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Why is there a large city (las Vegas) in the middle of a desert?
by irrational 4y ago
Why is there a large city (las Vegas) in the middle of a desert?
- cardiffspaceman 4y agoBecause there was a little town in the middle of the desert, and it got popular.
- TylerE 4y agoThis is a fairly recently development too.. in 1940 it had a population of only 8000.
- hyperhopper 4y agoBecause nobody was there to make laws against having fun. And people want to have fun so more people went there.
- formerkrogemp 4y ago> Because nobody was there to make laws against having fun. And people want to have fun so more people went there. What a libertarian and HN explanation. Quelle surprende.
- carapace 4y agoA murderous gangster named "Bugsy" thought it would be a good idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel#Las_Vegas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugsy_Siegel#Las_Vegas
- njarboe 4y agoDeserts are great places to live and found a civilization if you have access to water. See Mesopotamia and Egypt for example
- irrational 4y agoEgypt wasn’t a desert when it was founded. It became a desert later on as the climate changed and the region got hotter and drier. Mesopotamia isn’t a desert either. It’s called the Fertile Crescent. It is surrounded by desert, but so is everywhere else if you travel far enough.