Henderson, Nevada, is a city all it's own, but really it's just a suburb of Vegas. The two bleed more or less seamlessly into each other, the edges nearly unintelligible unless you know where to look (like that other "Welcome to Vegas" sign, for example). Somewhere on Boulder highway, to the East of Vegas, seems to be the official line of demarcation, and if you go past Nellis or Russel road you're typically seen as heading into "Hendertucky". Personally, I've got no qualms with Henderson. When I lived in Boulder City, which is another 20-40 minutes down the freeway from Henderson, it provided a nice change of pace, a close escape from home that bled into the city proper. Many of my friends and myself have lived in Henderson over the years and I can't complain about the area too much, though there are some stories I could certainly tell. My experience living on that side of the tracks isn't that different from my experience living anywhere in Vegas, which is generally to say it's been hot, people are frequently assinine, and there are slot machines crammed into any possible corner of any publicly accessible business. Vegas, baby. Where homeless crackheads congregate in the baking sun, shouting their misery at any and all who'll listen.
On the flip side, we do get some rather stunning sunsets with all that unobstructed desert vista. The roads are rarely steep, unlike Seattle, with more of a smooth hilly gradient if you look for it. There are a few exceptions- Bonanza and Maryland Parkway have a pretty sizeable incline, and there's another out off of Hollywood road somewhere, where teenagers and daredevils can try their luck on their preferred method of rolling- skateboards, rollerblades, whatever. Mostly, though, it's easy driving. The freeways aren't bad, at least when they aren't blotted in orange cones or clogged to capacity with out of state plates. There's always construction going on, somewhere, to improve the roads, but there are some seriously pot-holed spots- over on Eastern Avenue, by Tropicana and Flamingo area, for example. Maryland parkway in the university district was pretty rough for awhile, too. Our drive on this particular outing didn't take us that way, though. We were picking up our good friend Ceedro from his casa, then heading over towards Henderson to check out an open mic night!
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