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Originally Posted by Rochard
There you go. Mainstream businesses are being slammed too. Brick and mortal businesses in my home town and shutting down left and right still. They started to build a Sonic here, and when it was half way built they tore it down.
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I'm seeing the opposite here in Vegas. Back in 2008 and 2009 it was starting to look like everything here was shutting down.
The town was empty and businesses were closing all around out here off the strip where people actually live and work.
But for the last 6 months I'm noticing the casino's are slammed (you should have seen Fremont St. last night...I've never seen all the casinos and the street that packed since I moved here).
And out here in the "real" world of Vegas I've seen 4 new restaurants open up in my little area over the last few months and fewer empty spots in the strip malls where businesses had closed.
Also down the street from me there were a bunch of car dealerships. About half of them closed down in 2009 and were empty. Now they are all open again and a brand new Chrysler dealership was built and a brand new Volkswagen dealership's building is being constructed and should be finished in a week or two.
Also a brand new Brewery/restaurant is being constructed.
That is all within a mile of where I live.
I see similar signs of revival also as I drive around the rest of Vegas.
How about y'all? Are any of you seeing any kind of resurgence in your home towns?