Never been there and no desire to go. To me it is just another New york or New Orleans... dirty cities chock full of too many people and way too many cars spewing exhaust fumes. The visits were just not enjoyable. Give me open country and fresh air and I am a happy bird.
Well, NY is a great town, but of course if you don't like cities, you don't like cities. N'awlens used to be better than it is now, back when it was just seedy instead of seedy AND touristy. You can get really good food there if you avoid the crappy overpriced tourist places from the guidebooks, but if you wander down the wrong side street you'll probably get shot. Note I didn't even say "might" -- I said PROBABLY.
Open country and fresh air is nice, as long as it's not populated by people with no teeth and no 'lectricity, with a crucifix in every room. Those people scare me.
You should visit San Francisco. Best city in the States by far; surely one of the best in the world. And we have teeth AND electricity.
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Generalizing again? You thought the same about Hoosiers. Some of us actually have teeth. 
I like gambling. I usually lose but it's the thrill of what could happen.
And where else can you have an evening of entertainment with the remote possibility of winning cash?
I don't drink or smoke or rent hookers. I figure why rent.....it's cheaper to buy. 
But I will drop some hard earned money into a slot machine now and then.
I guess I need to be lumped into the same category as Jim and Carol. At least I'm with good company.
Ah Debbie, but I don't like Vegas unless I'm there for an occasion. Like meeting 20+ internet folks for the first time and kareoking with them all weekend long. Or being flown there for a first date that lasts over 30 hours. Or attending a renewal ceremony of a dear friend.
Otherwise, Vegas is just very eh. But, like Bri, I have several friends who love going there, knowing how very cheesy and bad it can be. Then again, these are probably folks that can watch Plan Nine from Outer Space without cringing in pain. I cannot.
But thanks for thinking I'm good company. I have a sneaking suspicion you're good company too.
Regarding Debbie being good company: I haven't met her in person but i'm pretty impressed so far from a distance...
And I even got to see a picture. Trust me; the rest of you are missing out. She won't let me read her blog though -- so somebody get a link to it and then sneak it to me, willya?
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Dang I am jealous hehehe
Aww, thank you.
No fair soliciting my link!
You've seen a picture and heard a voice....what more could you ask for?
Must say, Vegas just does not turn me on. Blech! Same goes double for Reno. The only gambling for me is a friendly game of strip poker.
I only gamble when people drag me (I don't quite kick and scream, but it is highly unlikely that it woule ever by my idea to go).
Usually I don't play with more than twenty bucks, play black jack for a while and I'm bored with it after a few hours.
This Saturday - that is exactly what happened and I came home with $147.
- not too bad. I'm done for at least six months though.
I feel I need to defend myself.
I don't actually like Vegas (baby). What I like ... nay ... what I LOVE ... is playing Texas Hold 'em poker with real live people. I also like to look at scantily clad vixens, but those I can find anywhere.
Also ... I like going to V with Gayle because she's so fun and can make friends with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Gayle always keeps it real ... even in V.
BUT ... when I walk downt he street in Vegas, my internal monologue can basically be summed up in one word: Scoffing.
I can vouch for the fact that Vegas with Jim and Gayle is fun. I'm not a gambler, or card player though, so it takes friends to get me there.
P.S. Thanks for the comment on my blog, brioSphere. By the way, the Curmudgeon In Training has shared a glass of absinthe with you at Jim's party (I'm Jim's friend Stephen). Great stuff.
My dear Bri, I used to hate Vegas. Really, I did. Couldn't stand it. I don't really drink, I don't smoke, I don't gamble, or do any of those Vegas things.
But, as fate would have it, some of my best friends happen to be some of the top poker players in the world so I spend a lot of time there for the World Series and Celebrity Poker, etc. (Was just there this weekend, in fact.) Let me tell you, the VIP Vegas experience is very cool. But, it's only cool because I'm among really good, super intelligent people. I fully recognize the irony of being in the most superficial place on earth surrounded by really good, quality friends. But, if you're going to do Vegas, that's the way to do it in my opinion. I now have a very good positive association with Vegas for this reason, but without my friends there I think it would be the lonliest place on earth.
Besides, I'm still hoping... fantasizing... that one day I can put on a little gogo outfit and dance in a cage up on the ceiling of some swanky club. Just once. It's so NOT me, but it's a fantasy, and Vegas is a pretty good place for fantasies.
Pauline, i will personally buy you the GoGo outfit. Let's go shopping; my neighorhood has everything you need.
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