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Silver at $46.09. Gold at $3,763.70. I think it's still good to buy gold. And silver is still far undervalued, the silver-gold ratio pricewise is 81-1 but the ratio in physical silver and gold is just 19-1. If the price ratio be the same as the physical ratio, silver would be $200, not $46. That still makes it far, far undervalued. Because of that, the white metal has a long way to go and it still very hot to buy at these currrent prices. So buy and buy, don't sell. Buy and hold on to it all unless you are in need of the money in certain circumstances; loss of your job, unexpected bad injury or serious health condition, major car repair, very little savings or little or no 401K retirement. Also buy some more gold as well.
@George-h4p4rbased on what you said its just as logical to say Gold of 4x overvalued and will fall. As silver is more useful beyond a commodity and people have over inflated the price of Gold because its Gold. So you should actually sell you Gold.
@pharris6875 You can, but you need to be at that machine for a long time before someone will ask you. I always pick the machines in the path of a cocktail waitress. :D
Incorrect. Once the casinos figured out that tons of non-gamblers were coming just for the cheap amenities, they decided that people need to lose all their money at the restaurant. 😮
While the price goes up the number of people going is down. So if they lose 10 low or middle class people but still keep 1 high income whale they will make 20x more off the whale then the 10 low to middle income people. Its also less people they have to service. So price the 10 out and try to keep the 1.
@danieljaimes4031diminishing returns that way. There aren’t enough whales to make up for the loss of average people. The whales will still be there either way.
Is it "ripping them off" if they know what the odds are, but believe they have a chance nonetheless? It's certainly not robbery. Robbery would be not paying them winnings if/when they win.
@susanivy-n4uI think he’s referring to the prices for non gambling activities like eating and drinking. Everyone knows gambling is risky and if you do it enough you’ll lose in the end.
@susanivy-n4u The point is that it is predatory, it relies on our faulty understanding of probability and is also designed to be as addictive as possible. What makes it even worse is that is especially prays on those who actually need the money, for they are so desperate they are willing to "risk" even more(relatively). Bottom line is, there is not a single good argument for why this type of gambling should be legal. Why would you allow something that is actively undermining your country? My country banned this shit decades ago, and no one is missing it.
They weren't gentlemen, and they most certainly _were_ gangsters. But they at least _did_ have their own code of old school ethics, as brutal as they may have been. Crprayshuns (yes, this publisher won't let me use the actual word) on the other hand, do _not_ have any ethics, which makes them infinitely worse. That's why they were able to take over Vegas in the first place. Their sole purpose is profit at any cost. So, everything getting drained dry and eventually being destroyed is what inevitably happens. And mind you, _that_ is _not_ limited to Vegas.
Living there during the great days we'd walk into a casino and the boys always knew your name. You hungry? I could eat. Have a buffet. No putting 500 dollars in a machine to earn enough points for a buffet...Crime rate was way lower as they didn't want people being messed with and not coming back. All in all, it was so great. Corporate America destroyed it.
It's a trick they use to come up first on a web search. Usually, when you sort by price, they don't include all the extras. So you think you're getting the best price ever and then when you go to pay it's literally 10 times the room price.
@clockwork9825 Cheapest meals on the strip are literally from places like In n' Out at the LINQ plaza/mall. I'm currently here, everything else is pricey.
Hum In n Out burger is $9 for a burger and fries. They also have these new things called convenience stores every 2 blocks where you can buy bottles of water for $1.50.
Vegas doesn't need Canada. There's 340 million americans who can pick up the slack. Pricing yourself out of the market when there's an ongoing living cost inflation crisis? That's the real culprit here, not a comparative handful of canadians throwing a small hissy fit. A millionaire might spend a hundred grand at a casino, a billionaire might spend a million, but ten million average income americans dropping ten grand each? That's where the real profit is and Vegas effectively told them they're no longer welcome. That's a bad business move.
@WolfHeathen Massive copium to pretend this is anything but Trump economy. A lot of Vegas was foreign tourists. Threatening the entire planet with war, and then detaining tourists, is bad for tourism. Crashing every aspect of the economy outside AI is bad for the common american. Who would've thought?
@WolfHeathen"Average Americans" don't spend 10,000 dollars on vacation in Las Vegas. The median individual income is around 45,000 dollars and more than half the US has less than a thousand dollars in savings.
If the internet hasn't been scrubbed of it, find an interview with Bob newhart that says explicitly what happened. He said when the Italians ran it it was good. When their chosen people partners drove them out of Vegas that's when it became corporate.
That’s America. 15 dollar bottles or water at an adult 6 flags while around the corner people in tents. . Remember the superbowl in New Orleans. Big party inside 3000 people in tents outside
Yep, I go to the strip 3 days per year...the 3 days of a convention critical to my business. I drive in from the 11 freeway side through the crack-dealer territories to the event center, then go home at the end of the day. Too many better (and far less expensive) places to eat or seek entertainment once you get well away from the strip.
Well, you don’t have to pay $50 for a fucking “cheeseburger”, there are In and Out, McDonalds, White Castle and other joints on the Strip. There is a Dennys there also. If you are paying that much, that’s on you. The city has a million people now.They are not all eating $50:”cheeseburgers”.
Go to any "discount cigarette store" in the country, and you can play video slots and kino cabinets with real money, and they let you cash out for real money. It's technically illegal but most of the time the police don't stop them as long as it's only a few cabinets inside some sort of retail store, laundry mat, gas station, etc. what they do care about are game rooms with 5 or more cabinets that are little illegal casinos, that serve no purpose other than gambling. They do raids on game rooms all the time here in Dallas. But if it's a store that serves a community with other things like food or laundry, they just look the other way for a couple video slots here and there
At IKEA it's £2.50 for a kids meal that has 4 meatballs, mash, peas, gravy, a choice of fruit and a refill cup for drinks at the dispenser. That's the standard rate, sometimes it is cheaper when an offer is on.
Well to be fair, some of us don't have money to piss away. And even if we do, I can think of a hundred better, more tangible things to waste it on than gambling.
They blame the Orangeman while ignoring the 40% loss of our spending power under Joe Biden and the fact that all Vegas has done is jack prices up ridiculously. It will take decades to recover from the hyper inflation under Joe.
It was actually nice and fun, great shows and food and outdoor excursions……still has that but the hotels are used up. Better to do Airbnb in Vegas. It’s still got great food, drinks and entertainment
A Miller Lite & vodka soda should be $9. Maybe $15 somewhere fancy. Even at a concert, it would be less than $25. I wonder if ppl drink less since weed was legalized. Enough dope to smoke all weekend is the price of 2 drinks!
Actually, Disney is the perfect parallel. They were both fascinating during the 90's. The look and vibe was top notch. You'd see it on TV and think it must be an absolute fantasy world where anything can happen. Now it costs way more, but most of the stuff I was interested in are gone.
Hit Mexico City. You can gamble there, too. It’s a fun city. And boatload of things to do there. I’ve bee twice in the last three years. Hotels are very cheap. Even in the nice areas. Don’t get me wrong. Not all areas are safe. Like any big city.
Last checked, $1300 for 3 days for the room, the taxes, resort fees, parking. $70 for two burgers, fries and a drink at Fat Burger in the hotel. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Chris-xo2rq No it hasn't! I remember 3 dollar prime rib dinners,50 cent heinekens, the Belagio used have 25 dollar all you can eat king crab legs and prime rib brunch's.
All window shopping. They're looking at slots and table games and wishing they could play. They're looking at restaurants no one can eat at. They're praying for buffets to come back. They made breakfast extinct in Las Vegas, just like when you skip it at home.
I made a stop in Vegas in September (driving from Arizona to SF), not an American (came from Europe) but currently working in the Bay Area. I just walked the strip, checked that everything is overpriced. Few elderly at the casino tables and slots, even fewer people at bars and restaurants. Just picked some food and gas from Costco and drove off. Not planning on returning even though I’m trying to visit as many places as I can in the US before I return home, cause I really like this country.
Just got out of this industry yesterday, just couldn’t go on, phones were silent, no one wants to come here anymore, greedy owners pulling more amenities and charging more fees and higher rates, pulling our commissions, rooms not getting cleaned, guests getting angrier. Time to move on to another industry, to greener pastures.
A real shame. However, times change. Some people try to capture that feeling of Christmas in the '60s and '70s. Just won't happen, the times have changed
I saw bed bugs at the Aria my last stay in Vegas, and the pillow looked like it was stained with body fluids 😮. The sheets smelled as if someone had left their scent in it as well, so obviously the rooms are not being cleaned. On top of that, I was charged for an early check in fee when I had already made arrangements to check in at 2pm.
@campcoy51Take it from someone that's worked in this industry 23 Years, All of those casino hotels have bugs, Roaches and Bed Bugs. And housekeeping won't clean the room if they don't feel like it, their Union says they don't have to. And The Owners know this, but they don't care, they just like all the money they're making, charging more for less amenities, understaffed because they don't want to pay for more workers.
I am not a collectivist by any stretch of the imagination, but I am so tired of everything, every little facet and atom of our lives being preyed upon. Every ritual, custom, social interaction Nothing is ever sacred, it is exhausting.
Hotel rooms were extremely affordable, dining prices were reasonable, and parking was complimentary. Those were the perks that attracted people all over the world to visit Las Vegas, but now it's all about ripping everyone off and not letting you win.
@joeschmoe-00 Yeah, and everything is digital now - who wants to press buttons on computerized slot machines? If I wanted to play video games I can just do that at home!
I lived in Las Vegas back in the seventies, worked at the Stardust and it was a blast at the time. It was actually affordable to live there. Made decent money at the stardust. I live in Arizona now and wouldn't even consider driving there and wasting my time and gas. Really sad to see it decline so bad. Bunch of greedy corporations ruined it for everyone.
@lanaj1107 the native American casinos around Phoenix is so much nicer and cleaner also better payouts and food than Vegas for sure that the "normal" person can afford too.
To be honest Vegas is a luxury. It’s not meant to be for everyone. So yea I’m middle income/class. Gambling to me is just a waste of money. And if you do win the thieving government wants to tax the hell out of it. I’d rather buy things I want or need.
Middle Class is just temporarily delusional Working Class. There is no middle class. There’s the rich who own everything, and then there’s the rest of us. We need to come together and eat them.
@dug8377 oh, yea it has, Russia went from a country with 13% literacy rate and an average lifespan of 20-30 years to the world’s second most powerful country with some of the highest quality of life at the time, and China went from literally nothing with millions starving every year and humiliated and colonized by the British to industrial powerhouse (easily in the top 10 most powerful countries on earth during Mao’s time) in about the same amount of time, and today is basically objectively the most powerful country on the planet (yes the US has more military projection rn but honestly only by a bit, and China has a waaaaay bigger economic power projection, which is more important, coz the US can’t make missiles without those Chinese industries) The average lifespan in the Soviet Union went from 20-30 to around 80, same with China, in only a few decades. Was everything perfect? No! This country came out of being a literal shithole and had to catch up with 200 years of industrialization and they STILL managed to surpass every other country except the US AFTER being the most devastated country in WW2, which let me remind you was the most devastating war in the history of mankind (Soviets did about 80% of the victories in the European theatre, with the Chinese doing 80% of the fighting against the Japanese, tho ofc the naval front in the pacific was American) Not to mention that the last time anything was remotely going well in the United States was when there were plenty of socialists around US politics to push things the right direction, but of course this all ended in the 60s and 10 years later begun the era of patchwork neoliberalism and here we are today - we see how well it’s going.
People voted for an administration of billionaires who openly espoused economic policies for the rich. They blatantly posited that it's more economically productive to cater towards the upper class. Are we so blinded by politics we don't see the problem with going all-in on that theory?
Its not tourists. Vegas and Henderson locals can’t afford to go out on the strip today. The middle class no longer exists and vegas was built on middle class.
@indy_go_blue6048 Indeed about like that laughingstock baseball team that Vegas supposedly ends up with in 2028 provided they get the financing and their stadium built. They crapped on Oakland on the way out along with crapping on their limited Sacramento fan base from 2025 through 2027. In 2028 allegedly they will move to Vegas to play in a 33,000 seat dome stadium on the Strip to watch a mediocre team most years and in Vegas where they have limited entertainment dollars and a smaller market. Just waiting for all those millonaires to watch their Las Vegas A's finish 72-90 in the average season so Gap/Old Navy owner John Fisher can fleece the people of Las Vegas and Nevada.
We had talked about driving out there this winter for old times sake. Haven't been there in years. All the recent Las Vegas videos about how expensive it is changed our minds, lol.
The rich and the corporations have bleed us dry. We don’t have anymore money. We are staying home and finding fun with activities we can do at our house..
Likely the gambling revenue is down. Everything in Vegas was nearly free because the gambling paid for it. The casinos were drawing you in to take your money gaming. It was obvious when I was there several decades ago that the rooms, food and entertainment were being given away. Definitely not that way now.
@Billy97ify Yep, my parents went there in the 70's w friends when they had the single deck blackjack, cheap rooms, buffets etc. My dad was a number's guy who would win some $, they had a good time..for a good deal. I was there in the early 2000's b4 all the "fees" when it was still fun. Now, no thanks.
@frederickmuhlbauer9477 ya it was cool from 1998 to 2008 when I was there. Then things changed. The strip clubs are the worst. And you know what that was a big draw. But when women just want 500 for 3 dances in a VIP room most normal guys aren't interested. Only rich guys are still being fleeced.
Vegas was an Adult Playground with Slots . But corporations decided to turn it into a Disney in the Desert . And charge prices on Par with Disney . The results are obvious .
The reason the pool was crowded is because people were getting more bang for that resort fee and they can't afford to go anywhere else after paying said resort fee.
Well, the pool is great when the heat of the summer is there. But the desert becomes very cold: Fall, Winter, and Spring. They even close off the hot tubs.
Lived in Vegas for 15 years and just sold my house and move to Tennessee. The last few years every time we would go to the strip I swore I would never go back. Complete rip off of epic proportion! You can literally go to an all inclusive resort in Mexico for a week for what it cost to spend 2 days in Vegas.
laws and regulation ; drove the mob out of vegas. vegas looks like it does; because of the heavy political influence. which is why vegas looks like china
I don’t even keep up with tourism, and I was aware that Las Vegas had become too expensive They know that crap they know what they’re doing Part of a bigger picture Corporations have just become out of control
Thanks for covering the ridiculous high cost of the strip Nick. We live here and only go to Station Casinos. The greed has ruined what used to be affordable.
If they want to make Las Vegas strip for the rich…..that’s O.K. There are plenty of off strip places that value middle class gamblers and casinos closer to home where you can save travel expenses. It’s not worth getting worked up about.
Biden put me completely off the US. No de-esculation talks before Russia crossed the border into Ukraine. Breaking the Warsaw agreement over and over. Yucky country. Im from Australasia and we are supposed to agree👎
Boomers are aging out, Gen X is all about staying home and laying low, millennials have no interest in gambling and over graphic sexualization. Nobody smokes anymore and even drinking to excess ain’t what it used to be. So, what else ya got, Vegas? Oh! That’s right super high prices for EVERYTHING from parking to food.
@shadowtail4063 Just California. I went to Texas from LA and they have amazing culture. But every major City in California is overpriced and dangerous and filled with homeless. Politics ruined California from late 90s to late 2020's Cali has been democrat and its been a shithole. Cali in 40s-90s was uncomparable to now and thats when it was republican.
that is prob why vegas is not going after those types anymore esp the millennials as you said that don't gamble but they love fancy things most millennials hates simple lives, so they had to turn vegas into a fancy city to cater to them. 28 to 45 i think is their main target now. They are going after gen x who have alot of money as well. Gen x will be the high rollers or most money spending group, and trust fund people who are now older like 30's age who can do those fancy things, and who likes pro sports ufc expensive shows and fancy shops and dinners/fancy drinks. Millennials love fancy shopping. You saw those shops in that area he went all fancy, its like a desert miami now. I think that is what they are going for let's see if they will attract those people like miami did, or if they revert back which i don't see happening, or the other reality could be it all could fail and it really will turn into a ghost town not sure, but i think vegas has too much money and connections to ever fail just like nyc
Back in 2016 The casinos were slinging free drinks at me just for playing there slots i would tip like 2-3 dollars and everyone was happy now you couldn't pay me to go to Vegas
We went in 2019 - a Russian waitress at El Cortez brought us drinks when my husband pulled a 20 out for the a lot machines. When we went in 2022, the very same waitress scowled at us asking for free drinks after playing for a while.
@tokeshedyou’re joking right? There’s bo way you possibly think that, everyone thinks you’re crazy if you trust Walmart over government, bc government ‘are the good guys who make the roads’ no, most people trust government more than corporations, even though they’re the same thing. Corporations are legal fictions created by government, it’s how they get away with things. Companies are different bc people are recognized as people, not corporations treated as people. Oh no? I guess we can’t get hookers and blow in the desert anymore until they change their prices. At least Las Vegas corporations aren’t trying to start wars and print money out of thin air debasing entire societies. Ridiculous. Oh wait, it’s bc government CONTROLS EDUCATION.
@atheistleopard248412 years government schooling is why people don’t realize. For everyone thinking for themselves, there’s thousands being pumped out of government indoctrination camps ready to ‘school’ you in how corporations own government 😂😂😂😂 when corporations are legal fictions created by the state. This is how they keep your focus twisted so you entrust them with MORE POWER. They printed all the money and ruined everything, then when Trump tries to unfuck this they scare everyone about ‘the collapse’ bc guess what? They have no real education over what tariffs are or HOW they are used. Did the media doom and gloom over inflation being caused? No. It tariffs used as negotiating tools on select industries? APOCALYPSE!!! I’d laugh but it’s so fucking depressing.
To be fair, the luxury properties (Bellagio, Wynn, etc) were never meant to be affordable for normal people. But Flamingo, Tropicana, Sahara, etc were there for us normal income folk.
Have you been inside those cheaper hotels these days? It feels like you will somehow get syphilis, lung cancer, and some kind of addiction just be being in the building and touching anything.
No literally I buy a $115 season pass for food when I go to Cedar Point and that covers two meals a day every single day for the entire season Should I choose to go every single day for the entire season with my $99 season pass
My son's plane was delayed, and he was stuck in Vegas last weekend. All the casinos are $300 or more a night, except the dump Circus Circus, which was only $77 a night. The cabs rip people off. My son was walking down the main street, carrying all his luggage, as he searched for an affordable room. I was so pissed off and worried for his safety. I live across the river from Laughlin, but haven't gone over there for a couple of years because I'm disabled now. Thanks for showing me.
CircusCircus closed last month? Right? I just watched a video on them. Nothing was open, the river they had was drained, the coaster wasn't running. Almost no food options. It was sad to see. So if they are still open, If he stayed there, how was it?
Pro Tip - If you want a free mini-fridge in your room, tell them you have medication that requires refrigeration and they are legally required to provide one to you for free.
@Qorelin BWAHAHAHAHAHAH! They would rather buy a specific, custom made small fridge rather than letting you using an already running fridge. i cant. i just cant. i can afford to go to vegas, but i definitely wont go there to give my goddamn money to these motherfcking leech.
it happened to be an off weekend. Its usually busy and our business mainly comes from the folks in So Cal. They don't go to Vegas due to the prices, here Laughlin they get more for their money.
It's going to take an FDR or JFK type of president to rebuild the nation after trump and to get the economy moving again. Trump has completely wrecked the economy and ground it to a halt.
The resorts should take notes from when the Mafia ran the town. They gave you a nice room for a cheap price, treated you to a good show and prime rib dinner, plus watched over your grandmother and treated her like a queen, as she played the penny slots.
Yeah, no one ever said they were saints, but they made a fortune off the gambling, not gouging all the tourists. That lady said it, people like her like her coming five times a years was just fine with them then but she won't be coming back, Imagine paying more for a burger than seeing Elvis or Sinatra. Even crazy Howard Hughes didn't screw it up this much
You might want to mention that corporate Vegas is getting rid of human dealers in favour of electronic dealers bc they don't want to pay dealers. It cuts into their profit margin.Another reason to boycott Vegas.
Well, that is certainly short sighted of them. With an electronic dealer, it’s even less special, and more like staying home and gambling on line. So, people might as well stay home .
@sorbabaric1They want you to stay home. Once they've sucked the whole scene dry, they don't want or need you anymore. Then they get the whole place to themselves, which is also what they want.
Some friends of mine make $300K together, and they'll head to Reno, not even Vegas, and blow $50K on gambling. The casino covers their plane fare, hotel, and food, but only because they make a huge profit off them. They act like they're VIPs just because the casino sends a limo to pick them up at the airport. I keep telling them they're the ones paying for all that, but they're gambling addicts.
@TxpNoveske The logic is win or lose they still get the comp. They make good money, but in the 30 years I've known them, you'd think they worked in fast food. Earning $300K, yet they live in a manufactured home and drive a Jeep Compass. It's crazy.
Rich people buy assets not liabilities. Thats the difference between the Rich and the working class. Most Rich people are not out buying flashy expensive crap unless you’re a Politician in power or Trump. That old saying don’t flash your cash holds true with the rich not just the criminals
Las Vegas is ruined. I remember LV back in the 1980’s, it was so glamorous, and so spread out. So many of the vintage hotels are gone, replaced with tacky hotels like NY NY, Paris. The desert theme was lost with Aladdin, the Sands, the Dunes, Stardust,
The resort fees are the biggest scam there. All that stuff should be included. The restaurants were insane. We ended up eating fast food and grocery store food the entire time we were there. This was 10+ years ago and it was bad then. Looks like it's worse now.
There is literally no such thing as "resort fees", they are just chopping up the room charge. It's all the room charge. IDK how they think people are so dumb, except I guess that a lot of people are that dumb lol.
Resort fees are robbery. Ten years ago by friend and I would drive from Summerlin to Bellagio, park free and eat dinner, do some shopping and have drinks. We went back one year and they wanted $25 to park. We stopped going.
@CallMeAlisaLoveme yeah it's all the same in the end. also considering the total cost of the room including the resort fee is $89/night, which is basically free, and it somehow doesn't even look like a fleabag hotel despite that price, i agree that the resort fee is a really weird thing to be upset about. especially considering some things in this video like the restaurants actually are expensive. $24 for three meatballs in this video and some people are upset about the $89 hotel room?????
Greed is one of the *Deadly Seven* and I consider it as the worse of the Seven because it promotes bad things and that is it promotes more greed. It spreads like wildfire and a contagious disease.
Most of the Vegas customers are retirees who voted for Trump. Now they're feeling the effect of his polices. Big Beautiful Bill is not exactly senior friendly.
@johndong7524 This has been going on for years now, years before Trump therefore cannot blame him for what's happened in Vegas. It is the sheer greed of corporations that did this when they started charging resort fees and parking for guests that is now up to $75 a night.
@ScorpioBornIn69Trump is a head of a corporation himself and all his buddies are corporate CEOs who run America. They were all in attendance at his inauguration. Musk was treating an oval office like his living room. So yeah, there's definitely a connection, wouldn't you say? Just look what Trump did to Atlantic city. Same fate awaits Las Vegas.
Yeah, I wanna drive 250 miles for the opportunity to buy a $50 burger and deposit my remaining cash into a machine with a bunch of colorful lights...NOT!
Even the gambling has changed. They've upped the minimum bets A LOT and made the odds worse. There's lots of tripe zero roulette and 6:5 blackjack. It's ridiculous.
@clayortex triple zero roulette is a good game. Theres a secret to it. And 6:5 black jack means double down on black jack. Just view it as an 11. You gotta learn the secrets. If you don't know how to count cards you have no business playing black jack.
math doesn't lie. The odds are fundamentally worse. Even with pefect play 6:5 shifts the odds to the house. Three zeros on roulette fundamentally makes the odds worse, there's no "trick" to roulette
I dont think its that people are not gambling; its that people are gambling differently. Vegas and AC used to be THE options for gamblers; now, most states have casinos within driving distance for most people, and if you dont want to do that, you can gamble over your phone or your PC. No real reason to have to go to Vegas anymore.
Maybe try a different word than "treasonous". Treason is the crime of betraying one's country, typically by waging war against it or providing assistance to its enemies. Hardly applicable to a sh*thole place like Vegas.
It really makes no sense. What’s the point of boosting prices so high nobody goes? They won’t make any money if middle class can’t even afford a cheeseburger
Some have said that the price increases are a calculated maneuver by the big corporations that control Vegas in order to attract a more affluent group of people to Vegas. Wealthy people did not become wealthy by allowing themselves to be fleeced by unscrupulous corporations. I think we'll see the wealthy stay away in droves too.
Hi. Indeed, I’m sure they’re vacationing in way more luxurious places like Tahiti and the Fiji Islands. I’m sure they want to be as far away from we-the-people as is humanly possible. Lol.
It's actually due to CASINO corporate INCOMPETENCE and GREED. Casinos started selling their properties to big TRILLION DOLLAR hedge firms back around 2008 or so and entered sale-lease back agreements with them. The hedge firms now OWN the casinos buildings and the land on which they sit. The casino corporations are now LEASING and PAYING RENT for properties that they used to own. And apparently the rents increase by anywhere from 2 - 3% each year. With the yearly rent increases, the casinos are now trying to pass these increased costs on to the tourists. Hence the EVER INCREASING PRICES, INCREASING FEES, HOTEL STAFF AND SERVICE CUTS, ETC. This is now a case of BILLION dollar corporate casinos versus TRILLION dollar hedge firms. And the trillion dollar hedge firms are the bigger fish in the pond
This is why McDonald's is going under. They upped the price on their burgers to cater to their wealthy and ran off all their poor customers that actually keep their restaurants in business. You have people in the top running these businesses like this because they can't connect to common poor people.
Corporate greed is just killing our country. I've been living in Taiwan for the last few years - they have universal healthcare (five dollars to replace a filling at the dentist, ten dollars for three months of hypertension meds), food prices are much lower, public transportation is efficient, fast, and cheap, the streets are safe at night. I wish we could take some policy lessons from other countries, but most Americans don't know much about the rest of the world, and corporate interests would probably stymie efforts at reform.
Yes I moved to peace ✌️🕊️ full southern Spain no mass gun ownership less than 100 gun deaths a year USA mass gun ownership 250,000 men women and children shot every year 🤔 also universal health care 😘 sense of community kids can play by themselves in the streets after midnight in the hot summer ⛱️ night 🌃 and last but not least women can legally be topless on the beach ⛱️👏👍
@davemccage7918 average earner is 20% - google it. Very efficient country ran by a governament that works in the interest of the people. How do i know? My partner is from Taiwan and we went back in 2023. We went to Taipei zoo and it cost me - as a foreigner - around £2.5($3.40) for a ticket - and the zoo was amazing! In the UK its about £20 to visit the zoo. Street food was around £2-3 a meal. Taiwan is a very well ran country with great people. You can leave your phone at the bar, go to the toilet and it'll still be there when you get back. Wonderful country.
I'm through with Vegas. I used to go at least once a year but haven't been back in the past 5 years. Nothing is the same as it was. The deals are gone, ...the excitement is gone. Add in parking fees, resort fees and outrageously expensive food. Count me out!
Same here. I've been to Vegas 3 times in my life: 25 years ago; 20 years ago; & 10 years ago. The amount of people shown in this video is about a quarter of the amount of people walking around during any one of my visits. It is not enough to keep Vegas going.
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I first went to Vegas for a conference in 1990. It was old Vegas back then. Gambling still reigned. Cheap rooms, cheap food, free parking, and no resort fees. It made Vegas accessible and attractive to conferences and trade shows. Since the Disneyfication of the place it has become less and less attractive. Next year, my conference is there again. If I don't like it, I'm probably going to switch to the international show that is held in Barcelona. It may be the same price or higher, but I won't have to submit to the insult of being soaked in this way.
You'll also get to go to Barcelona, one of the world's loveliest and most exotic cities with wonderful architecture and high culture, instead of a sleazy dump in a viciously hot, dry climate.
@chicagonorthcoast Thank you, yes. There are downsides because the EU show caters to a different market. Many of the US reps aren't present. Still, Spain is wonderful. ❤
Vegas isn't the only city or entity doing this. It's because of Disney. Years ago they figured out that raising prices would heighten the experience for their more affluent customers. Raise prices and the "undesirables" stay away. They spend less than the affluent and they make the line queues long. And the added benefit is Disney can staff fewer employees. Until it can be proven that this isn't sustainable, this is the way things will be everywhere
good observation, but it isn't just resorts or amusement, it's even in food to a less extreme degree. What is interesting is who is considered the undesirables? People were fine 30 years ago at Disney. Disney was safe. It would appear to me that all of us pay a tax to not be punched or stabbed at a place that used to be considered safe for tourists.
Will never go to Disneyland again and I grew up in So. California. Go ahead and try and get all the "whales" , there is not enough of them. Die and go to hell.
Not only do people have less disposable income, due to stagnant wages, job loss, and the high cost of the necessities of life, but they can't use their credit cards because of the exorbitant interest rates. That's one factor that people who report on these things, aren't considering; that people used their credit cards to help them go on vacation and now they don't dare, because of 25% interest rates.
Prices sky rocketed the last 4 years. Once they go up it is seldom they go down unless people boycott and sales happen. I worked all the OT I could when I was young and 2 jobs at different times. Lived in Mobile Home to save for down on house. Always invested in 401 K through brokers and it is the highest it has ever been. I retired and we paid off house kept our cars and there're paid off too. Parents passed so split house sales money and when car starts crapping out will buy new cash. Boomers are retiring and jobs should be available. Work 2 if you have to and maybe find room mates to help with housing cost and bills. I've always shop Thrift stores and yard sales. Learned new trades and sold what I made at my main job. You appear to be young and smart. Always be learning. Good luck to you.
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Silver at $46.09.
Gold at $3,763.70.
I think it's still good to buy gold.
And silver is still far undervalued, the silver-gold ratio pricewise is 81-1 but the ratio in physical silver and gold is just 19-1.
If the price ratio be the same as the physical ratio, silver would be $200, not $46. That still makes it far, far undervalued.
Because of that, the white metal has a long way to go and it still very hot to buy at these currrent prices.
So buy and buy, don't sell. Buy and hold on to it all unless you are in need of the money in certain circumstances; loss of your job, unexpected bad injury or serious health condition, major car repair, very little savings or little or no 401K retirement.
Also buy some more gold as well.
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This almost sounds like the start of a bot thread.
@George-h4p4rbased on what you said its just as logical to say Gold of 4x overvalued and will fall. As silver is more useful beyond a commodity and people have over inflated the price of Gold because its Gold. So you should actually sell you Gold.
NickJohnson you make 250k what do u mean people like us? I looked up your views and thats the low end
You're supposed to lose all your money at the casino, not the restaurant next to it
I wonder if you can still drink "free" while playing on a machine?🤔
@pharris6875 You can, but you need to be at that machine for a long time before someone will ask you. I always pick the machines in the path of a cocktail waitress. :D
Incorrect. Once the casinos figured out that tons of non-gamblers were coming just for the cheap amenities, they decided that people need to lose all their money at the restaurant. 😮
@scroob72Great tip thanks! 😅
Right!!! 😂
I can guarantee that despite the prices going up , the actual workers aren't seeing any of it.
The fee is most likely for wages for the ghost staff
Yeah, and who has any money left for a tip at these prices? No doubt the tips have shrunk in proportion to the price gouging.
While the price goes up the number of people going is down. So if they lose 10 low or middle class people but still keep 1 high income whale they will make 20x more off the whale then the 10 low to middle income people. Its also less people they have to service. So price the 10 out and try to keep the 1.
Meh.
@danieljaimes4031diminishing returns that way. There aren’t enough whales to make up for the loss of average people. The whales will still be there either way.
Vegas deserves this. Ripping people off like that is robbery.
Is it "ripping them off" if they know what the odds are, but believe they have a chance nonetheless? It's certainly not robbery. Robbery would be not paying them winnings if/when they win.
@susanivy-n4uI think he’s referring to the prices for non gambling activities like eating and drinking. Everyone knows gambling is risky and if you do it enough you’ll lose in the end.
@susanivy-n4uas the saying goes highway robbery, it’s a saying ya damm bot . How to spot a bot , they don’t understand common sayings
Yes it's all ripping people off child
@susanivy-n4u The point is that it is predatory, it relies on our faulty understanding of probability and is also designed to be as addictive as possible. What makes it even worse is that is especially prays on those who actually need the money, for they are so desperate they are willing to "risk" even more(relatively).
Bottom line is, there is not a single good argument for why this type of gambling should be legal. Why would you allow something that is actively undermining your country?
My country banned this shit decades ago, and no one is missing it.
$15 for a bottle of water is a definite turn off.
Oh, give me a break!
That's worse than Disney World prices for water. WTF
How is it that a bottle of water is $15 in a casino but a bottle of water at the top of MT. FUJI less than $5?
give it time, pretty soon, they'll be charging a dollar a hydrogen atom.
For that price I expect water from the fountain of life.
I still remember the $1.99 buffets in the 1990's. That is now long gone.
Thatz when the dollar was worth something..
Now mgm buffet is around $33-$44
Planet Hollywood $20 - $30
I'll have some of the yella, and don't go cheap on me.
Thanks to Trump, $1.99 can’t even buy you a piece of tissue to wipe your a$$!
We were fooled. The truth is the Mob were actually the gentlemen, and the corporate suits are really the gangsters.
They weren't gentlemen, and they most certainly _were_ gangsters. But they at least _did_ have their own code of old school ethics, as brutal as they may have been.
Crprayshuns (yes, this publisher won't let me use the actual word) on the other hand, do _not_ have any ethics, which makes them infinitely worse. That's why they were able to take over Vegas in the first place.
Their sole purpose is profit at any cost. So, everything getting drained dry and eventually being destroyed is what inevitably happens.
And mind you, _that_ is _not_ limited to Vegas.
Touche`!😃😄😆😂🤣😂
Truth. I'm from Vegas. We all prefer the days before the corporate barons came.
🤣😂🤣
Living there during the great days we'd walk into a casino and the boys always knew your name. You hungry? I could eat. Have a buffet. No putting 500 dollars in a machine to earn enough points for a buffet...Crime rate was way lower as they didn't want people being messed with and not coming back. All in all, it was so great. Corporate America destroyed it.
That resort fee is straight theft.
It's a trick they use to come up first on a web search. Usually, when you sort by price, they don't include all the extras. So you think you're getting the best price ever and then when you go to pay it's literally 10 times the room price.
@xyz12345457 that is good to know! Ty
Free long distance calls!
Extra room fee per night of 50-100 is madness
@Brainiacmind2023 they will continue to be empty until they come to there senses.
It's like going to the airport for food
Two burgers,fries and a drink for $75, and casinos blame everyone else for the slowdown.
Ain’t no way. 😂😂😂😂 75$?
@clockwork9825 Cheapest meals on the strip are literally from places like In n' Out at the LINQ plaza/mall. I'm currently here, everything else is pricey.
It all boils down to corporate greed.
Why don't they just let us play for the burger. Like.. It's 20 bucks if you win 3 hands in a row on blackjack, but if you lose, I'll take your car.
Hum In n Out burger is $9 for a burger and fries. They also have these new things called convenience stores every 2 blocks where you can buy bottles of water for $1.50.
They keep saying tourist numbers are down 10%, but everything is so empty it looks like 75% down.
Vegas doesn't need Canada. There's 340 million americans who can pick up the slack. Pricing yourself out of the market when there's an ongoing living cost inflation crisis? That's the real culprit here, not a comparative handful of canadians throwing a small hissy fit. A millionaire might spend a hundred grand at a casino, a billionaire might spend a million, but ten million average income americans dropping ten grand each? That's where the real profit is and Vegas effectively told them they're no longer welcome. That's a bad business move.
@WolfHeathen Massive copium to pretend this is anything but Trump economy. A lot of Vegas was foreign tourists. Threatening the entire planet with war, and then detaining tourists, is bad for tourism. Crashing every aspect of the economy outside AI is bad for the common american. Who would've thought?
10% down for tourists, they rest are locals who stopped coming.😂
@WolfHeathen The Trump slump!
@WolfHeathen"Average Americans" don't spend 10,000 dollars on vacation in Las Vegas. The median individual income is around 45,000 dollars and more than half the US has less than a thousand dollars in savings.
Funny how the mob ran Vegas way better than corporate America has since.
Agree
The mob was less greedy than the scumbags behind all of it now.
Truth. I used to get treated like a KING at the Stardust
I haven't been there in years, used to go for work- nothing to do with the strip. There are some great Italian restaurants in the city.
If the internet hasn't been scrubbed of it, find an interview with Bob newhart that says explicitly what happened. He said when the Italians ran it it was good. When their chosen people partners drove them out of Vegas that's when it became corporate.
The homeless population may not be directly on the strip, but they're literally right around the corner.
Yup. Thats what he’s not showing. Just this past year Layoffs have been brutal and that’s going to affect los Vegas at some point.
Once you cross Paradise going towards Maryland is where all the homeless people are.
That’s America. 15 dollar bottles or water at an adult 6 flags while around the corner people in tents. . Remember the superbowl in New Orleans. Big party inside 3000 people in tents outside
I knew one at one point...childhood friend who lost their way.
@aerieleah533 it’s different now; NO ONE is safe
I live in Vegas. They are competely screwing tourists with high costs on everything.
Yep, I go to the strip 3 days per year...the 3 days of a convention critical to my business. I drive in from the 11 freeway side through the crack-dealer territories to the event center, then go home at the end of the day. Too many better (and far less expensive) places to eat or seek entertainment once you get well away from the strip.
Sincere condolences
Tell all the Elvis impersonators, "B○₩¡€ says hi." 😂
If you are a multi millionaire these prices are nothing.
I'll visit in a couple of years, maybe things will change... maybe they won't
When you charge $50 for a cheeseburger, people are gonna stay home.
What! 30$ for six meatballs, $25 for one cheeseburger. No.. no no. We don't have that kind of money.
Where
People are having a hard enough time affording food from the grocery store. 🇨🇦
But it's wagyu 😂
Well, you don’t have to pay $50 for a fucking “cheeseburger”, there are In and Out, McDonalds, White Castle and other joints on the Strip. There is a Dennys there also. If you are paying that much, that’s on you. The city has a million people now.They are not all eating $50:”cheeseburgers”.
They are opening casinos in every state now. There’s no need to travel to Vegas.
You can just go online if you want to gamble
I live in Oklahoma. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting one 😂😂😂
Go to any "discount cigarette store" in the country, and you can play video slots and kino cabinets with real money, and they let you cash out for real money. It's technically illegal but most of the time the police don't stop them as long as it's only a few cabinets inside some sort of retail store, laundry mat, gas station, etc. what they do care about are game rooms with 5 or more cabinets that are little illegal casinos, that serve no purpose other than gambling. They do raids on game rooms all the time here in Dallas. But if it's a store that serves a community with other things like food or laundry, they just look the other way for a couple video slots here and there
Last 3 years within 30min of me is old Vegas, Fancy Casinos, Cheap Food, Cheap Entertainment. Thanks Indians!
@Mamabear1320-h4k😂😂
$24 fot 3 meatballs is the one that got me
At IKEA it's £2.50 for a kids meal that has 4 meatballs, mash, peas, gravy, a choice of fruit and a refill cup for drinks at the dispenser. That's the standard rate, sometimes it is cheaper when an offer is on.
What no more $1 6 pound hotdog
LOOK AT AS 8$ FOR EACH BALL 😂
Corporate greed consequences.
And it has T.R.U.M.P. stamp on there.
@jacobtennyson9213 Stay clueless lib.
@jacobtennyson9213 OK Hillary
@Yokanen OK Himmler
@TonyRedunzo OK Bernie
Well to be fair, some of us don't have money to piss away. And even if we do, I can think of a hundred better, more tangible things to waste it on than gambling.
NahFR💯 it’s literally a place to lose ya money & we’re not ok wit that
They blame the Orangeman while ignoring the 40% loss of our spending power under Joe Biden and the fact that all Vegas has done is jack prices up ridiculously. It will take decades to recover from the hyper inflation under Joe.
@Hutch_Davenport Keep lickin' boots Biden soi boi... You're more clueless than a drug addict giving a speech on self-discipline.
The City is too old and boring now days You will be better off visiting Dubai.
it is not just gambling
The more I see of Vegas, the less I want to visit. Everything just looks tacky and obnoxious.
trust me IT IS
The City is too old and boring. You will be better off visiting Dubai.
It was actually nice and fun, great shows and food and outdoor excursions……still has that but the hotels are used up. Better to do Airbnb in Vegas. It’s still got great food, drinks and entertainment
Thanks for the video. I've never wanted to visit Las Vegas.
People need to go back to RENO And make it great again. Reno is far cheaper and smaller. I enjoyed my visit in Reno.
no refrigerators!!!! I never heard of that.
$30 for a panini sandwich is just insulting.
He paid $40 for a Bud Light and a mixed drink. I think he and people like him are part of the problem if they keep accepting these ridiculous prices.
@GodSonBand Now hold on. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt because he is doing this for us viewers and a logical purpose to show proof.
@nickodemusjohnson you’re right he’s just doing it to show us how ridiculous it is
Totally agree!
I was just out there. They had a Istanbul gyro place pretty much on the new strip. Incredible taste for a very decent price. 32$ for my wife and I.
Vegas looks the same, but at Disney prices the thrill is gone
it looks like a ghost town.
Everything has a shelf life.
Uh, where in Vegas can you pay 10 dollars and get a Brontosaurus sized Turkey Leg?!?!?
A Miller Lite & vodka soda should be $9. Maybe $15 somewhere fancy. Even at a concert, it would be less than $25. I wonder if ppl drink less since weed was legalized. Enough dope to smoke all weekend is the price of 2 drinks!
Actually, Disney is the perfect parallel.
They were both fascinating during the 90's. The look and vibe was top notch. You'd see it on TV and think it must be an absolute fantasy world where anything can happen. Now it costs way more, but most of the stuff I was interested in are gone.
I have never, ever wanted to flush my hard-earned cash down the expensive toilet that is Las Vegas.
Truth.
I’m surprised they don’t charge you $20 to use the public bathroom. Put the money in the machine
Shhhhh
For real … now why know why the locals always hated the strip
Even compared to last decade or so when Hangover Movies on Vegas were Biggies, the prices of Vegas Casinos were CHEAPer 🤔
I was planning a trip here but I think I’ll hit up Mexico instead
Hit Mexico City. You can gamble there, too. It’s a fun city. And boatload of things to do there. I’ve bee twice in the last three years. Hotels are very cheap. Even in the nice areas. Don’t get me wrong. Not all areas are safe. Like any big city.
Plenty of Indian casinos with great amenities.
The cartel issues now in Mexico is a deal breaker.
Last checked, $1300 for 3 days for the room, the taxes, resort fees, parking. $70 for two burgers, fries and a drink at Fat Burger in the hotel. NO!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's always been like that, what's new is the effect Trump has had on international tourism and the economy.
Spending all that money, just to lose more money? Stupidity. Casinos are ripoffs.
@Chris-xo2rq No it hasn't! I remember 3 dollar prime rib dinners,50 cent heinekens, the Belagio used have 25 dollar all you can eat king crab legs and prime rib brunch's.
@skiploader85 What 25 years ago? I'm talking about what changed RECENTLY.
@Chris-xo2rq dummy
dont be fooled by the crowds. no one is spending money. nobody is drinking. just walkin around. too bad
All window shopping. They're looking at slots and table games and wishing they could play. They're looking at restaurants no one can eat at. They're praying for buffets to come back. They made breakfast extinct in Las Vegas, just like when you skip it at home.
@HiccupleBasically Monaco
@KanaoruMonaco is Monaco. Las Vegas was never supposed to be this.
True enough . My son and his wife went to Vegas a year ago and all they did was walk around looking at the pricey hotels and stores.
I made a stop in Vegas in September (driving from Arizona to SF), not an American (came from Europe) but currently working in the Bay Area. I just walked the strip, checked that everything is overpriced. Few elderly at the casino tables and slots, even fewer people at bars and restaurants. Just picked some food and gas from Costco and drove off. Not planning on returning even though I’m trying to visit as many places as I can in the US before I return home, cause I really like this country.
Buffets gone, 6/5 blackjack, resort fees, triple zero roulette, charging for car parking. What experience am i getting other than a shakedown? 😂
Well it is a Vegas shakedown
000 roulette?? Shit!! I used to go to Vegas years ago and I like Roulette, but I would only play the ones that had just 1 green 0.
Triple zero roulette should be a warcrime
they charge for parking now??
08:30 .. wow that mall has everything - except visitors
Just got out of this industry yesterday, just couldn’t go on, phones were silent, no one wants to come here anymore, greedy owners pulling more amenities and charging more fees and higher rates, pulling our commissions, rooms not getting cleaned, guests getting angrier. Time to move on to another industry, to greener pastures.
A real shame. However, times change. Some people try to capture that feeling of Christmas in the '60s and '70s. Just won't happen, the times have changed
I saw bed bugs at the Aria my last stay in Vegas, and the pillow looked like it was stained with body fluids 😮. The sheets smelled as if someone had left their scent in it as well, so obviously the rooms are not being cleaned. On top of that, I was charged for an early check in fee when I had already made arrangements to check in at 2pm.
@campcoy51Take it from someone that's worked in this industry 23 Years, All of those casino hotels have bugs, Roaches and Bed Bugs. And housekeeping won't clean the room if they don't feel like it, their Union says they don't have to. And The Owners know this, but they don't care, they just like all the money they're making, charging more for less amenities, understaffed because they don't want to pay for more workers.
I hope they die a miserable death. Until they are giving rooms for free with a buffet thrown in, I will never visit again.
Like everything else
I so hope it fails. These corporate CEO’s ruin almost everything they touch. They ruined Harley Davidson as well.
I am not a collectivist by any stretch of the imagination, but I am so tired of everything, every little facet and atom of our lives being preyed upon. Every ritual, custom, social interaction Nothing is ever sacred, it is exhausting.
@Nylon_Riotthank social media for the good and the bad. I used to work with a guy in the 80’s who would say, ‘ ignorance is bliss’. He was correct.
@Nylon_Riot become a collectivist, stop giving the right a pass, right wing ideology is the ideals of pedo nazis, capitalism has failed
@Nylon_Rioteveryone needs to have some collectivist tendencies
right on man. Go woke. go broke Harley. and electric HARLEY?? are you friggin kidding me!!!@
Nobody has money to blow at a casino, times are the hardest they have ever been.
We're in a depression and they won't even say the word recession...
Hotel rooms were extremely affordable, dining prices were reasonable, and parking was complimentary. Those were the perks that attracted people all over the world to visit Las Vegas, but now it's all about ripping everyone off and not letting you win.
Foreign travelers don't want to come to the US, because of ICE. We are going elsewhere.
Nowadays LV has got way too many Asian Gamblers 💯 Crazy Rich Mandarin Speaking 🇹🇼🇸🇬🇨🇳
@BlueWolf-tg1bf You only have to worry about ICE if you come illegally. If you have a tourist visa, there is nothing to worry about.
Facts ❤
@BlueWolf-tg1bf GOODBYE!
$500 resort fee for a $150 room...WTF! 😡
That's it
$150 ROOM? WTF??!!!
No wonder we here in Canada have said to hell with the entire place as that is one of one hundred examples of rip-offs
@Evinruderascal Can't forget the boycott, either. It's working.
@joeschmoe-00 Yeah, and everything is digital now - who wants to press buttons on computerized slot machines? If I wanted to play video games I can just do that at home!
I lived in Las Vegas back in the seventies, worked at the Stardust and it was a blast at the time. It was actually affordable to live there. Made decent money at the stardust. I live in Arizona now and wouldn't even consider driving there and wasting my time and gas. Really sad to see it decline so bad. Bunch of greedy corporations ruined it for everyone.
Where in Arizona? Phoenix is more pricey than Las Vegas
I live in Phoenix...no way.
@lanaj1107 the native American casinos around Phoenix is so much nicer and cleaner also better payouts and food than Vegas for sure that the "normal" person can afford too.
@lanaj1107look at the rent index
Seventies, what, so are you 120 now
Ridiculous. Not going back there ever again...
This is a picture of the nation...the obliteration of the middle class.
agreed indeed. oh well, in 100 years we'll all be dead =D
To be honest Vegas is a luxury. It’s not meant to be for everyone. So yea I’m middle income/class. Gambling to me is just a waste of money. And if you do win the thieving government wants to tax the hell out of it. I’d rather buy things I want or need.
Middle Class is just temporarily delusional Working Class. There is no middle class. There’s the rich who own everything, and then there’s the rest of us.
We need to come together and eat them.
@meridiasbeacon7669because that worked out so well in Russia and China.
@dug8377 oh, yea it has, Russia went from a country with 13% literacy rate and an average lifespan of 20-30 years to the world’s second most powerful country with some of the highest quality of life at the time, and China went from literally nothing with millions starving every year and humiliated and colonized by the British to industrial powerhouse (easily in the top 10 most powerful countries on earth during Mao’s time) in about the same amount of time, and today is basically objectively the most powerful country on the planet (yes the US has more military projection rn but honestly only by a bit, and China has a waaaaay bigger economic power projection, which is more important, coz the US can’t make missiles without those Chinese industries)
The average lifespan in the Soviet Union went from 20-30 to around 80, same with China, in only a few decades. Was everything perfect? No! This country came out of being a literal shithole and had to catch up with 200 years of industrialization and they STILL managed to surpass every other country except the US AFTER being the most devastated country in WW2, which let me remind you was the most devastating war in the history of mankind (Soviets did about 80% of the victories in the European theatre, with the Chinese doing 80% of the fighting against the Japanese, tho ofc the naval front in the pacific was American)
Not to mention that the last time anything was remotely going well in the United States was when there were plenty of socialists around US politics to push things the right direction, but of course this all ended in the 60s and 10 years later begun the era of patchwork neoliberalism and here we are today - we see how well it’s going.
Literally everything in this country is becoming a luxury. Even daily needs
If water starts becoming a luxury, I'm moving out of the country.
People voted for an administration of billionaires who openly espoused economic policies for the rich. They blatantly posited that it's more economically productive to cater towards the upper class. Are we so blinded by politics we don't see the problem with going all-in on that theory?
@horsepowermultimediait seems like the entire world might be headed for this horrid reality
@G101-WillIAm All before a horrific collapse.
@jesuisjaxpeople didn’t vote on anything. It’s a scam. We’re manipulated to think we have choice. We don’t
Its not tourists. Vegas and Henderson locals can’t afford to go out on the strip today. The middle class no longer exists and vegas was built on middle class.
Thats so sad really
And what middle class still exists isn't welcome. They want the milllonaires.
@indy_go_blue6048 Indeed about like that laughingstock baseball team that Vegas supposedly ends up with in 2028 provided they get the financing and their stadium built. They crapped on Oakland on the way out along with crapping on their limited Sacramento fan base from 2025 through 2027. In 2028 allegedly they will move to Vegas to play in a 33,000 seat dome stadium on the Strip to watch a mediocre team most years and in Vegas where they have limited entertainment dollars and a smaller market. Just waiting for all those millonaires to watch their Las Vegas A's finish 72-90 in the average season so Gap/Old Navy owner John Fisher can fleece the people of Las Vegas and Nevada.
Never been to Las Vegas and never want to go.
This is all I need to see of Las Vegas. Thank you for sparing me the in-person disappointment.
We had talked about driving out there this winter for old times sake. Haven't been there in years. All the recent Las Vegas videos about how expensive it is changed our minds, lol.
Don't forget They Stole a whole Pro sports team
💯 Vegas looks expensive and boring AF
Big same
Maybe people are finally waking up to the fact that gambling is a ripoff scam.
The odds are stacked against you. Why would someone want to throw their money away like that.
I don't know man, the amount of people doing it online now is crazy.
Lol, good one. Good one…
My uncle always used to say take a look at their house and take a look at your own house, who do you think's going to win😅
Gambling should be seen as entertainment. I never felt bad losing money this way.
The rich and the corporations have bleed us dry. We don’t have anymore money. We are staying home and finding fun with activities we can do at our house..
Doing a puzzle of the strip is a better idea...
Likely the gambling revenue is down. Everything in Vegas was nearly free because the gambling paid for it.
The casinos were drawing you in to take your money gaming. It was obvious when I was there several decades ago that the rooms, food and entertainment were being given away. Definitely not that way now.
another good comment
@Billy97ify Yep, my parents went there in the 70's w friends when they had the single deck blackjack, cheap rooms, buffets etc. My dad was a number's guy who would win some $, they had a good time..for a good deal. I was there in the early 2000's b4 all the "fees" when it was still fun. Now, no thanks.
Aw, we have not, either.
even in the early 2000s i remember the free buffets
I lived there for about 25 years. Watched it / predicted this more than 15 years ago. Vegas is not cool anymore. Unless you're rich.
İt was never " cool"
@frederickmuhlbauer9477 Wrong. It was cool once, glad I got to enjoy it when it was.🙂
The rich only wanted to see the shows
@frederickmuhlbauer9477 ya it was cool from 1998 to 2008 when I was there. Then things changed. The strip clubs are the worst. And you know what that was a big draw. But when women just want 500 for 3 dances in a VIP room most normal guys aren't interested. Only rich guys are still being fleeced.
Rich don't go back to place ghost town and dead tourism.
Vegas was an Adult Playground with Slots . But corporations decided to turn it into a Disney in the Desert . And charge prices on Par with Disney . The results are obvious .
and the mentality is "Disney"
This is how they can afford to pay the multi-million dollar bonuses for the CEOs.
Corporate mentality needs to go... It's downward spiral for everyone except the CEOs
But but it's trumps fault 🤦♂️🤣
They had to because all the Indian Casinos in California drawing away gamblers.
The reason the pool was crowded is because people were getting more bang for that resort fee and they can't afford to go anywhere else after paying said resort fee.
Well, the pool is great when the heat of the summer is there. But the desert becomes very cold: Fall, Winter, and Spring. They even close off the hot tubs.
Its free to piss in the pool, they charge to use bathrooms 🚻
@dan3nad Oh my god that was hilarious!
@dan3nad😂 that's some good comic relief
That's what I thought.
And don't forget the horrible public schools!
Lived in Vegas for 15 years and just sold my house and move to Tennessee. The last few years every time we would go to the strip I swore I would never go back. Complete rip off of epic proportion! You can literally go to an all inclusive resort in Mexico for a week for what it cost to spend 2 days in Vegas.
I was there for 13 yrs. Never been back.
Same. Lived there 20 years and moved to Florida
@surplussean3364 You must be rich...and willing to risk losing everything to the next hurricane. have fun getting insurance.
Please don't Nevada beautiful TN
You are welcome to TN, just please be respectful of this beautiful state and its ways (speaking as a west coast transplant myself)
VEGAS IS NOT ABOUT GRANDEUR AND LUXURY
VEGAS IS ABOUT TACKYNESS, DRUGS, SLEEZE - ITS MYSTIQUE IS GONE
Exactly all the things Americans love
Sounds like the current regime.
That was why people I knew used to go.
Sin City
laws and regulation ; drove the mob out of vegas. vegas looks like it does; because of the heavy political influence. which is why vegas looks like china
Totally timely video!! Ive been hearing the same things from a lot of people. You nailed it!
Glad you enjoyed it girl!
I don’t even keep up with tourism, and I was aware that Las Vegas had become too expensive
They know that crap they know what they’re doing
Part of a bigger picture
Corporations have just become out of control
Thanks for covering the ridiculous high cost of the strip Nick. We live here and only go to Station Casinos. The greed has ruined what used to be affordable.
If they want to make Las Vegas strip for the rich…..that’s O.K. There are plenty of off strip places that value middle class gamblers and casinos closer to home where you can save travel expenses. It’s not worth getting worked up about.
Biden put me completely off the US. No de-esculation talks before Russia crossed the border into Ukraine. Breaking the Warsaw agreement over and over. Yucky country. Im from Australasia and we are supposed to agree👎
Vegas used to be the most magical place on earth back in the day... They have destroyed it!
Will the last visitor please turn the lights off.
Boomers are aging out, Gen X is all about staying home and laying low, millennials have no interest in gambling and over graphic sexualization.
Nobody smokes anymore and even drinking to excess ain’t what it used to be. So, what else ya got, Vegas? Oh! That’s right super high prices for EVERYTHING from parking to food.
German from Venice did a walk around rodeo drive and the walk of fame and it looked the same. We are in the middle of a cultural collapse
@shadowtail4063 Just California. I went to Texas from LA and they have amazing culture. But every major City in California is overpriced and dangerous and filled with homeless. Politics ruined California from late 90s to late 2020's Cali has been democrat and its been a shithole. Cali in 40s-90s was uncomparable to now and thats when it was republican.
Gen Z wont ever go either. They wont have any money for anything.
@widdsabjaqagreed
that is prob why vegas is not going after those types anymore esp the millennials as you said that don't gamble but they love fancy things most millennials hates simple lives, so they had to turn vegas into a fancy city to cater to them. 28 to 45 i think is their main target now. They are going after gen x who have alot of money as well. Gen x will be the high rollers or most money spending group, and trust fund people who are now older like 30's age who can do those fancy things, and who likes pro sports ufc expensive shows and fancy shops and dinners/fancy drinks.
Millennials love fancy shopping. You saw those shops in that area he went all fancy, its like a desert miami now. I think that is what they are going for let's see if they will attract those people like miami did, or if they revert back which i don't see happening, or the other reality could be it all could fail and it really will turn into a ghost town not sure, but i think vegas has too much money and connections to ever fail just like nyc
Vegas killing itself. Good for them. People are happier staying home and watching RUclips! Expensive, tacky, dirty, and dangerous. 🎉
And Way Too Many Asian these days 🇸🇬🇹🇼🇨🇳
Back in 2016 The casinos were slinging free drinks at me just for playing there slots i would tip like 2-3 dollars and everyone was happy now you couldn't pay me to go to Vegas
We went in 2019 - a Russian waitress at El Cortez brought us drinks when my husband pulled a 20 out for the a lot machines. When we went in 2022, the very same waitress scowled at us asking for free drinks after playing for a while.
@LS-hu1lm she probably remembered you guys stiffing her and not tipping. I see how many slot players don't tip. I live in Vegas.
@LS-hu1lmservers are greedy people who only care about their tips.
their
Come on , really
Fear and loathing indeed.
Put regulations on corporations and keep them out of politics. They have too much control.
Problem is most Americans trust corporations even more than the government, not realizing they are two dirty hands belonging to the same body.
@nomaxxinno it’s every corporation, they all lobby
nobody controls you unless you let them. 1984-101.
@tokeshedyou’re joking right? There’s bo way you possibly think that, everyone thinks you’re crazy if you trust Walmart over government, bc government ‘are the good guys who make the roads’ no, most people trust government more than corporations, even though they’re the same thing. Corporations are legal fictions created by government, it’s how they get away with things. Companies are different bc people are recognized as people, not corporations treated as people.
Oh no? I guess we can’t get hookers and blow in the desert anymore until they change their prices. At least Las Vegas corporations aren’t trying to start wars and print money out of thin air debasing entire societies.
Ridiculous. Oh wait, it’s bc government CONTROLS EDUCATION.
@atheistleopard248412 years government schooling is why people don’t realize. For everyone thinking for themselves, there’s thousands being pumped out of government indoctrination camps ready to ‘school’ you in how corporations own government 😂😂😂😂 when corporations are legal fictions created by the state. This is how they keep your focus twisted so you entrust them with MORE POWER. They printed all the money and ruined everything, then when Trump tries to unfuck this they scare everyone about ‘the collapse’ bc guess what? They have no real education over what tariffs are or HOW they are used. Did the media doom and gloom over inflation being caused? No. It tariffs used as negotiating tools on select industries? APOCALYPSE!!!
I’d laugh but it’s so fucking depressing.
Yep. Corporations took it over. Ironically they are making more with less people. Prices raised enough to make a better profit. Won’t last long.
they do that with everything these days. They don't care about $10 burgers at fast food because someone will be pressed enough to buy one.
@theflyingkaramazovbrothers6 pressed rat and warthog
@bs4427 I wish it were but when huge corporations take over it’s ALL about increasing stock holders equity (money)
These buildings and slot machines and chandeliers will not translate to cash, not like Toys R Us
Is corporations code for “Hebrews”?
kind of ironic that vegas was run better under the mafia.
Yeah, amazing that they knew how to run a business better than the MBA's.
It wasn't the jewish mafia
Almost like the money laundering kept everything else affordable
Apparently still Mediterranean - but not Sicilian.
Yup they took from the casino not the visitor good business model
Came from Australia in 2016 and 2019.
Both times was really busy end of June.
Looks absolutely dead by comparison
To be fair, the luxury properties (Bellagio, Wynn, etc) were never meant to be affordable for normal people. But Flamingo, Tropicana, Sahara, etc were there for us normal income folk.
Wynn and Caesar own everything now.
Old Vegas now... but even there the $5 tables are gone
Have you been inside those cheaper hotels these days? It feels like you will somehow get syphilis, lung cancer, and some kind of addiction just be being in the building and touching anything.
yep the old Vegas
I lost it, “32 dollar Cheeseburger! Cmon”.
Horrible, worse than theme park prices.
Thats not bad at all...oh wait! thats $45 Canadian !!!!!
Same $45 Australian 🇦🇺 😮
No literally I buy a $115 season pass for food when I go to Cedar Point and that covers two meals a day every single day for the entire season Should I choose to go every single day for the entire season with my $99 season pass
They make going to the movie theater look cheap. 😂
That was it when I was there for work a few years ago, prices are crazy for everything,
My son's plane was delayed, and he was stuck in Vegas last weekend. All the casinos are $300 or more a night, except the dump Circus Circus, which was only $77 a night. The cabs rip people off. My son was walking down the main street, carrying all his luggage, as he searched for an affordable room. I was so pissed off and worried for his safety. I live across the river from Laughlin, but haven't gone over there for a couple of years because I'm disabled now. Thanks for showing me.
Why didn’t he try somewhere else besides the Strip, instead of wandering around with his luggage? The off-Strip properties are a lot cheaper.
CircusCircus closed last month? Right? I just watched a video on them. Nothing was open, the river they had was drained, the coaster wasn't running. Almost no food options. It was sad to see. So if they are still open, If he stayed there, how was it?
Air bnbs are super cheap
Skill issue
@runwitvision47not sure if you ever actually been to Vegas but there’s not BNBs like that lol. It’s basically illegal to have one in Vegas 😂
Happy to take my money ELSEWHERE!
Pro Tip - If you want a free mini-fridge in your room, tell them you have medication that requires refrigeration and they are legally required to provide one to you for free.
They will likely ask to see the medication, not the prescription just show them the medication
They've figured out this hack. They will now give you a fridge that's small enough for a single can of soda and probably wont keep it very cold.
@Qorelin
BWAHAHAHAHAHAH!
They would rather buy a specific, custom made small fridge rather than letting you using an already running fridge.
i cant.
i just cant.
i can afford to go to vegas, but i definitely wont go there to give my goddamn money to these motherfcking leech.
@Qorelin Damn, like one of those thermoelectric coolers? That's hilarious.
This doesn't work. They give you a drawer that keeps your medicine at 50°. Its a drawer large enough to fit basically nothing but a pill bottle.
When you said, "even the In-N-Out burger is dead" this confirmed it. In-N-Out is usually busy as hell anywhere I go.
The ones off the strip are busy, and they do not charge high prices.
@milehihandymanyup the most affordable meal
Yes. In and outs are always busy!
it happened to be an off weekend. Its usually busy and our business mainly comes from the folks in So Cal. They don't go to Vegas due to the prices, here Laughlin they get more for their money.
It's going to take an FDR or JFK type of president to rebuild the nation after trump and to get the economy moving again. Trump has completely wrecked the economy and ground it to a halt.
The resorts should take notes from when the Mafia ran the town. They gave you a nice room for a cheap price, treated you to a good show and prime rib dinner, plus watched over your grandmother and treated her like a queen, as she played the penny slots.
Yeah, no one ever said they were saints, but they made a fortune off the gambling, not gouging all the tourists. That lady said it, people like her like her coming five times a years was just fine with them then but she won't be coming back, Imagine paying more for a burger than seeing Elvis or Sinatra. Even crazy Howard Hughes didn't screw it up this much
They swill running Vegas now have totally surpassed the mafia in decadence, greed, and avarice....May their 'demise' be horrific and final.
Who cares what they did 50-100 years ago grandpa?
@angelachouinard45815 times a year is insane… get a life …
The mafia didn't run Las Vegas.
I went once on a free trip from my wife's company. I've never seen so many sad people in one place. I'll never go back even for free.
😂 vegas was always where depressed losers went to escape from their shit lives.
😂😂😂please allow me to laugh.
Musa in South Africa
I went to Vegas 20 years ago and you could find blackjack tables for $1 and $2 and craps for $5. $2.99 steak and eggs at midnight.
You might want to mention that corporate Vegas is getting rid of human dealers in favour of electronic dealers bc they don't want to pay dealers. It cuts into their profit margin.Another reason to boycott Vegas.
We are mere peasants for the corporate overlords...yet we're distracted by trans, woke, immigrant blah blah blah.
One more way to control how the cards fall. Who the heck am I gonna give a dirty look to when I lose all my cash!!
Well, that is certainly short sighted of them. With an electronic dealer, it’s even less special, and more like staying home and gambling on line. So, people might as well stay home .
@sorbabaric1They want you to stay home. Once they've sucked the whole scene dry, they don't want or need you anymore.
Then they get the whole place to themselves, which is also what they want.
Can you imagine ever winning if the dealer is AI...?
Averaged going to Vegas 5-6 times a year. If you would have asked me 3 years ago, my dream was to live there. Today, I have no desire to ever go back.
Same here ! I was going to move there in 2017 . Last time in Vegas was 2020 that was the beginning of the end if you ask me
My last straw for me is when they tax your resort fee; you pay a resort fee of $50 then they tax you $7 on the resort fee. CRAZY!!!
They probably want a tip on top of the resort fee and taxes.
When the people WITH the money are saying they won’t come back because it’s expensive says a lot
Some friends of mine make $300K together, and they'll head to Reno, not even Vegas, and blow $50K on gambling. The casino covers their plane fare, hotel, and food, but only because they make a huge profit off them. They act like they're VIPs just because the casino sends a limo to pick them up at the airport. I keep telling them they're the ones paying for all that, but they're gambling addicts.
Pocket watching your friends is a female trait
That’s cause they’re hurting for business - Vegas isn’t desperate at this point - difference lol
Exactly!
I really dont understand why they think these things are free. They are just paying by gambling and they know that.
@TxpNoveske The logic is win or lose they still get the comp. They make good money, but in the 30 years I've known them, you'd think they worked in fast food. Earning $300K, yet they live in a manufactured home and drive a Jeep Compass. It's crazy.
I make 100k a year and can’t afford Vegas.
You sure will be taxed more so that Zuckerberg and Bezos and Musk can live more lavishly.
Stay away !
Vegas use to be affordable and fun. Now it’s too expensive for us regular folks. Such a shame.
Nowadays LV has got way too many Asian Gamblers 💯 Crazy Rich Mandarin Speaking 🇹🇼🇸🇬🇨🇳
Disneyland's high prices have cut their own throats, as well...
And not fun too
Not a shame, we don't need that moral rot in our lives.
Household $240k here.. it’s still too expensive.
Most rich people don't buy that luxury goods stuff. Middle income people who want to look rich buy it, the real rich people shop at Costco.
Rich people buy assets not liabilities. Thats the difference between the Rich and the working class. Most Rich people are not out buying flashy expensive crap unless you’re a Politician in power or Trump. That old saying don’t flash your cash holds true with the rich not just the criminals
Those end Gucci shops are everywhere in the world now.
You absolutely right!!
@Phil-j7t I give you a thumb up for Rich people buy assets not liabilities, but I totally/100% support Trump, he is the greatest president.
Many rich people do buy it
Las Vegas is ruined. I remember LV back in the 1980’s, it was so glamorous, and so spread out. So many of the vintage hotels are gone, replaced with tacky hotels like NY NY, Paris. The desert theme was lost with Aladdin, the Sands, the Dunes, Stardust,
Remember the Hacienda?
I went to Vegas every year from 1983 to 2019. The prices are way past ridiculous. Never again. It was fun back in the day.
@RedEyeC I do. It was there when I moved to LV in 1974.
My girl friend's father worked there and Howard Hughes
was a frequent visitor.
"1980’s, it was so glamorous" I'm picturing Rabbit fur coats and Pimps LOL!
@RedEyeCYes, it was fairly close to the Tropicana.
Ever since they started the resort fees they lost me.
It's like the entire town has airport prices.
The resort fees are the biggest scam there. All that stuff should be included. The restaurants were insane. We ended up eating fast food and grocery store food the entire time we were there. This was 10+ years ago and it was bad then. Looks like it's worse now.
There is literally no such thing as "resort fees", they are just chopping up the room charge. It's all the room charge. IDK how they think people are so dumb, except I guess that a lot of people are that dumb lol.
Resort fees are robbery.
Ten years ago by friend and I would drive from Summerlin to Bellagio, park free and eat dinner, do some shopping and have drinks.
We went back one year and they wanted $25 to park. We stopped going.
@CallMeAlisaLoveme yeah it's all the same in the end. also considering the total cost of the room including the resort fee is $89/night, which is basically free, and it somehow doesn't even look like a fleabag hotel despite that price, i agree that the resort fee is a really weird thing to be upset about. especially considering some things in this video like the restaurants actually are expensive. $24 for three meatballs in this video and some people are upset about the $89 hotel room?????
Corporations are ruining everything, not just Las Vegas.
Yup... just what I was thinking... f*cking Private Equity shit!
Greed is one of the *Deadly Seven* and I consider it as the worse of the Seven because it promotes bad things and that is it promotes more greed. It spreads like wildfire and a contagious disease.
Most of the Vegas customers are retirees who voted for Trump. Now they're feeling the effect of his polices. Big Beautiful Bill is not exactly senior friendly.
@johndong7524 This has been going on for years now, years before Trump therefore cannot blame him for what's happened in Vegas. It is the sheer greed of corporations that did this when they started charging resort fees and parking for guests that is now up to $75 a night.
@ScorpioBornIn69Trump is a head of a corporation himself and all his buddies are corporate CEOs who run America. They were all in attendance at his inauguration. Musk was treating an oval office like his living room. So yeah, there's definitely a connection, wouldn't you say? Just look what Trump did to Atlantic city. Same fate awaits Las Vegas.
Yeah, I wanna drive 250 miles for the opportunity to buy a $50 burger and deposit my remaining cash into a machine with a bunch of colorful lights...NOT!
Teacher that makes sense!!!😂😂😂
I visited Laughlin in 1998 & 1999 while I lived in Arizona and it was booming ,and offered 4 day stays for under $200.00 total.
Isn't vegas supposed to be really cheap, so average people can have a good time gambling and blowing their money???
Not any longer.
Yeah back in 1998
It was great in 2017. Had a blast and it cost next to nothing. I'd never go back now.
True. Dave Ramsey is a total jackass but I agree with his stance on gambling.
Perhaps people are getting smarter
They realize gambling is a waste of money
Even the gambling has changed. They've upped the minimum bets A LOT and made the odds worse. There's lots of tripe zero roulette and 6:5 blackjack. It's ridiculous.
@clayortex triple zero roulette is a good game. Theres a secret to it. And 6:5 black jack means double down on black jack. Just view it as an 11. You gotta learn the secrets. If you don't know how to count cards you have no business playing black jack.
math doesn't lie. The odds are fundamentally worse. Even with pefect play 6:5 shifts the odds to the house. Three zeros on roulette fundamentally makes the odds worse, there's no "trick" to roulette
Gamblers are some of the dumbest humans beings on the planet
I dont think its that people are not gambling; its that people are gambling differently. Vegas and AC used to be THE options for gamblers; now, most states have casinos within driving distance for most people, and if you dont want to do that, you can gamble over your phone or your PC. No real reason to have to go to Vegas anymore.
This is what happens when you let companies MONOPOLIZE and own EVERYTHING !! TREASONOUS !! 🇺🇸
Exactly. When corporations run your country, it's not a democracy (obviously).
No one is forcing you to go to Las Vegas.
@altratronic good, now they'll be waiting for some random millionaire just to make money
Maybe try a different word than "treasonous". Treason is the crime of betraying one's country, typically by waging war against it or providing assistance to its enemies. Hardly applicable to a sh*thole place like Vegas.
💯% on THAT
YOUNG PEOPLE BUYING A HOME WILL NEVER BE THERE WITH ALL
THE EXTRAS PLUS
COST OF CARS NOW
Greed literally destroyed everything
* Capitalism destroys everything.
and Trump! Same thing really.
This is the consequence of that
It really makes no sense. What’s the point of boosting prices so high nobody goes? They won’t make any money if middle class can’t even afford a cheeseburger
@mytyguy-4210pTrump slump. Foreign tourists won't visit because of Trump.
Some have said that the price increases are a calculated maneuver by the big corporations that control Vegas in order to attract a more affluent group of people to Vegas. Wealthy people did not become wealthy by allowing themselves to be fleeced by unscrupulous corporations. I think we'll see the wealthy stay away in droves too.
Hi. Indeed, I’m sure they’re vacationing in way more luxurious places like Tahiti and the Fiji Islands. I’m sure they want to be as far away from we-the-people as is humanly possible. Lol.
It's actually due to CASINO corporate INCOMPETENCE and GREED. Casinos started selling their properties to big TRILLION DOLLAR hedge firms back around 2008 or so and entered sale-lease back agreements with them. The hedge firms now OWN the casinos buildings and the land on which they sit. The casino corporations are now LEASING and PAYING RENT for properties that they used to own. And apparently the rents increase by anywhere from 2 - 3% each year. With the yearly rent increases, the casinos are now trying to pass these increased costs on to the tourists. Hence the EVER INCREASING PRICES, INCREASING FEES, HOTEL STAFF AND SERVICE CUTS, ETC. This is now a case of BILLION dollar corporate casinos versus TRILLION dollar hedge firms. And the trillion dollar hedge firms are the bigger fish in the pond
Rich people know how much hamburger costs.
Why would a wealthy person go to Las Vegas when there are so many other, much nicer, places to visit?
This is why McDonald's is going under. They upped the price on their burgers to cater to their wealthy and ran off all their poor customers that actually keep their restaurants in business. You have people in the top running these businesses like this because they can't connect to common poor people.
Corporate greed is just killing our country. I've been living in Taiwan for the last few years - they have universal healthcare (five dollars to replace a filling at the dentist, ten dollars for three months of hypertension meds), food prices are much lower, public transportation is efficient, fast, and cheap, the streets are safe at night. I wish we could take some policy lessons from other countries, but most Americans don't know much about the rest of the world, and corporate interests would probably stymie efforts at reform.
How much income tax do you pay?
Yes I moved to peace ✌️🕊️ full southern Spain no mass gun ownership less than 100 gun deaths a year USA mass gun ownership 250,000 men women and children shot every year 🤔 also universal health care 😘 sense of community kids can play by themselves in the streets after midnight in the hot summer ⛱️ night 🌃 and last but not least women can legally be topless on the beach ⛱️👏👍
I hear Taipei is awesome. Do you speak Chinese?
@davemccage7918 average earner is 20% - google it. Very efficient country ran by a governament that works in the interest of the people. How do i know? My partner is from Taiwan and we went back in 2023. We went to Taipei zoo and it cost me - as a foreigner - around £2.5($3.40) for a ticket - and the zoo was amazing! In the UK its about £20 to visit the zoo. Street food was around £2-3 a meal. Taiwan is a very well ran country with great people. You can leave your phone at the bar, go to the toilet and it'll still be there when you get back. Wonderful country.
Well said.
There is no reason to visit Vegas unless it's cheap
I'm through with Vegas. I used to go at least once a year but haven't been back in the past 5 years. Nothing is the same as it was. The deals are gone, ...the excitement is gone. Add in parking fees, resort fees and outrageously expensive food. Count me out!
Same here. I've been to Vegas 3 times in my life: 25 years ago; 20 years ago; & 10 years ago. The amount of people shown in this video is about a quarter of the amount of people walking around during any one of my visits. It is not enough to keep Vegas going.
@enlightenedhummingbird4764 Vegas used to be called sin city. Maybe will go away.
That's why I don't believe the BS that Trump caused all this
It's not only Vegas - the whole country is only good for rich people.
We can hardly afford to buy groceries-----America is in TROUBLE!
The satanic tactics are to "create" the one-world-government...
and install the mark-of-the-beast upon forehead or in right hand,
Thus,
CONTROLLING
thoughts & actions.
Stay free.
Stay human.
Created in God's image.
Serve Jesus...
not satan.
Trump's America
@PaintdropArrow nah its right wingers doing right winger shit, stop blaming everyone but the problem, everyone on the right is the problem
@oeb3847 Your president just stated before UN groceries, gas, rent, etc. prices at all time low.
I first went to Vegas for a conference in 1990. It was old Vegas back then. Gambling still reigned. Cheap rooms, cheap food, free parking, and no resort fees. It made Vegas accessible and attractive to conferences and trade shows. Since the Disneyfication of the place it has become less and less attractive. Next year, my conference is there again. If I don't like it, I'm probably going to switch to the international show that is held in Barcelona. It may be the same price or higher, but I won't have to submit to the insult of being soaked in this way.
These days💬 Vegas Casinos has got way too many Asian Gamblers 💯 Crazy Rich Mandarin Speaking Folks 🇹🇼🇸🇬🇨🇳
You'll also get to go to Barcelona, one of the world's loveliest and most exotic cities with wonderful architecture and high culture, instead of a sleazy dump in a viciously hot, dry climate.
@chicagonorthcoast Thank you, yes. There are downsides because the EU show caters to a different market. Many of the US reps aren't present. Still, Spain is wonderful. ❤
People used to go there for their bachelor and bachelorette parties. Now they all flock here to Nashville.
Vegas isn't the only city or entity doing this. It's because of Disney. Years ago they figured out that raising prices would heighten the experience for their more affluent customers. Raise prices and the "undesirables" stay away. They spend less than the affluent and they make the line queues long. And the added benefit is Disney can staff fewer employees. Until it can be proven that this isn't sustainable, this is the way things will be everywhere
good observation, but it isn't just resorts or amusement, it's even in food to a less extreme degree.
What is interesting is who is considered the undesirables? People were fine 30 years ago at Disney. Disney was safe. It would appear to me that all of us pay a tax to not be punched or stabbed at a place that used to be considered safe for tourists.
But all the ritzy stores are empty
@jmz2144 all they need is one sale a week and it will cover their expenses
Yet, even as they price most people out, Disney still manages to maintain long queues.
Will never go to Disneyland again and I grew up in So. California. Go ahead and try and get all the "whales" , there is not enough of them. Die and go to hell.
Not only do people have less disposable income, due to stagnant wages, job loss, and the high cost of the necessities of life, but they can't use their credit cards because of the exorbitant interest rates. That's one factor that people who report on these things, aren't considering; that people used their credit cards to help them go on vacation and now they don't dare, because of 25% interest rates.
Ding ding 🛎️ ding 🛎️! We are in a recession!
Prices sky rocketed the last 4 years. Once they go up it is seldom they go down unless people boycott and sales happen. I worked all the OT I could when I was young and 2 jobs at different times. Lived in Mobile Home to save for down on house. Always invested in 401 K through brokers and it is the highest it has ever been. I retired and we paid off house kept our cars and there're paid off too. Parents passed so split house sales money and when car starts crapping out will buy new cash. Boomers are retiring and jobs should be available. Work 2 if you have to and maybe find room mates to help with housing cost and bills. I've always shop Thrift stores and yard sales. Learned new trades and sold what I made at my main job. You appear to be young and smart. Always be learning. Good luck to you.
@journeytrialslol we're booming. Jobs everywhere. People overspend and complain too much.
@ChrisM-h5u you got to be kidding me right?? what jobs??
@journeytrialsTheres hiring signs up everywhere i live. Nobody can find good help. Are you sure you live in the US?
Went 6 months ago. Never again. Everything is a rip off. Everything!