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What Las Vegas Looks Like

The Las Vegas housing boom of the mid-2000s ended in 2007 when residential building just stopped cold. Up until then, it was all go, and they crammed as many residences into an acre as they could.

Not all the neighborhoods are this dense, but that's the way they were headed. In many states, these would be considered patio homes, essentially free-standing condos, but in 2004 Las Vegas, these were single-family homes. Really ugly. In the sense that the recession slowed down this kind of rampant growth, it was a good thing.

posted on Feb 27, 2013 7:23 PM ()

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The back view is almost better than the street view of all those garages.

comment by boots586 on Mar 4, 2013 12:37 PM ()

At street level, they look like garages with living quarters.

reply by traveltales on Mar 5, 2013 8:53 PM ()

They really packed them in, didn't they!

comment by maggiemae on Mar 2, 2013 6:48 AM ()

Packed 'em in with a shoe horn, that's for sure. Even the older neighborhoods where the houses are somewhat further apart are too close for comfort. The only thing that keeps me sane is living in the Colorado mountains with no close neighbors for most of the year.

reply by traveltales on Mar 5, 2013 8:56 PM ()

Wow!that is tight quarters.Weird.

comment by fredo on Feb 28, 2013 1:24 PM ()

It's shocking how close they can get them without touching.

reply by traveltales on Mar 5, 2013 8:57 PM ()

I thought we were s'posed to be related to monkeys, not rats!!

comment by steeve on Feb 28, 2013 7:37 AM ()

No kidding! I pity the poor dogs, cats, and drunks that can't recognize their own home.

reply by troutbend on Feb 28, 2013 9:59 AM ()

I can't imagine cooping up people this close. No wonder people are
neurotic with no space to call their own.

comment by elderjane on Feb 28, 2013 7:10 AM ()

It's the American Dream of home ownership gone awry, fueled by easy mortgages and greedy county commissioners who were bribed by the developers to approve this density.

reply by troutbend on Feb 28, 2013 9:58 AM ()

Where are the yards? Where is the privacy?

comment by nittineedles on Feb 28, 2013 12:22 AM ()

Most people stay inside because of the air conditioning in the summer, but that's only a few months out of the year, the rest of the time they stay inside just to stay inside.

reply by troutbend on Feb 28, 2013 9:56 AM ()

Damn! More crowded than a white-trash trailer park.

comment by jjoohhnn on Feb 27, 2013 8:14 PM ()

And every bit as trashy.

reply by troutbend on Feb 28, 2013 9:53 AM ()

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