tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post113661261454540860..comments2023-10-24T11:05:25.288-04:00Comments on Mark Rauterkus & Running Mates ponder current events: Companies oppose latest North Shore casino proposalMark Rauterkushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17157914569686528007noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1136655583335992412006-01-07T12:39:00.000-05:002006-01-07T12:39:00.000-05:00Anyone who thinks you can reproduce conditions in ...Anyone who thinks you can reproduce conditions in Las Vegas, assuming that is desirable, with gambling anywhere else should spend some time in Atlantic City. Great boardwalk, suprisingly lovely beaches, but you go five or six blocks away from the boardwalk and you are in the middle of a slum.<BR/><BR/>Las Vegas was essentially created for gambling. It's never had another industry, and it enjoyed a monopoly on legalized gambling for years. Casinos anywhere else in the nation are never going to have the kind of impact they had there.<BR/><BR/>You also can't look at housing prices without looking at wages and overall cost-of-living. People in the service industry in Las Vegas can make a pretty decent living, compared to the rest of the nation. The slots parlor might pay a little more than, say, Target or TGI Friday's, but I doubt they will exceed by the wage scale for the local service industry. I'm talking off the top of my head, admittedly.Jonathan Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18433924194960127561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481330.post-1136617696416840572006-01-07T02:08:00.000-05:002006-01-07T02:08:00.000-05:00Please not near the north shore, it has a great bi...Please not near the north shore, it has a great bike path that I like to bike, and I don't want to have to worry about getting robbed by some one needing just a little more money for their gambling adition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com