Insights into Living in Las Vegas

Diving into the multifaceted aspects of residing in Las Vegas, exploring residents' sense of attachment, community dynamics, and the impact of symbolic images. The study delves into critical factors that shape sustainable communities and individual place identities.

• Las Vegas
• Community
• Attachment
• Sustainable Living
• Urban Environment

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2. Economy Housing

3. "I Hate Las Vegas Las Vegas Suicide, Depression, and the Recession Sex Tourism

4. What does it mean to live in Las Vegas? How do residents form their sense of attachment? Where is attachment formed? How do residents locate themselves in the broader environmental context of Las Vegas? How do the symbolic images of Las Vegas affect individuals place identity?

5. Critical in creating sustainable communities Enhances general well-being and quality of life Influences social and physical investments in place Protective environmental behaviors Residential stability Feelings of safety Changing urban contexts Urban society characterized by rapid social change People move frequently Recent economic collapse

6. Place Affect Attachment Cultural/ group Process Cognition Person Behavior Individual Place Physical /Natural Social Symbolic Scannell and Gifford (2010)

7. Five focus groups/ 31 total participants from 5 neighborhoods 2 low income (urban core) 1 low income (suburban) 2 middle-high income (suburban) Characteristics of participants Mean age: 51 years 16 Home Owners/15 Renters Avg. time in Las Vegas:16.7 years Avg. time in current neighborhood:10.6 years 20 Women/11 Men 21 White/10 Latino 11 unemployed

8. Distinctiveness of Las Vegas Similarities with other place Well I know that when I tell people that I am from Las Vegas, it kind of lights up their eyes. Everybody has this perception about this town. I mean, that it is all glitter and the entertainment capital and all that. But there is actually people that live here and there are communities. And there is everything that everybody else has, but it s like tucked away. You know what I mean?

9. Neighborhood as source of community Barbecues and parties Routine neighboring Involvement with children s activities Neighborhood problems/structural neglect Lack of public space Crime and disorder Problems with development strategies

10. Las Vegas identity Interactive between personal experiences, interactions with others, and the built environment Defensive to outsiders explaining myths Nostalgia Connecting self with the history of Las Vegas Mitigates rapid change by providing continuity

11. Loving Las Vegas Pride Social Cohesion Process Nostalgia/ Collective memory Resident Desire to stay? Personal Experiences Place Desert Environment Sin City Casinos/ attractions Public Space