Las Vegas: The Vast Desert of Entertainment<\/p>\n

Las Vegas is known for it\u2019s massive Casinos and wild nightlife, and is the biggest city in a state composed almost entirely of desert.\u00a0 I would like to explore how the city of Las Vegas developed, as it started as a railroad town for people heading west and grew into the monstrous city it is today.\u00a0 Las Vegas began to grow at a time when Cuba served the role that Las Vegas serves many today, and I would like to explore why it became such a popular replacement to the tropical paradise of Havana.\u00a0 Also, the Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s and was a massive man-made like, and exploring how this nearby man-made structure helped influence such a massive city of lights would be an intriguing path to study.\u00a0 There is also the obvious Manhattan Project of the 1940s, and exploring how that altered the outside ecosystem as well as how bringing scientists to the city affected the growth is another element I could research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas: The Vast Desert of Entertainment Las Vegas is known for it\u2019s massive Casinos and wild nightlife, and is the biggest city in a state composed almost entirely of desert.\u00a0 I would like to explore how the city of Las Vegas developed, as it started as a railroad town for people heading west and … <\/p>\n

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