Sin City, the place where you can freely indulge in a whole variety of bad behaviour and not only get away with it, but be encouraged to do it!
In September 2009, Las Vegas casinos had made $911 million. That was with a steady decline in revenue due to the decline of the U.S economy. (http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/1869099) Although, that stills seems like a lot of money to have been spent during a global recession, maybe it shows how attracted us human beings are to an escape, to a place where fantasies can be lived out and dreams can be realized........no matter how dire the reality of life at the time is.
As they say: what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and that's the way they like it. According to certain reports and advertisements anyway:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/2003-08-03-vegas_x.htm
A good example of a (maybe slightly exaggerated, but who knows) Las Vegas experience is the film 'The Hangover,' the title in itself represents 'bad' behaviour!
During the course of one night in Vegas, the lead characters participate in drug-taking (although no one aside from "Alan" is aware of this), binge drinking, multiple accounts of theft (including a tiger and police car), breaking and entering, infidelity, gambling and kidnap (in the form of a small naked chinese man tied up in the back of the cop car).
This hilarious film shows just how easy it is to get carried away under the influence of (amongst other things) Vegas's party atmosphere, which is now after seeing the film - my top holiday destination!
I genuinely laughrd out loud at this film depite not being a fan of the 'road trip' genre. I felt some affinity with it right from the beginning where the teacher collects student's trip money and places it in an envelope marked 'Vegas' - that's the kind of being bad we like! I also love the concept of bringing the geeky acquaintace along for the ride out of a combination of pity only to discover that he is the biggest hedonist of all...this film definately demonstrates that being bad is oh so good at times.
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