Review: Sun, Sin & Suburbia

"Sun, Sin & Suburbia An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas", by Geoff Schumacher, may be the definitive work about the fastest-growing place in America.

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January 24, 2005, 1:00 PM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"[I]t's not the dazzling casinos, caricatured mobsters or colorful history that interests Schumacher. "Sun, Sin & Suburbia: An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas" examines how what was once thought to be the country's most aberrant city has evolved into a magnet for America's middle- and upper-middle classes to put down roots. Part cultural theory, part urban studies, he documents the transformation of this notorious frontier boomtown into a modern Sunbelt metropolis.

...By the 1990s, 6,000 people were moving into Las Vegas monthly. Schumacher traces the unrestrained growth such as the implosion of landmark Strip casinos, their replacement by mega-resorts and the development of wildly successful master-planned communities."

Thanks to Chris Steins

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