|
Henderson -- I don't get it.
I've been taking a much needed Roxtar rest this month, getting my body and my liver back in shape, and staying in for the most part, making my own food at home and eating healthy. Basically I've been being boring. With all this extra time on my hands I find a lot of time to surf the web. While browsing a friend's website recently I noticed an ad for a company which provides virtual office suites, executive offices, and virtual receptionists. I clicked on the ad because I'm actually pretty interested in having a virtual receptionist for my
THE ROCK CONCIERGE, so I figured I'd check it out. As I was doing so, I noticed this company has a new office -- in Henderson. Which prompted me to come up with this week's query -- what is UP with Henderson?
Much like the allure of Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ugg boots, and energy drinks, I just don't GET Henderson. What's the point of it really? I guess at one point in Vegas' recent history Henderson did have a point...it was an escape from "the city," if you can call it that. Vegas' first real elitist suburb. But now, with Vegas' spreading every which way and anyone worth their weight in trucker hats heading downtown (which in my opinion really IS the place to be), what's the point of Henderson anymore? It's past it's prime, the traffic can be a nightmare, and it's too far away from the action. If you feel like getting away from it all and heading for the hills, or mountains for that matter, head west to summerlin or southern highlands, where at least the living is pleasant.
I find Henderson, and actually most of the east side of Vegas for that matter, to be well, pretty damn lame. And yet businesses keep popping up out there. Why? I don't get it. Seven Hills is far too but at least it's fabulous. Head south to Blue Diamond, where new construction is going like gangbusters, and you're that much closer to Hwy 160 and the brothels just 45 minutes down the road. But Henderson, sad, sad Henderson, has been left behind. I mean at one point, like in the 80's maybe, it was cool to live on the Upper East Side of Manhattan too -- now it's just where people go when they can't afford living in the cooler areas like the once run-down meat packing district, east village, or Williamsburg, Brooklyn. And anyone who tells me they're moving out to Henderson, well I just look at them and think "well, you're a lost cause now aren't you." You can tell a lot about a person by where he/she chooses to live, and if someone chooses Henderson at this point in Vegas' development they probably also choose bland food, bland fashion, and bland lives.
In other words, Henderson is for losers. If you wanna be where the action is, you best stay far away from this boring 'burb. See ya
downtown ;)
-Ms. Korby
|
