Town of Paradise does exists. Who knew I would be driving through a town when visiting the City of…read moreLas Vegas? Here's how I came across this revelation... I was heading to the Las Vegas Convention Center. Per Google Map, I can get from A to B without having to drive on Las Vegas Blvd. Sometimes it's much faster driving the back streets than the main attraction street, Las Vegas Blvd. Koval Lane and Paradise Road are key streets that go from south to north. Cool! Paradise is an unincorporated town adjacent to the city of Las Vegas. It contains "Harry Reid International Airport; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV); the majority of the Las Vegas Strip; and most of the tourist attractions in the Las Vegas area (excluding downtown). However, all Paradise addresses, as well as other unincorporated areas in the Las Vegas Valley, have "Las Vegas" addresses." Who knew? Now we know!

Take me down / to the literal Paradise City / where there is no grass / and the roaches breed…read morefreely! Feels weird for a place with The Strip, UNLV, and McCarran airport to be a "town", but I didn't make the rules. If you aren't familiar, what most people think of as "Las Vegas" is actually a patchwork of smaller cities, towns and unincorporated areas. Actual Las Vegas is really a pretty small area. The Strip up to about where Circus Circus is is in Paradise, the rest is actually in Las Vegas. Paradise is a rough box shape with Decatur as the west border, Desert Inn as the north, Nellis to the east and Sunset to the south, with an annex stretching down south of McCarran just far enough to engulf Silverado Ranch. Though most of the Strip is here I hope people won't review the Strip in here. I'm not going to. The Strip has its own entry packed full of tourists making inane superficial observations that are of no help to anyone. I feel like this should be more about daily life in and around, considering most locals tend to not go to The Strip unless they work there. Or are peddling drugs/ass there. Which I guess is work, really. So if you've lived here, like me, you can say you lived in Paradise for a year and it's technically true. "I didn't find it to be that, exactly" - Sam Elliott. It's not the worst place to live and it's not the best. It has serious trouble spots, mostly along the eastern edge as you get close to Boulder Hwy (which is some level of trouble all the way up and down). But I also never found it to be TOO dangerous or TOO dingy. I've lived in a lotta worse places, and there's a lot that I actually enjoy about the place. It's started to feel like weird, busted home to me. Not a place that I want to settle down forever, but a place that I'm happy to come back to. UNLV is the big showpiece to me, outside of the casinos. What a great school with so many great resources. I'm not gonna list them though because I don't need you hornin' in on my hustle. Worst part is the roaches. They cool out in the colder months but maaan are they out in force when it gets warm. Like every possible variety from around the world is living just underneath the town in like hellish Cockroach Fraggle Rock. You basically have to live up off ground level here, it doesn't stop them completely but it does seem to make a big difference. Living in a legitimate 24 hour area is also really nice if you gotta keep weird hours sometimes. Eh. I can deal with it. You can do a whole lot worse.

Today Fire Station #92 opened its doors to the public announcing its open house. Visitors were…read moreprovided a tour of this beautiful facility, which will serve the west Henderson area. Visitors were able to meet and speak with the firefighters assigned to the station. This station will also serve as a training ground for other fire department personnel. Council member, Monica Larson of Ward 2 was also in attendance.

We used BFC to help fund payroll for our government contract. Our payroll ran about 130K per…read moremonth. We needed to make sure we could cover three months of payroll in case there were issues getting paid. When we went to the banks they wanted our house, our cars, and our first born child. BFC was not like that. They knew we would get paid as it was a US GOV contract. BFC's team became part of our team. We could not be happier with their service. We are looking forward to using them in the future.

I have used BFC for our business. Very professional office and easy to work with. Everything is…read moreupfront and on the table, no surprises.

I loved our neighborhood Fire Station (91)...very professional and friendly fire fighters. Station…read more91 responded to a non emergency call yesterday, July 17, 2022. They arrived in less then 3 minutes and did the necessary action to check on my 83 year old Mother. Thank you so much for all the fireman who came yesterday. Thank you for what you do and God Bless you and your family. Carmela ( Aragon Terrace Way)

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Talked to Christopher and got most of questions answered with very professional way. I am glad to…read morefind such a high quality and great value law firm to work with. Highly recommended! Jim Lee

I am so HAPPY to find Kevin Deon and the Las Vegas Film Artists. I attended several private…read moresessions this month and I feel ten miles ahead in my career. I see why he gets the rave reviews he does. for more info go to lasvegasfilmartists.com or lasvegasfilmandtelevisionartists.com or just google ...Kevin Deon Acting Classes.

Everyone there seems friendly and willing to help. My mother has been there for over 2 years now…read moreand has made a lot of new friends. Sometimes when we go to visit she is busy with her friends and she doesn't have time for us which is what I was hoping for. Two years ago, I didn't think that was possible. When I have any problems I talk to the staff and they really try to fix them. . Definitely worth checking out.

My mother has been here for almost 4 years and she just turned 92. She is originally from Virginia…read moreand she just loves living here. My husband and I were taking care of her for the past 3 years at our house and it was getting too tough. After a couple of falls and with the crazy house of kids running around and my husband and I both needing to work, we knew we needed to find something better for her. After talking with her about it for a while she understood and agreed that it was the best thing for both of us. After a bunch of tears from both of us, we started looking around at places to live. We went and saw about 6 different places and my mom liked different things about each place. When we got to Chancellor Gardens my mom started smiling. She loved the way the entrance looked. The staff and the other people there seemed really happy and a few of them came up and introduced themselves to us. The man that took us around was really nice and was very helpful with telling us stuff we needed to know that noone else had mentioned. He gave us lots of good information about the VA pension that we now have for my mom that helps us be able to afford her living there. She has a really nice room on the second floor and she really likes the view. She is always outside or on the bus going on trips to the casino or shopping. Sometimes her friends come over to her place or she goes to theirs and they play cards together. Mom is starting to lose her hearing a little and the nurse there has been helping give us advice on how to handle her needs as they change. I don't think I could keep working full time, raise a family and still help take care of my mom if I didn't trust everyone there. Sometimes we just go out for lunch on the weekend or I bring her back over to our house and she is so happy. The doctor that comes to the place to see her is very nice and he is very helpful. He seems to genuinely care about her. Anytime I need help with something for her, the guy that runs the place is always there and willing to help. We had some family come in town to visit her a couple of months ago and they even let them stay in a guest room there so they could be with her while they were in town. I love where the building is located too. She feels safe and it is only a couple of miles from our house. We are all hoping she gets to spend the rest of her life there and she tells me she never wants to leave. That this is her home.

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