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Reasons I would not travel to Las Vegas for pleasure.

1. Las Vegas was not founded a traditional city. Traditional cities have residential, commercial, industrial, cultural, educational, recreational and religious entities in some balance. Las Vegas may have started a traditional town, but did not become a traditional city.
2. Las Vegas’ main attractions revolve around one thing :: Gambling. Prove me wrong. But, visitors to the area cannot explicitly avoid the casino floor and find much to do that would make the city identifiable, much less unique.
3. Las Vegas main industry is tourism. It became what it is because of that. To me, that is not interesting.
4. Las Vegas offers few opportunities to ‘meet the natives.’ Unless you are in the front lines of tourism or gambling, I would assume you would do your best to avoid those parts of town. [It is here that being gay may be an advantage, since I would like it would be even less likely for heteros to meet that way.]

I have ‘vacationed’ in Dallas. While not what I would call a swinging city, Dallas is still more interesting that I can imagine Las Vegas being. Las Vegas would be like vacationing in Des Moines, to which I was for a wedding, except with casinos along one main drag. Maybe, if I visited it, my mind would change. I may have an opportunity the second full week in October. If I go, I would visit it during the week, for a business conference. Maybe, I could get a chance to see if anything exists beyond the Strip and the other tourist traps. I do not have hope.