For me it's the incessant marketing of extremely generic entertainment experiences, amidst a backdrop of sexual exploitation. And half of the marketing reeks of

For me it's the incessant marketing of extremely generic entertainment experiences, amidst a backdrop of sexual exploitation. And half of the marketing reeks of bait and switch. Plus the fact that it works on a plurality of tourists coming through makes it sad. I leave Vegas with less faith in humanity than I had when I came. It's been a few years though. Hunter S. Thompson had it right: try to cram as many drugs into your body as possible, seek out the ghosts of America's dead dreams and you may come out with some semblance of spirit intact.