A friend once described Vegas as “Disneyland for adults meets Wal-Mart”. I don’t get it, but I agree with the sentiment, which is to say Vegas is weird and slightly icky and it’s hard to explain why because it’s trying so hard to do things to make you like it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2011/09/26/un-viva-las-vegas/