Are you telling me they're going to do a new urbanist village when the center of the economy is vice ... Casinos in Mississippi were such a pariah land use that they were not even on land. Now they're going to be the basis of a traditional community
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You can build a big metro economy purely out of high-level services. You get people there with gambling, then rope them into consuming other things.Robert Lang
I think you go there and you do sort of get a little jump start just from being with your buddies and playing a little bit different hockey. I think a lot of guys, even the guys from Swedish team, even though Hank played really good before, now, he's even playing better than he was before, just kind of effortless. So I think all of us sort of benefit from that and it's just nice.
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The decade began with the economy off track, but the population boom kept rolling along and is on track to nearly match the record 1990s. The country found places to keep booming, shying away from the high-cost coasts and seeking the South and the mountain West.
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Their line was the difference today. Our fourth line was playing great and you're going to need that.
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The dispersion shows this is one well-networked country with big social networks.
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It's gone from a circus act to a regular city. The experience of Las Vegas now is less Rat Pack and more brats in the car, from Dino (Dean Martin) and his friends and swingers to minivans and shopping malls. It's just a big Western city.
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