Best area around Vegas to raise a family

Yes Summerlin is one of the nicer areas of the Las Vegas Valley.

I don't have kids so I can't comment about schools. There definitely are youth soccer and baseball leagues in the Summerlin area and an abundance of parks.

Henderson?

St George, UT... Schools in Clark County are notoriously pretty bad..

But, seriously Summerlin is probably your best option..

We raise our kid near the Lakes and we have him in a secured, private school. It’s a pretty middle/upper middle class neighborhood with a strong Jewish community

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My first reaction is "nowhere." Especially if you have daughters. I will be leaving pretty soon after 15 years, and know at least 2 others with similar plans.

However, the wealthier suburbs are nice places and, while the schools are terrible overall, I've heard that even the public schools are OK if the area is nice enough. If you can afford to buy a home in those areas, it should be OK. I think the farthest out parts of Henderson are probably a bit more affordable and still pretty clean and safe.

If you aren't making excellent $ and just kind of think it would be fun to live here (you mentioned poker being a factor), most of the city is no place for kids.

Why do you say that about daughters? The schools being bad definitely seems to be a trend I've seen talking to people off of here as well and reading online. It seems there is some decent private options, though. Not really too concerned about costs, I have a very good job and a pretty profitable "hobby" in poker. (it's not really a hobby I'd be considered a professional if I didn't also work)

Appreciate the responses so far

I'd be worried about a daughter becoming a stripper, or something in that range. Not only can you make good money starting at 18, it is very socially accepted here.

I don't have kids or go to strip clubs, but I have heard people say things like "all my daughter's friends want to be strippers."

High rates of divorce, kids outside of marriage, etc. Squid has a good post about it somewhere. There is just a general sleeziness.

However, I have a well off friend who raised a family in a lovely gated community in Summerlin. Seems like it went well. In your case, it sounds like you could pull off something similar. There is a nice UMC+ lifestyle here.

There just isn't really much in the way of a stable LMC or WC lifestyle, particularly for families.

Yeah, if you have a hot stripper daughter, she might well buy her own house in your neighborhood.

Summerlin is a pretty big area for those don’t know. It’s not like a small gated community or few blocks of a single neighborhood. Summerlin has over 100,000 residents as a matter of fact. It’s basically a good size city.

So the answer isn’t just Summerlin, but rather which part of Summerlin. I’d gamble and go with The Ridges, which is an up-and-coming neighborhood ��

there are worse employment opportunities than being a Stripper.

Thank you for the info. As many times as I've been to Vegas, I've never made it over there to explore. Thinking to come out for WPT next week and check it out.

As far as the stripper talk goes, I think that would be more my fault than the cities, but I can definitely see the culture of it being "normal" wouldn't help. Fwiw, I live in the subburbs of Tampa now and we have strip clubs everywhere as well.

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I'm not going to comment on the whole stripper thing much , but if you are going to work near summerlin there is no point in living in Henderson. the commute will take an hour plus total and summerlin and the northwest or even south communities below summerlin are good.

Agreed... when I first moved here in 2010, traffic was AWESOME. now, it's a bit of a nightmare. not California bad, but bad for Las Vegas for sure.

Personally wouldn’t want to pay the fees associated with living on Bears Best course and the Ridges. Maybe ridgebrook across the road would be a better option or the gardens village. If you want the upscale of Ridges without living on a golf course check out The Mesa and the adjacent neighborhood

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A bit off-topic, but anyone wanting to move to the Las Vegas area may find this interesting:

FYP for me....

Official Horrible traffic in Las Vegas as a whole started in the mid 2010s...it has been somewhat mitigated by the SLOW widening of local highways over the last 20+ years.

BUT, In particular, trying to drive from East LV to West LV has turned into an absolute nightmare since the mid-2010s during rush hour.

The good news about this is that anyone interested in living in the Summerlin area will be happy to learn that the traffic around here during rush hour is, in comparison to traffic well East of here, non-existent.

I just moved to rainbow/warm springs area and the traffic to get to 215 is bad at rush hour . luckily for me and my girl we don't drive during rush hour much

I don't want to discourage anyone from living in Vegas. Depending upon circumstances it can be perfectly fine. 100% absolutely.

That said, I think anyone raising a child (especially a daughter) in Las Vegas needs to be a little more hands on than they would be raising their child in Omaha, Nebraska. Not a helicopter parent, but just more aware. While there are crazy temptations anywhere, there is just more of them in Vegas.

I hate badmouthing a city I love, but I have heard far too many stories of locals going off of the tracks young.

I know far too many people (especially women) who grew up in Vegas and got into stupid **** that they shouldn't have when they were young. Serious ****. Many have turned out ok, but their trip was far harder than it should have been.

I don't have kids so I am talking out my ass, and there is absolutely no doubt that trouble can find you in Peoria Illinois or Omaha Nebraska. No doubt. It is just more likely that it finds you in a place like Las Vegas.

I would be really wary and super helicopter if I raised kids in Vegas.

That said, Vegas is the best training ground. If you can raise kids in Vegas that end up well adjusted and understanding, they are prepared for anything.

My family has been in Las Vegas (Henderson) for 14 years full time. I don't particularly like Summerlin at all, but if you work there, absolutely live nearby. You do not want to commute far.

Consider nearby in Clark County, either East or North of Summerlin along the 95 also.

The public schools in Clark County suck if you're looking for higher education prep for kids. (I used to recruit for a top Ivy League university. Las Vegas schools generally teach math only to count to 21 and to split pairs or double down. Aside from the gaming or hotels program at UNLV, I can't think of a good career prep here at the university level. ....

(I was successful with placing only recent transplants into my Ivy League target college...... don't get me wrong, I really like Las Vegas but for recent "transplants" far too many seek to get something for nothing, not contribute to the community.

As for new hires, the lifestyle ruins 15% of new hires within 6 months, in my experience, but you really can't tell which 15%. )

I have dated 5 strippers lifetime (meaning being with them longer than 6 months ).

3 grew up in Vegas , and 2 of them were not even in Vegas when I was dating them . (la and nyc) so probably anecdotal , but it's def more in your face and acceptable here in Vegas.

Probably because Vegas as a whole does not seem to have the sense of a community like most cities of similar size. It’s likely because it’s a young city and most residents are still practicing their own sets of social norms.

Not sure if it’ll change any time soon, but outside of a small gated community or few blocks of a neighborhood, Vegas just feels like everyone is staying in an Airbnb.

No

Henderson shows a pretty strong sense of community. I would guess your perceptions reflect more on you than the reality you describe. See, Plato's Allegory of the Cave (are you from outside the Cave or just offering your views having emerged therefrom

Also there is pretty strong cultural diversity in Las Vegas, although to the disappointment of transplanted Californians, as per a sign in a dry-cleaner in Henderson:

"We don't give a fuck about how they do it back wherever the fuck you came from"

I know this isn’t how she meant it…

But it looks like she drove a way to avoid the browner skinned areas of the city [emoji1787]

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