Pahrump
Sunday, October 28, 2007
We've lived in Pahrump for a few years now and the thrill has somewhat worn off but it's been replaced with a feeling of "home". The population has grown over the past few years, not as high as Vegas but we did have a growth spurt last year. Now the bottom has dropped out of the real estate market with over 20,000 empty homes in Southern Nevada, 1000 of them here in Pahrump. People that thought they could make a killing selling their house because their neighbor got a mint for his and they failed because of over growth. That'll show 'em!
A Home Depot just broke ground here. They'll add a whole strip mall along with it. We do need a few more places to shop, driving over to Vegas is a pain in the ass. We need a Del Taco and a Wendy's here as well. Pitiful Buger King and Taco Bell can close up and go home.
The casinos have gotten so tight you should just drive by and throw your money out the window because that's about what you are doing. Mountain View was taken over after the owner's death, by his kids, and up went the odds. The Nugget was bought out by a Vegas company and up went the odds. Saddle West, same thing and now we hear that the owners of the Nugget are buying Saddle West (or Saddle Worst as we call it). So far Terrible's Town isn't too bad but it's small and the games are old, none of our favs can be found there.
All in all, this is still a quiet little town filled with nice and sometimes odd people but everyone fits right in. Except those liberals who want to change this to another California, who I still hate and wish they would just go back and leave us alone!
