Killer Odds In Vegas -- for Suicide!?

1. Your sources are incorrect!!! i've seen the "Carrot Top" show, and that is the real reason!!!!!!
Just saying.............

Posted at 12:27PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Yeddy Bo

2. I hate Vegas! It is all a scam to your money........... they get you drunk and get you to play fools games.

Posted at 12:29PM on Nov 13th 2008 by fish taco

3. Hey fish taco, they don't get you drunk. When I went, no one was pouring drinks down my throat. It's an entertaining place to visit, but I can understand why all the morons who piss their money away on games would want to off themselves. Go for the sights and shows and leave the gaming to the idiots.

Posted at 12:37PM on Nov 13th 2008 by your mother

4. Life's not for everybody.

Posted at 12:39PM on Nov 13th 2008 by kan

5. That's wild, I figured Vegas would be the town of procreation, with all the parties, drinks, strippers, uninhibited sexual meetups, socializing, sultry music, dancers, entertainers, comedians, wow, shouldn't everyone be 'Sittin on top of the world"?

OK, everyone go to Vegas, and make love to someone before the end of this weekend, they all need to be cheered up! Play safe, but PLAY PLAY PLAY.

Posted at 12:42PM on Nov 13th 2008 by PolarBear

6. This is true...Vegas is a sh!thole as soon as you get past the lights, sounds and facade of cheesy stucco and cultureless crap that draws people in. Macau has surpassed Vegas as the global gaming Mecca for obvious reasons. Downtown Vegas is just the pasture of exiled losers who's dreams where doused on the Uptown strip. Meth-heads, Craigslist hookers and BJ dealer zombies in foreclosed homes in Summerlin...People living beyond their means...Just watch one episode of " Rehab" the pool party at the Hard Rock and then go have a drink at the "Western" at 10 am...that just about covers the real Vegas. A house of cards! Everyone in the arrivals at McCarran are all giddy and excited - picking up their luggage...And the departures? Sad faced, grumpy and depressed losers
....the cycle continues.

Posted at 12:53PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Double Down-Dead-Ender

7. I would rather kill myself at TMZ. Please let me die there. Thanks

Posted at 12:56PM on Nov 13th 2008 by The Suicide Queen

8. I agree......if you are weak, this is not the place for you. A couple just killed themselves because of the foreclosure crisis and left their friends a note as to where to find their bodies in the desert the other day.

Posted at 1:00PM on Nov 13th 2008 by danadane

9. i've never been to vegas.

Posted at 1:17PM on Nov 13th 2008 by midi

10. To Double Down-Dead-Ender: STFU - I live in Summerlin and am completely offended by what you just said. I am a normal middle class citizen with a completely normal life not living beyond my means. Married, 2 kids, very happy here. Not everyone here is a meth-head or hooker, loser. Sounds like you've got a huge chip on your shoulder.

Posted at 1:20PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Summerlin resident

11. it's the STD's that are contracted from the skanks screwing the married men that make you want to jump out the window! :P

Posted at 1:20PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Djaina

12. I wonder if this could be true. My sister who l lived in Montana State all her live moved to Vegas in 1992. December of 1994 she commtted suicide. She left no notes so no one knows the real reason, just interesting you would post this article. Thank you.

Posted at 1:34PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Coni Wein

13. It's the whole pyramid thing - bad vibes. I lived there a long time ago and the whole atmosphere changed when they built the pyramid. Vegas used to be a fun place, now it is really depressing - and ugly.

Posted at 2:08PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Roxy62

14. TO Summerlin resident -LMAO!
I did not author the study that shows your desert digs is top haven for suicide...I did not compile the foreclosure statistics that shows your destert digs as ground zero for foreclosure and depreciation...I did not help those Mexican drug dealers kidnap that little boy over meth-money madness a month ago...

You might be blissfully ignorant of what goes on in your city...and that might be a good thing...Just keep your kids safe from the ice dealers and pimps that permeate your beloved city.

Posted at 2:10PM on Nov 13th 2008 by Double-Down-Dead-Ender

15. True That! I presently live in Vegas but I'm from Miami & Lived in LA. Vegas has NO energy, culture, & personality! Living in Vegas for about 6 months isn't that bad but after that it sucks. It is as if you were a dead rock stuck in the middle of the desert. Many magicians here will tell you it's very difficult to find energy around them even in their shows! When it's hot out it totally drains you & you have no energy to do anything & while America enjoys the summer outside we hide inside for the AC. The winters get very windy & bone chilling cold! Everybody who moves here investigates the housing market & not the Job market. Housing is fairly priced especially if your coming from LA. But the job market really doesn't pay out unless you work on the strip as a bartender, stripper, or call girl. Other than that you can go work for franchises such as Home Depot, Jamba, mall stores ect...but no super major corporations. You can be a realtor but the economy sucks now! If you have ever lived in NY or Miami the night life in Vegas is overplayed but then again LA's night life is like a college town! However if you put gambling & drug problems aside I think the suicide rate has more to do with the erie feeling of the lonely desert, lack of energy, & maybe OD on vitamin D. Think about it Many cities have the same drug problems as vegas.

Posted at 2:24PM on Nov 13th 2008 by JTDF