Case: Pros: \n- Easy to make money if you lack a college education.\n- A tourist economy that permits upward mobility among lower classes via tips. Also, it has become standard decorum in Vegas to tip in industries in that are not perceived as tip-worthy elsewhere (e.g., nail salons, car washes).\n- Kitschy architecture and art that is unique to Vegas. \n- Affordable houses and townhouses. \n- Less racial tension than other larger cities.\n- FREE PARKING EVERYWHERE!!! Parking lots are abundant, rarely do you ever have to park on the street, and parking lots are always free. \n- Cool place if you like to gamble and party.\n- A truly 24 hour city - you can do your grocery shopping, hit the gym, or go out to dinner 24/7. \n- The winters aren't warm (it's a desert, not the coast), but snow in the winter is never an issue. \n- Never humid, with a little extra conditioner you can get your hair to do whatever the hell you want it to and never have to worry about it going flat or frizzy.\n- Amazing shopping (think Chanel rather than Intermix). \n- Fine dining epicenter (housed in casinos only). \n\nCons: \n- The women in Vegas are vacuous, uneducated, with bad style. Frosted pink lipstick, huge fake boobs, haggard ex-druggie face, baby-T's and distressed denim, and lots of sweat. I feel like I'm in an eighties porno. \n- Incestuous social circles. \n- No locally grown food, and the stuff that is grown here isn't organic (or particularly nutritious since there is no decent soil in the valley). Consequently, the food off the strip is prepared with ingredients that are shipped in from California. These ingredients are picked before they are sufficiently ripened, treated with chemicals to artificially induce ripeness, and therein lies the reason why food in Vegas is tasteless and the flavors are so muted. \n- Limited things to do if you don't drink, gamble, or go to clubs. This means that if you are under 21, you are at home getting high and playing video games (I know I was). \n- No cultural innovation, since anyone remotely talented or creative moves somewhere else. No available jobs for creative professionals. \n- Commuter university that doesn't lend itself to the establishment of a college town culture. \n- One of the highest high school drop out rates in the nation.\n- One of the least responsive media markets in the nation. You will never see a film being released here that isn't being released in at least 100 other cities. \n- Highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation, a result of the insidious but ever-present religious power complex that exists in this city, constantly wielding its power to crush anything progressive or reasonable (like planned parenthood). \n- Lesbian community rife w/ gnarly uneducated women in cowboy hats or catty pseudo-hipster college students. \n- Huge population of people with limited or no education occupying high paying professions, meaning that the people operating this city are dumb as rocks. \n- Limited mental health care facilities, which translates into having a substantial percentage of the local population self-medicated and driving drunk 24 hours a day (hence the astronomical DUI rates).\n- One of the highest domestic abuse rates in the nation. Conjoin a bustling drug trade, the 24 hour availability of liquor, and underscore it all with a cultural milieu that hates women (ala conservative religious and androcentric sex trade gender politics), and you get sky high domestic abuse rates. \n- The city attracts people who can't successfully live anywhere else, whether its due to their disaffecting personality, addictive behavior, or delusional relationship with reality. \n- It's a small town masquerading as a big city. People move here because they think the valley is the Strip, when in actuality, if you're not on the Strip, you're essentially in a strip mall somewhere in Arkansas.\n- Downtown gentrification projects and new high rise developments are elitist, the cost of which prohibit young, creative, and innovative people from affording them. \n- All apartments have carpeted floors. Like I really want to live on a pile of fabric that has been lived on by innumerable other people that is impossible to sanitize. \n- The men in Vegas fall into one of three categories. A) a tourist who wants to get drunk and fuck, B) local who wants to get drunk and fuck, and then go home to his unknowing wife, C) Las Vegas native with severe addiction/mommy/daddy issues.\n- Inconvenient public trans, grid system city planning, no \""green\"" spaces, recycling services that don't serve apartments.\n- Post-segregation town; segregation was an irrefutable social scourge, but it encouraged the development of rich cultural enclaves (e.g., Little Tokyo, Little Italy, etc.). Vegas lacks these rich cultural hotspots.
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Case: Always friendly, they always greets you, clean, lots of tables, right next to SafeWay
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Case: Serendipity means \""happy accident\"" or \""pleasant surprise,\"" but unfortunately, this restaurant was neither. The wait, service, and food were all just mediocre, but it is a good place to take someone just for the experience. \n\nI normally do not mind the wait for popular restaurants, but the ladies who are in charge of the line are horrible at giving approximate wait times and they don't accommodate for everyone who is waiting to get placed on the waiting list. There were a handful of people who were ignored... who ended up leaving because of the horrible service they're getting (and they didn't even sit down yet!). We waited quite a long time to get seated, but our server was pretty helpful in helping us choose what to order. We decided to share the Don't Drop Your Skirt Steak Frites. It looks really fancy, but it didn't taste as fancy as it looked.\n\nWe also ordered the Frozen Hot Chocolate that everyone orders when they go to Serendipity. Now, I'm not a huge fan of chocolate, but I do enjoy hot chocolate. I thought frozen hot chocolate was going to taste super different, but it was just like regular hot chocolate! For a little over $10, I think I'll just make my own at home.
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Case: THE. BEST. HOTEL. IN. VEGAS. hands down!  We live in Los Angeles and come to Vegas often.  We have family and friends that live here, but this trip was to celebrate 3 friends birthdays from all over who were flying in to town.  There were 6 of us who chose Trump Hotel and we were all so happy we did.  Incredible service from the valet all throughout our weekend stay.  Best customer service ever.  The Rooms are insane with a small kitchenette, sub zero mini fridge, the most incredible jacuzzi tub I've ever been in, big rooms, comfortable beds, pet friendly, with dog walking services available, (our dog stayed at my moms this trip, but good to know for future), pool area is comfortable, day spa usage of steam and sauna,  FREE WiFi, Free shuttle to Wynn and Caesar's  Palace, great lobby bar, and the list goes on and on.  It's literally under a 5 min walk to the Strip, and directly across from Fashion Show Mall with Nordstrom at our front door from hotel..(heaven!). \n\nAll who work here go above and beyond to make sure your stay is comfortable.  Oh and every time we went to get our car, even at the busiest times, it was under 5 minutes.  \n\nI must admit when the internet blind deal popped up and showed us at Trump Hotel, I was bummed.  Thought it would be a bit on the cheese all side......but I was so happy to be proven wrong....\n\nWe will definitely be staying here again and again and again......
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Case: We ate Thanksgiving dinner at the Q. It was our very first time there so we didn't quite know what to expect.\n\nWe had heard and read all sorts of rave reviews of the place, but I have to say I was a little surprised by the very rustic surroundings, especially the non-paved parking lot.\n\nWe chose the 5 p.m. seating. We were greeted very warmly and seated promptly. Unfortunately, our table was close to the bathroom. If we go back, which we will, I would request a different table. \n\nWe were served with complimentary foccacia bread and carrot bread. The foccacia was good, but the carrot bread was phenomenal. Both were served warm with herb butter.\n\nWe then ordered a bottle of Cliff Lede sauvignon blanc that we thought was very good.\n\nAfter that, we placed our order. I had the Foraged Mushroom and Chestnut soup. It was excellent, but very rich and filling. My husband and daughter each had a beet and apple salad with cheddar and spring mix. They both thought it was excellent. The salad had both red and golden beets in it.\n\nMy husband and I both ordered the Turkey entree and our daughter ordered a risotto. The turkey was outstanding! Two huge thick slices coated with a little gravy and cranberry sauce. We actually would have liked more gravy and cranberry sauce. The accompaniments were mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, candied yams and cornbread stuffing. I was actually a bit disappointed with the accompanying dishes. I don't eat candied yams so didn't have any. The creamed spinach had a very runny consistency but was good. The mashed potatoes were good but didn't make much of a statement. The cornbread stuffing had a very mild flavor about it and I couldn't really taste it that much. I actually thought a better accompaniment would have been some roasted brussel sprouts. Just my opinion. Again, more cranberry sauce would have been appreciated and more gravy. That way we could have put some of the gravy on the potatoes.\n\nDessert was pumpkin pie or apple crisp. Our daughter ordered the pumpkin pie. She thought it was good but not memorable. My husband and I each ordered the apple crisp. It was so rich, I couldn't eat mine. Also, I couldn't discern hardly any apples in it. \n\nSO, the star of the meal was the turkey!\n\nThe meal was pricey at $59 per head (not to mention the bottle of wine). Also, we were taken aback that an 18% gratuity was automatically added to the bill. We generally leave a 20% gratuity which we would have done in this instance.\n\nNonetheless, it was a very memorable dining experience and we would definitely go back.
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Case: Accidentally walked in at 10 minutes before close and the amazing Amy welcomed us with open arms. She and the rest of the staff made it feel like we were at home. She was very knowledgeable with wine and the menu. The food was delicious. Try it.
Classification: lophophytosis


Case: This place is quantity over quality. I came for a weekday lunch and for $10, the food was just \""meh.\"" I would not let this be your introduction to dim sum, because those dishes are not very good. You can get a real dim sum lunch elsewhere for comparable pricing.  Eagles is an option if you want a variety of mediocre food. To be honest, nothing really stood out for me. My friend randomly threw some cash into a slot machine and won enough to cover our meals. That was good because i wouldn't pay to come back. Service though, was pretty good. Our plates were cleared and drinks kept full.
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Case: Me and a friend ended up here for brunch after the restaurant we had originally chosen was too full and we were too hungry to wait. \n\nLet me first start off by saying that the bar tables, were spring loaded. What does that mean? It means that for some bizarre reason, the designer of the restaurant decided to build tables that are on springs....that move when you press on them. This isn't really awesome for eating and drinking. I was spilling and splashing my drink all over the place and It was essentially impossible to rest my elbows or hands on the table without everything moving. I really just am having a hard time understanding the reasoning behind this decision. It seems there are some regular tables in other areas of the restaurant so at least you aren't forced to endure this strange experience. \n\nThe food was also a bit disappointing. I ordered a standard poached eggs with hash browns, sausage and fruit. The eggs were a bit soupy and there weren't very many potatoes that came with the meal. I asked for hot sauce and all they had was Tabasco. I love my eggs with proper good hot-sauce and in my opinion any good breakfast/brunch spot should ensure that have it. The saving grace were the toasted baguettes that came with the meal, perfectly toasted and buttered and the nice assortment of fruit as well. But those items were secondary to what I ordered. \n\nMaybe I just caught this place on a bad-day in terms of the food and I suppose I could have asked to change tables but this experience overall wasn't great and I doubt I will be back.
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Once you sift your way through all the Smith's shopping carts you find a pretty good little place, and it beats battling for parking on Spring Mountain, and the noisiness of Nobu.  We would come here special or no special (though the 2 for 1 Asahi nights is enough reason right there), but it's always fresh - plus they have oysters!  Decor could use an update yes, but you find yourself too busy stuffing your face to notice.\n\nAt least we were able to order our sushi directly at the counter (we didn't see our server too often - one more on to help couldn't hurt), and they did us a few special requests that other places didn't.   Don't forget your stamp card, we've gone through two!