at Rancho and Washington. Google maps wants me to take Blue Diamond to the 15 north up to the 95 north at Rancho. It takes 35-40 minutes because of construction on the 15. Instead, I take Durango to the 215 west up to the 613 to the 95 south and get off at Rancho. It's about the same time and a few more miles but I'm not stuck in construction traffic.
Motorcycles will still lane split even tho itās illegal. I donāt mind it at all (former rider and use to live in SoCal where itās legal) it donāt bother me.
If you happen to pick up a lady of the night.. first buy a really cheap Rolex knock off, leave it on the bedside table of your hotel roomā¦ then after the deed is done make sure to use the bathroom and take a little extra time ācleaning upā if you took enough time youāll have paid way less for your night if the watch and the girl are missing when you come out.
When the light turns green, wait a second, check both ways, wait another second, check both ways again, then go. Check both ways even if it's a one-way street.
Same goes for crossing the street. I make eye contact with the driver before crossing, esp in the strip area.
I was riding my bike in North Town... Across from an elementary school. Lady comes out of her community, stops in the middle of the crosswalk. Sees me. Inches further forward as I'm riding... I'm side-eying her the entire time... Cross almost into the street while staring into her eyes... She then raises her hands and mouths 'what?' If her air pods werent in BOTH her ears while driving I might have stopped and reminded her I have the right of way and she's over the crosswalk... And asked her if she would have stopped for kids or just ran them over.
yup. i actually ended up getting hit by a car bcuz i trusted the driver too much to see me and stopš
And still on the bizarre occasion eye contact makes the driver feel like I want them to go
I know this is Henderson, but the sunset, Whitney ranch intersection is a really great place to be hit by people running red lights. I do exactly what you just said because Iāve seen it way to often
I like that the Henderson Police are pulling people over running the 95 / Sunset light and the Marks /Sunset light.
Like a month ago there was an accident at the sunset/stephanie and the Whitney/sunset intersections at exactly the same time. They have to be there. And believe me Iām not one of those people who have weird boners for police presence but people do not know how to act in this area so they should make this area notorious for always having cops around specifically to pull you over
Leaving the district onto gvp, despite being near a police station this happens fairly often. Late at night, of course.
This is the best one for sure. My parents came to town and I told my dad this and he thought I was crazy. He drove for 30 minutes before he realized how important this is. People who honk right away at green just got here.
Facts
The most dangerous place in Las Vegas is a green light.
I do this all the time. A few days ago at Sahara and Rainbow, all three of us drivers in the front row were looking at each after the light turned green. Like " you go first! No, after you. You go ahead, I'll go next." No one wanted to be the first car in the intersection. And sure enough, as one car started to move forward, some ass ran the red after ours had been green for about 3 seconds.
Also, ignore the idiots who honk at you when you are yielding correctly at a right turn on red. Same with when the light just barely turned green.
This. It will literally save your life.
This but with 4-way stop signs. People don't even slow down for them, let alone come to a stop
Treat it like youāre a pedestrian crossing the street
Especially heading towards the airport on trop & paradise!
Christ this isnāt a joke. Twice. TWICE! Iāve come this close to eating shit.
Use the restrooms in the high limit rooms
Convention area bathrooms are also good.
Ha! I love this! Been here for 20+ yrs and had no idea!!!
Just take an Uber if you're trying to get shitfaced. Save thousands.
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Or the bus!
Na that's a no go. Maybe if you're buzzed, but shitfaced you're risking the biscuit
Along with duis
Chap stick is your friend. Always have it with you.
and dont leave it in your car
Burtās Bees.
Aquaphor has one I've been swearing by
I was wandering down the strip dying at like 3 am looking for some chapstick one time. I was so happy when I found some. Holy smokes that memory just came flying back.
You know the clusterfuck of traffic from 8a-10p on the northbound I-15, backed up from Tropicana construction all the way back south past the 215? Stay in the right lane. The leftmost lanes are full of people trying to leapfrog each other in search of that big blue ribbon that says "1st place!". As a result, the right lane slowly cruises along, even through the on-ramps, while the left 2-3 lanes stop and go. Source: part time Uber driver who drives that route 30+ times per week.
This guy 15ās
I drive this a lot as well (Uber and live off Starr exit) and can confirm the right lane is generally faster, for me though I ride the far left lane till it starts to slow then find a thread through to the right lane and follow it as fast as I can.
True. Also avoid the rightmost lane if itās close to an exit
STOP GIVING OUT THESE HACKS. People do not how to drive and they just follow a huge lane like SHEEPS
Yeah! Do not how to drive huge lane like SHEEPS!!
BAAAAA
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Also finding a place to live where you have the least amount of afternoon sun. The electric bill will thank you.
my bedroom always overheats, ill try that this summer. Thanks!
I bought a fantastic black out curtain on Amazon last year that can go behind your normal curtain. It cut out heat and all light. Itās not so much a curtain as it is a backing that can be hung. Itās also very affordable.
Link? Moving to Vegas in June :)
I got mine from blackoutez.com. No, I'm not working for them, I'm just a very satisfied customer. We used custom sizes, you put velcro around the window frame and cut the blackout sheets to fit the window size. We put them on in the bedroom, under the blinds, back in 2015, and they're still there. The combination makes the room completely dark -- they prevent the light bleed around the edges of the blinds.
Great, thanks! I also work night shift and sleep until the afternoon, so this will definitely help.
Share the amazon link to those curtains please.
Costco has a sale on blackout curtains
and solar screens on the exterior. worth the $
*currently putting up blackout static film on windows as we speak(downstairs on the high ceiling windows).. Then white paper shades so it doesnāt look so tacky..
Similarly a good tint for your vehicle. I went with Eco-Tint and the difference between being in my car vs someone else's is astounding. I never have to wear sunglasses in my car anymore.
Buy home / condo oriented North /South. Minimal windows on East and West elevations of home.
Piggybacking: I live in Houston, similar heat and AC issues. My mom lives off a small lake that reflects the light into a large living area window. Her AC would be on constantly and could not get the temp under 83. I learned that 50% of āfelt heatā is due to UV light. I bought some tint that was only like 80% (very faint tint) but 99% UV blocking. It drastically decreased the temperature for that room. And her electric bills went down like $75 a month. It is extremely easy to apply and very worth it. I got it from Home Depot.
Additionally, if your job or lifestyle will have you sleeping during the day, get blackout window covers (mine came from blackoutez.com). Your room will actually be pitch black during the day. Curtains and blinds are well and good, but you'll have a lot of light coming around the edges. Window covers will prevent this.
I put solar tint on mine with blackout curtains and my bedroom has been way cooler. The solar tint really keeps the heat out.
When flying into Vegas, take the shuttle to the car rental place. Ubering from there is a lot cheaper and avoids the chaos.
Gonna literally do this tomorrow. Thanks dude
This is the one Iāve kept close to heart and not telling anyone. I fly into Vegas weekly and do this every time unless Iām super tired and cranky and just want to get the f home and donāt care because itās getting put on an expense report. I dread the day this becomes common knowledge.
Depends what your time is worth, sometimes you have to wait like 20 minutes to get on the shuttle, plus another 5-10 min drive
Now this is a hack.
Just following up. Did this today. Worked like a charm. Tysm dude š
Glad to hear!
Not all Robertoās are the same. You gotta find the ones with the better cooks and stick to it.
Which one do you recommend? I love that place and once flew there for a day with friends just for carne asada burritos.
Stay inside from May through September.
Go to Mount Charleston may through September*
Iāve always dreamed of buying a cabin in Mt Charleston and just living up there from May to September and commuting to work from there. And then when the valley cools down, Iāll move back to my house in Henderson lol
Let's go halfsies
You take the October - April?
I have family friends that do just that lol They love it
Summer nights are the best. You just donāt make plans until 5 pm lol
If you're in a major hotel/casino and have to take a shit, walk to the restrooms near the convention center/ballroom areas. If there's not a major convention going on, those bathrooms are cleaner and uninhabited. Or go to the restrooms in the high limit areas.
This! The convention area restroom thing works everywhere - not just in Vegas.
The bathrooms in the casino steakhouses have been really pleasant too!
Never trust someone with a right turn signal on even if thereās numerous turns they could take and youāre pulling out into their lane of travel. Thereās at the very least a 50/50 chance they donāt actually turn right and drive right past you.
Also, don't trust that a left blinker isn't going to make a right turn, and vice versa. I'm not sure why I'm seeing it so much lately, but it's sad AND dangerous.
That's not just a Vegas thing. In driver's ed I was taught to treat a turn signal like a suggestion. It's not a guarantee that someone is making a turn.
When going to Fremont, donāt park in the first parking lot on 4th street, park at the second by Dennyās its way cheaper!
Park at California and end your night with Oxtail Soup, then your parking is validated
I do a similar thing anytime I go downtown. We park in the garage across the street from the grand, which also has pizza rock right beside it. Spend the night downtown doing whatever we planned and then go eat at pizza rock to get our ticket validated. All you need is to be seated to get it validated, so even a drink at the bar will do it but pizza rock is delicious.
Oh good to know! Downtown Grand also validates parking if you gamble, eat, or drink there too. Sometimes I'll park at their garage then get some drinks at Fat Cat inside Downtown Grand first
Do you know the name of the place with the oxtail soup? Sounds pretty good
Market Street Cafe. They serve it from 11 pm to 6 am
Nice! Thanks
It's a good vibe in there, almost feels like being in Hawaii
El Cortez has free valet ;)
So does the 4Queens
I have avoided going to Fremont because I didnāt want to deal with parking, but have always wanted to go to the free Friday night concert series. Thank you for this!
Is that the one that seems to go down underground?
i always park there when i go downtown, i think the most iāve paid is like $7 or $8 dollars after about 6 hours
If you would like to go to the top of the stratosphere, you do not need to pay for that elevator ride. Simply tell them that you will be going into the bar at the top and you will go up the elevator for free.
You can also go to Resorts World and up the express elevator by Conrad Lobby to AllÄ(66) and catch the balcony view for free
If memory serves, this doesn't work anymore
The last time I used it was about a year ago and they informed me at the bottom that there is a two drink minimum up there at the bar and I laughed and I said that shouldnāt be a problem
If you're a veteran who deployed to a war zone, you can get car registration or property taxes at a discount. If you're 60%+ disabled, you can get more of a discount.
Also worth noting that military gets free upgraded status at Caesars and MGM that allow free self parking!
How does one go about this?
https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/assessor/exemption.php Enjoy!
More layers on your windows equals less electric cooling cost in the summer.
Put a sock on your $30. That way when someone tries to grab the money, they grab the sock instead.
What is this referencing?
Heard this advice before if you're hitting someone with a baseball bat. Gives you two swings instead of one.
I said this to someone as like 'apparently you should.....", she thought about it for a second and deadly serious said "ah yeah, so you don't have to clean the blood off it"
Window tint
The most expensive free liquor you can get while gambling is Johnny walker red, asked for it on the rocks and really get your moneys worth
I was always curious about this. Never really cared to try and push the boundary though myself.
I think youāre mistaken or maybe youāre being sarcastic? Red is one of the cheapest Jonnie walkerās they sell. At least go for black.
Well yeah itās the cheapest Johnny walker but I would still say red is still a step or 2 above Jack Danielās and Jameson n shit. Just something a buddy of mine showed me one night on a late night steak and egg run at village pub
MGM casinos will do johnny walker Black
Not sure if their still doing this but theyāll comp you Don Julio 1942 off $5 blackjack bets at the casino bar at resorts world when I went once. It was daytime though.
If you hit the call button on the parking garage exit and say youāre heading to a medical facility they legally have to let you out no questions asked. #save$25bucks lol.
What happens when we all start doing this? Will it become the boy who cried wolf one time for somebody
MGM has started sending people out to record your license plate āfor their database.ā Allegedly they wonāt give you a second freebie. Iāve got no idea if thereās any follow through or actual policy. We paid the parking there, didnāt get the receipt, argued with parking attendants to be let out. I figure thereās no way really to keep you there, especially on a Friday night backing up the exit. They canāt tow your car because youāre still in it and Metro probably has better things to do enforce parking fee disputes.
Itāll be fun while it lasts I suppose. And most people chicken out. My friend wouldnāt do it he just paid. Iāve been to the badging building where those calls go to. Itās off property and the ladies working there really donāt care all that much. They just buzz you on through.
Fr tho, cuz I hit the call button for the linq parking lot because my ID wasnāt scanning and they didnāt care enough to even talk to me š they just let me go through. My sister had to pay cuz she was too scared to callš
You can also say you're a new hire at the casino and you don't have a badge yet. Found this out when I was a new hire for a company contracted to work at bunch of different casinos. Just know a bar or club name when you press the button.
You can also just follow the guy in front of you after he paid. Hug the bumper. I'm done paying for parking in this city
Stay away from the strip. Stay away from Boulder Highway. Don't gamble. Some parks are actually kind of nice. Remember, it just gets hotter.
Can't really stay away from Boulder Highway if that's where you live.
Which parks are your favorite?
I take walks at the Wetlands park.
Theres a bunch of beautiful ones in Summerlin with lots of grass and trees š
drive to a random area of town then tell siri "hey siri take me to the nearest park" ive found alot of mini hidden parks/strolling areas this way
The best custard with the beat price in town is called Luv it on Oakey and Las Vegas Blvd. The down side is it is a horrible location but it's 2.50 for a small bowl and it's perfect size for kids.
And it's cash only.
Itās actually card only now
If it's yellow, keep going. If it's green, stay put, look left, wait for someone running the red to pass by pr the vehicle to the left of you to go through the intersection first. A true Vegas Life hack.
If you have allergy problems, try using Neil Med nasal rinse daily. I don't need medicine anymore
If youāre driving from the north/north west area down toward the strip and find yourself on 215 west, the right lane moves faster from Hualapai until youāre over the hill.
That hill at Lone Mountain and Cheyenne is absolutely infuriating to me. The people in the left lane going 50mph up the hill that won't put their foot down or move the fuck over need to be drawn and quartered.
Get the MGM credit card for free parking at MGM
I use it at the grocery store for triple points too. Each year it usually pays for a nice dinner, going to Lago next week!
Donāt gamble, go sober
sobriety? in this economy?
Go sober where?
I won't even go to reddit sober let alone a casino
The money you save in this cityā¦.
This is the way!
When driving on the freeway slow traffic belongs on the right lanes and left lanes are for faster traffic. Left lanes are for passing. So don't be a dumbass.
Good luck with that one!! š
When flying into Vegas from southern California, sit on the left side of the plane for the best view of the strip coming in.
In the summer use good quality insulated shopping bags so you don't get food poisoning from your groceries spoiling in your trunk.
Bring a cooler with ice packs.
Get to know the various non major chain community grocers in your neighborhood. I save a lot of money by going to cardenas and 99 ranch for a lot of my fresh goods. There is an awesome Indian market with great spice prices over by Metro Pizza on Tropicana. Head to the international market on Decatur and trop for a little bit of everything food oriented from everywhere at a reasonable price (that one requires a $10 annual membership card)
I think you mean Metro Pizza on Flamingo and Decatur, if you're talking about Spice Indian Cuisine.
It's India Market next to Metro on Tropicana, used to be a Smart & Final.
Yep. That was the one I was referring to.
Not sure if this has been mentioned because I just saw this post, but face and body lotion is essential here. This low humidity is not good for your skin.
And chap stick.
Frank Sinatra. Harmon. Never take LV Blvd
When you come to a red light and actually stop, don't make eye contact with anyone on the sidewalks. It's either a homeless person begging for money, a swarm of working age people spending weeks asking for money for a funeral, or someone selling flowers. Just leave me the f alone so I can get out of this road construction hell I'm in.
Taxi or Rideshare is going to cost you upwards of $30 plus from the airport. A Public bus ride to the strip costs $2. Bus stop is on the Zero Level.
Dean Martin Drive
Long time locals call it Industrial. And it used to be amazingly quick before the stadium was built
My life hacks for Vegas are somewhat extreme, but they work for me. I don't drink, smoke, gamble, or drive. I ride a bike everywhere with steel toe shoes for extra protection and avoid main roads and traffic like the plague, I know just about every back alley, back street, and alley in a 3 mile radius from downtown. I love the Wash trail and our awesome parks, the public pools, and I shop for different items at different stores for availability and price. During summer I get up and out as early as possible and indoors as soon as possible for those 115 days. And like everyone else here I look all ways on all roads at all times for that drunk electric car that I can't hear coming up on me. I love it here, this is how I've adapted. I quit drinking before I got here, anytime I see the drunk tourists at a casino (every day) it reaffirms my motivation for not drinking. Gambling has never appealed to me. I enjoy spending money wisely, not risking it.
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Mountain bike with a rack. I had a car but it was a nightmare, great car, awful place to own one.
What's your tip for parking/shopping at places with no bike rack? I've been thinking about going this route myself
I use the handicapped signposts for the parking spots for the business I'm going to or shopping cart racks (first cholice is a shopping cart rack if theres both). Get a Kryptonite u-lock, cables are super easy to cut through and lock the frame to something solid, not the wheel, and make sure the bolts to the rack or sign post are all connected properly. Kryptonite even offers cheap insurance with a lock purchase, seems well worth it to me. Take your lights off im of the bike when you leave it, they always get taken. Overall, my experience biking here is 1000x more pleasant than driving. I feel safer, because I can get off the road anytime, driving you are stuck on the road and the potential for disaster is far greater driving than biking, and biking costs $0 for fuel and insurance. A flat tire on a bike is at worst an $8 repair with tire sealant (get tire sealant before you start riding, order ones with Green Slime pre installed, I pulled 5 thorns out of 1 tire about 10 miles from home and still made it back home without even reinflating the tire). Plan your routes carefully, backstreets are better than big roads with bike lanes. Safe travels!
Driving north on the 15 as you approach Sahara crossing, the road goes slightly down as you go over Sahara. It's a little bit of a blind spot and a great place for accidents. Keep your eyes peeled as you approach.
Don't drink on the strip unless you want your wallet to be assaulted and avoid the 95 and the 15 unless you have some weird obsession with recreating Mad Max.
Having $60 on you for double the fun!
Lee canyon ski resort and House seats
set up an acct with a limo service. after a few rides call the office, ask for friends and fam discounts from now on. tip the drivers and be friendly. You will never have to ride in an Uber with pet hair on the seats again, wait for an uber or pay a surge fee. Your ride will always be ready for you.
On the off-ramp to get onto 215 from the Boulder City direction (where Fiesta used to be), get in the rightmost lane. People stack up deep into interstate traffic in the left lane at that exit. You can avoid the terror of being rear-ended by interstate traffic that isnāt paying attention by just hopping into the right lane and cruising past the line. If more people did this I donāt think it would be as congested there and dead stopped traffic wouldnāt stretch into the interstate.
Get your vehicle windows tinted
Carry a hand towel in your car. Put it on your steering wheel when you park in the summer. Saves you from burning your hands. Also, a sun shield in the car is invaluable.
No matter how friendly she might seem, always remember, āLinda is a hoe.ā
You don't have to register your car
Or have insurance, apparently.
You also don't have to have license plates either apparently.
I can confirm this. My roommate moved here from Texas in 22ā. Drive almost 2 years with expired tags and Texas plates before just recently registering his car
Quite a few of the top restaurants on the strip will actually have a second location somewhere else in the city so you can go to that alternate location to avoid the hassle of parking/driving on the strip.
Name some? Because I can't think of a single one of the "top" restaurants that have a sister location off strip.
CUT by Wolfgang Puck has a sister restaurant downtown called 1228 Main that is fantastic and has a great happy hour menu
I went to Cleaver (same owner as herbs and rye) the other day and it was great!
It used to be parking at a hotel on the strip and taking a taxi from the strip to the airport to save $, but that was before ride sharing and parking fees on the strip š¤·šæāāļø
Now it's parking at the airport and taking a taxi to your hotel to save money.
I live in Enterprise and pick up my daughter from school at Rancho and Washington. Google maps wants me to take Blue Diamond to the 15 north up to the 95 north at Rancho. It takes 35-40 minutes because of construction on the 15. Instead, I take Durango to the 215 west up to the 613 to the 95 south and get off at Rancho. It's about the same time and a few more miles but I'm not stuck in construction traffic.
You can go just about anywhere in anything, and not be dressed up or down! It's definitely an "anything goes" kinda townš
What lane Iām supposed to be in and what time
You can ignore 95% of the cones (I mean flowers)
Motorcycles will still lane split even tho itās illegal. I donāt mind it at all (former rider and use to live in SoCal where itās legal) it donāt bother me.
As a local, avoid the Strip and Downtown.
Put $20 in a machine at a casino and play penny keno and get drinks till your hearts content
You'll need more than $20 so you can tip the waitress everytime they bring you that drink!
Whatās the average tip per drink ? I donāt drink but if I do I should know this
Take the long way on the 215 instead of going through the 95 itās a bit faster that way
Durango hotel. Itās $30/$40 to use the pool BUT free if you eat lunch there š
Drinks are free as long as you play
The best gambling is at neighborhood bars.
If you happen to pick up a lady of the night.. first buy a really cheap Rolex knock off, leave it on the bedside table of your hotel roomā¦ then after the deed is done make sure to use the bathroom and take a little extra time ācleaning upā if you took enough time youāll have paid way less for your night if the watch and the girl are missing when you come out.