Scale is *so weird* here. We're about to head over to a bookstore in the Venetian (two buildings behind the Flamingo, which is lit up sort of pinkishly), and that's almost two miles away.
I had already made two business trips to Las Vegas when I ran across James Howard Kunstler's The City in Mind. I was flipping through it in the bookstore, and when I came across this passage, I bought the book:
They say that Antarctica is the worst place on earth, but I believe that distinction belongs to Las Vegas, hands down. For one thing, Antarctica is more pleasing to look at.
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Date: 2014-05-13 00:36 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-05-13 01:20 (UTC)They say that Antarctica is the worst place on earth, but I believe that distinction belongs to Las Vegas, hands down. For one thing, Antarctica is more pleasing to look at.