From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Tue May 28 2002 - 18:51:03 MDT
To answer most of your questions:
Land in Nevada is dirt cheap, but I'm not entirely familiar with the Las
Vegas land situation. A couple things to realize is that the Las Vegas
has been growing like gangbusters for years and the city limits have
really been pushed outward. There is a lot of "wasteland" around Las
Vegas, so in the worst case scenario you could have a place in or near
town and purchase a big heap of land outside the city limit for screwing
around on. For a large flat piece of desert scrub a good ways out from
the city you can expect to pay in the range of $100-200 per acre
(extrapolated from land prices in northern Nevada, which has nicer and
more usable land).
In Nevada, especially if you are outside the city limits, there are no
practical limits on what you can do with your own property. The State
doesn't put many limits on what you can do; most of the rules you have
to theoretically adhere to are Federal. I say "theoretically" because in
many backwater areas, the only law enforcement is the local sheriff and
he won't bother you unless he is asked to because you are causing
trouble for others. So yes, you can party out on your property in just
about anyway you feel like, including large-scale acts of random
destruction, and no one will really care.
One thing to note is that around Las Vegas there isn't much in the way
of livable land outside the city. Las Vegas is located in badlands with
essentially no water either above or below the ground, so one of the
difficulties of having a rural property in that area is that there may
be no means of acquiring water locally. If you want to have a proper
rural ranch property in Nevada with all the amenities, you would be
better advised to look around the Reno/Tahoe area. There are a number
of rural options in the geographical vicinity of Las Vegas, but it
wouldn't be a distance you would ever want to commute.
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com
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